On the equivalence of the massless DKP equation and Maxwell equations in Robertson-Walker spacetime

Havare A., Yetkin T., Sogut K.

CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, vol.41, no.5, pp.465-474, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 41 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Journal Name: CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.465-474
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We solve the photon equation and the Maxwell equations separately and show that the Maxwell equations can be obtained as the zero mass limit of the DKP equation in curved spacetimes. Finally, by introducing a curved 6 x 6 representation of the matrices in Robertson-Walker spacetime, we show that the Maxwell equations can be written in a Dirac-like equation form.