Internal Symmetry Group and Density Matrix of Fields with Spins 0, 1

Abstract

The internal symmetry group U(3,1) of the neutral vector fields with two spins 0 and 1 is investigated. Massless fields correspond to the generalized Maxwell equations with the gradient term. The symmetry transformations in the coordinate space are integro-differential transformations. Using the method of the Hamiltonian formalism the conservation tensors are found, and the quantized theory is studied. The necessity to introduce an indefinite metric is shown. The internal symmetry group U(3,1) being considered, after the transition to electrodynamics, reduces to the U(2) group. It is shown that the group of dual transformations is the subgroup of the group under consideration. All the linearly independent solutions of the equation for a free particle obtained in terms of the projection matrix-dyads.