Consistent field equations for higher spin on curved spacetimes

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-329

  Illge, Reinhard ^a   Schimming, Rainer ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consistent classical field equations; Higher spin; Minimal coupling of gravitation and electromagnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038851417     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3889(199904)8:4<319::AID-ANDP319>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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