Relativistic non-covariance in interacting spin-1 field theories
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 9 (11), 1951-1954
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/9/11/020
Abstract
Acausal interactions of a massive spin-1 field such as symmetric tensor and quadrupole moment couplings are not covariant at the basic c-number level. Curiously enough, certain causal derivative couplings are also non-covariant.Keywords
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