Massive spin-two particle in a gravitational field |
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Authors: | G Tauber |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
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Abstract: | The spin-two particle is described by a symmetric tensorh
subject to the subsidiary conditionsh
=
h
=0. Their covariant generalization and the wave equation have been obtained directly from the Eulerian variational equations by algebraic methods only. In addition to the tensor fieldh
a symmetric third-rank tensor
=
as well as a vector fieldA
have been added, neither of which enter in the final result. The Lagrangian function is taken as a linear sum of all combinations which can be constructed from these functions, as well as terms involving the curvature tensor and its two possible contractions. Variation with respect toh
,
andA
independently gives the Euler equations. Combining the various trace equations and choice of arbitrary constants yields the subsidiary conditions, while the Euler equations themselves give the connection between the auxiliary functions and the tensorh
as well as the generalization of the wave equationD
D
h
+ 2R
h
-R
h
-R
h
+g
R
h
+Rh
=m
2
h
Finally, variation with respect tog
yields the energy-momentum tensor. |
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