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Phys. Rev. D 73, 045015 (2006) [5 pages]

Quantum inequalities for a massless spin-3/2 field in Minkowski spacetime

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Bo Hu*
Center for Gravity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China

Yi Ling
Center for Gravity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China and CCAST (World Laboratory), P.O. Box 8730, Beijing, 100080, China

Hongbao Zhang
Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China and Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

Received 13 January 2006; published 14 February 2006

Quantum inequalities have been established for various quantum fields in both flat and curved spacetimes. In particular, for spin-3/2 fields, Yu and Wu have explicitly derived quantum inequalities for the massive case. Employing a similar method developed by Fewster and colleagues, this paper provides an explicit formula of quantum inequalities for a massless spin-3/2 field in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045015
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045015
PACS:
03.70.+k, 11.10.Ef

*Electronic address: bohu@ncu.edu.cn

Electronic address: yling@ncu.edu.cn

Electronic address: hbzhang@pkuaa.edu.cn