Field theory of massive and massless vector particles in the Duffin - Kemmer - Petiau formalism

Abstract

Field theory of massive and massless vector particles is considered in the first-order formalism. The Hamiltonian form of equations is obtained after the exclusion of non-dynamical components. We obtain the canonical and symmetrical Belinfante energy-momentum tensors and their nonzero traces. We note that the dilatation symmetry is broken in the massive case but in the massless case the modified dilatation current is conserved. The canonical quantization is performed and the propagator of the massive fields is found in the Duffin - Kemmer - Petiau formalism.

20 pages, typos corrected, a reference added, journal version, accepted in Int.J.Mod.Phys.A

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