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We show that Wigner's infinite spin particle classically is described by a reparametrization invariant higher order geometrical Lagrangian. The model exhibit unconventional features like tachyonic behaviour and momenta proportional to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Ludde Edgren , Robert Marnelius , Per Salomonson

We investigate a worldline formulation for a massive spin-1 particle interacting with an electromagnetic background. Two first-quantized descriptions of the spin degrees of freedom are considered: one based on bosonic oscillators and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-03 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Filippo Fecit , Alessandro Miccichè

In this paper we use a constructive approach based on gauge invariant description of massive high spin particles for investigation of possible interactions of massive spin 2 particle. We work with general case of massive spin 2 particle…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Yu. M. Zinoviev

By analyzing the structure of the Weyl spinor field in the Clifford bundle formalism we show that in each spinorial frame it is represented by F\insec(\doublebarwedge^0 T^\starM + \doublebarwedge^2 T^\star M + \doublebarwedge^{4} T^\star…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-10-12 E. Capelas de Oliveira , W. A. Rodrigues , J. Vaz

We consider propagation of a massive neutrino in matter within the quantum approach based on the two equations for the neutrino field: the first one is the Dirac-Pauli equation for a massive neutrino in an external magnetic field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-23 Alexander Grigoriev , Alexander Studenikin , Alexei Ternov

Starting from a theory of heavy particles and antiparticles, the path integral formulation of an effective field theory which describes the low momentum interactions is presented. The heavy degrees of freedom are identified and explicitly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-03 Clarence L. Lee

We consider the massive relativistic particle models on fourdimensional Minkowski space extended by $N$ commuting Weyl spinors for N=1 and N=2. The N=1 model is invariant under the most general form of bosonic counterpart of simple D=4…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 S. Fedoruk , J. Lukierski

We derive some non-perturbative results in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions within the context of the particle path-integral representation for a Dirac field propagator in the presence of an external field, in a formulation introduced by Migdal in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Fosco , J. Sanchez-Guillen , R. A. Vazquez

The relativistic Wigner function for spin 1/2 particles is the subject of active research due to diverse applications. However, further progress is hindered by the fabulous complexity of the integro-differential equations of motion. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-23 Renan Cabrera , Denys I. Bondar , Herschel A. Rabitz

This paper sets out to establish a comparative study between classes of spin- and velocity-dependent potentials for spin-1/2 and spin-1 matter currents/sources in the non-relativistic regime. Both (neutral massive) scalar and vector…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-03 P. C. Malta , L. P. R. Ospedal , K. Veiga , J. A. Helayël-Neto

We consider a simple action for a fractional spin particle and a path integral representation for the propagator is obtained in a gauge such that the constraint embodied in the Lagrangian is not an obstacle. We obtain a propagator for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Wellington da Cruz

The concept of a propagator is useful and is a well-known object in diffusion NMR experiments. Here, we investigate the related concept; the propagator for the magnetisation or the Green's function of the Torrey-Bloch equations. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-25 Robin A. Damion

We calculate the Wigner function for massive spin-1/2 particles in an inhomogeneous electromagnetic field to leading order in the Planck constant $\hbar$. Going beyond leading order in $\hbar$ we then derive a generalized Boltzmann equation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-02-03 Nora Weickgenannt , Xin-li Sheng , Enrico Speranza , Qun Wang , Dirk H. Rischke

We investigate complex quaternion-valued exterior differential forms over 4-dimensional Lorentzian spacetimes and explore Weyl spinor fields as minimal left ideals within the complex quaternion algebra. The variational derivation of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-03 Tekin Dereli , Yorgo Senikoglu

We show how to relate the full quantum dynamics of a spin-1/2 particle on R^d to a classical Hamiltonian dynamics on the enlarged phase space R^d x S^2 up to errors of second order in the semiclassical parameter. This is done via an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Omri Gat , Max Lein , Stefan Teufel

We address the propagation of the spin along classical trajectories for a 1/2-spin particle obeying the Dirac equation with scalar potentials. Focusing on classical trajectories as the exact propagation of wave-function discontinuities we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-24 Jesús Rubio , Alfredo Luis

The derivation of the Glauber type representation for the high energy scattering amplitude of particles of spin 1/2 is given within the framework of the Dirac equation in the Foldy Wouthuysen (FW) representation and two-component formalism.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-07 Nguyen Suan Han , Le Anh Dung , Nguyen Nhu Xuan , Vu Toan Thang

We construct a representation of the coherent state path integral using the Weyl symbol of the Hamiltonian operator. This representation is very different from the usual path integral forms suggested by Klauder and Skagerstan in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. C. dos Santos , M. A. M. de Aguiar

This thesis includes several original results. All of them are already published or submitted for publication. I present here the short summary of main results: The ultraviolet singular structure of the bulk-to-bulk propagators for higher…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-02 Karapet Mkrtchyan

In this review, the seesaw mechanism for generating the mass of active light neutrinos (both Majorana and Dirac) is considered on the basis of effective field theory. In particular, we review certain models that extend the Standard Model by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-11 A. V. Borisov , A. P. Isaev