The equivalence between B-W and K-G and R-S equations

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 学科: 物理学
• 关键词: higher spins Bargmann-Wigner equations Klein-Gordon equations Rarita-Schwinger equations
• 年，卷（期）: 2003,（1）
• 页码范围: 25-32
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: O4
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The equivalence between the Bargmann-Wigner (B-W) equations and the Klein-Gordon (K-G) equations for integral spin, and the Rarita-Schwinger (R-S) equations for half integral spin is established by explicit derivation, starting from the lowest spin cases. It is demonstrated that all the constraints or subsidiary conditions imposed on the K-G or R-S equations are included in the B-W equations.