Published January 1, 2018 | Version v1
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Spin raising and lowering operators for Rarita-Schwinger fields

  • 1. Ankara Univ, Dept Phys, Fac Sci, TR-06100 Tandogan, Turkey
  • 2. TED Univ, Ziya Gokalp Caddesi 48, TR-06420 Ankara, Turkey

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Spin raising and lowering operators for massless field equations constructed from twistor spinors are considered. Solutions of the spin-3/2 massless Rarita-Schwinger equation from source-free Maxwell fields and twistor spinors are constructed. It is shown that this construction requires Ricci-flat backgrounds due to the gauge invariance of the massless Rarita-Schwinger equation. Constraints to construct spin raising and lowering operators for Rarita-Schwinger fields are found. Symmetry operators for Rarita-Schwinger fields via twistor spinors are obtained.

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