The Massless Limit of Bargmann–Wigner Equations for a Massive Graviton

Authors

  • A. V. Hradyskyi V.N. Karazin National University of Kharkiv
  • Yu. P. Stepanoskiy National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe63.7.584

Keywords:

Bargman–Wigner equation, massive graviton, wave equations

Abstract

Information about the discovery of gravity waves attract attention to the graviton’s mass problem. The massive graviton is a spin-2 particle with a non-zero mass. In this work, relativistic wave equations for a massive graviton have been studied in the limiting case of zero particle mass. The equations for the non-zero-mass graviton are based on the Bargman–Wigner equations in the five-dimensional space-time with the (++++−) signature. In the massless limit of massive graviton, all states with possible helicity values –0 (LL-graviton), ±1 (TL-graviton), and ±2 (TT-graviton) –are preserved.

Published

2018-08-02

Issue

Section

Fields and elementary particles

How to Cite

The Massless Limit of Bargmann–Wigner Equations for a Massive Graviton. (2018). Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 63(7), 584. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe63.7.584