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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the zero-mode structure of the Rarita-Schwinger operator
AU - Benn, Ian
AU - Panahimoghaddam, M.
AU - Tucker, Robin
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - The zero-mode spectrum of the spin-3/2 wave operator is examined in n dimensions. The authors prove that there are no non-trivial transverse modes on any compact two-dimensional Riemannian space with positive curvature nor on any standard n sphere for n>1. Such results reinforce the need for non-minimal operators to describe the physical fermion spectra in Kaluza-Klein phenomenology.
AB - The zero-mode spectrum of the spin-3/2 wave operator is examined in n dimensions. The authors prove that there are no non-trivial transverse modes on any compact two-dimensional Riemannian space with positive curvature nor on any standard n sphere for n>1. Such results reinforce the need for non-minimal operators to describe the physical fermion spectra in Kaluza-Klein phenomenology.
U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/2/5/003
DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/2/5/003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - L109-L113
JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity
JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity
SN - 0264-9381
IS - 5
ER -