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Relativistic Higher Spin Wave Equations in Cosmological Backgrounds
Student-Run Research Seminar| Speaker: | Andrew Waldron, UC Davis Mathematics |
| Location: | 693 Kerr |
| Start time: | Mon, Oct 22 2001, 10:00AM |
We discuss the set of PDEs satisfied by relativistic higher spin particles in cosmological backgrounds. The problem is especially important, since recent measurements indicate that we live in precisely such a universe. The new results include new gauge invariances that imply a spectrum of particle excitations hitherto unknown in flat Minkowski spacetimes. Explicit solutions imply that the new particles travel at the speed of light.