{ "id": "1705.09330", "version": "v1", "published": "2017-05-16T11:20:05.000Z", "updated": "2017-05-16T11:20:05.000Z", "title": "A note on Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equation in (1+1) space-time dimensions", "authors": [ "José T. Lunardi" ], "comment": "3 pages, no figures", "categories": [ "math-ph", "hep-th", "math.MP", "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "In this note we show that the massive Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equation restricted to (1+1) space-time dimensions has only one irreducible representation, which corresponds to a (pseudo)scalar field, a result which is at odds with some claims in the recent literature.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2017-05-16T11:20:05.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "space-time dimensions", "massive duffin-kemmer-petiau equation", "scalar field", "irreducible representation" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 3, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }