Feynman Rules for Any Spin
Abstract
The explicit Feynman rules are given for massive particles of any spin j, in both a 2j+1-component and a 2(2j+1)-component formalism. The propagators involve matrices which transform like symmetric traceless tensors of rank 2j; they are the natural generalizations of the 2×2 four-vector σμ and 4×4 four-vector γμ for j=12. Our calculation uses field theory, but only as a convenient instrument for the construction of a Lorentz-invariant S matrix. This approach is also used to prove the spin-statistics theorem, crossing symmetry, and to discuss T, C, and P.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- March 1964
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1964PhRv..133.1318W