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Proca equation

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli,  40) ... Quantum mechanics Relativistic quantum mechanics Dirac equation Spin (physics) Spin number of a field Spin 1
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Proca equation by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-20
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With Minkowski metric signature (+−−−) and source coupling −μ0​Jμ​Aμ added to the Proca action, a massive vector field coupled to a conserved current obeys
∂μ​Fμν+m2Aν=μ0​Jν.
(1)
In vacuum this gives (□+m2)Aν=0 after imposing the dynamically derived Lorenz constraint in Proca theory. The explicit mass term breaks the gauge invariance of the massless Maxwell theory.
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