2005/08/26 by D. N. Poenaru, Dorin N. Poenaru, Poenaru, Dorin N. · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0508195
10 pages, no figure
arxiv created 2005/08/26 · openalex publication_date 2005/08/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We commemorate 50 years from A. Proca's death. Proca equation is a relativistic wave equation for a massive spin-1 particle. The weak interaction is transmitted by such kind of vector bosons. Also vector fields are used to describe spin-1 mesons (e.g. ρ and ω mesons). After a brief biography, the paper presents an introduction into relativistic field theory, including Klein-Gordon, Dirac, and Maxwell fields, allowing to understand this scientific achievement and some consequences for the theory of strong interactions as well as for Maxwell-Proca and Einstein-Proca theories. The modern approach of the nonzero photon mass and the superluminal radiation field are also mentioned.