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No Proca Photons

Classical Physics 2023-03-29 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that the Proca equation in vacuum, as well as its plausible modifications in dielectric media, is incompatible with experimental evidence, no matter how small the Proca mass is.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2212.12408,
  title  = {No Proca Photons},
  author = {Florian Steininger and Thomas Mieling and Piotr T. Chruściel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12408},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

6 pages; minor changes to formatting

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