Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?q?P=E1sztor_Borb=E9ly_M=E9sz=E1ros?= Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics.research,sci.physics Subject: Re: Theoretical Force carrying bosons Followup-To: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics.research,sci.physics Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 07:27:39 PDT Organization: To protect and to server Lines: 20 Approved: Jonathan Thornburg [remove -color to reply]" References: X-Trace: individual.net vBrhimgh9+ZNzf3g/Ed2/QGtNFKKrhIpPrx/38G2BGs3AuHAgPL7h9ml/e Cancel-Lock: sha1:a/9OVIC8S7bd6t3BnfQHQIMbGyQ= sha256:9AUc8BiLC2sw7koLksitEE9OSFj9Cci1zKTSxNISw0M= X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=2; AJvYcCUIN2iv6RvZDpB1Ru3I7rDwBB8PjLPg8RRki3vdq1QjMNuOqOQCkrvx8hcUKlym68l5kWu8Re094N7/CVrLfNwjsX8WDu+XIs4X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEGQsYuwXgpBWdySayZZ4v+ZfV6WcosAM+ooBHuARdW+3D6AlFF7AoU6HKz62Sj5Wm0FCjz X-Face: $"eO7q^g,@mN0klG2J]sV"NMbeVMf2'-;P*@(~`UkK_cA{lP/ixtb>t!n{xTQK<7 Bytes: 2127 Volney wrote: > My question is, assume there is a massless (or very tiny mass, not > massive like W/Z) boson with spin-0 which mediates a new force. Its > field 'tensor' > would be zero-dimensional or just a scalar. What would this mean on a > macroscopic scale? I guess each point in space would have a simple value > in response to a nearby charge, not a vector like EM. > > How about a spin-3 (or more!) boson? Spin-3 would imply a 3D tensor > defining its field's properties. Again what macroscopic properties would > a field mediated by a spin-3 boson have? I know this is vague since the > only property is the spin of the mediating boson but this must imply > certain properties come from this, but what? this is incorrect. To undrestand that you have to undrestand tensors big time. Not just overbebly. [[Mod. note -- Marketing spam snipped. DON'T INCLUDE SPAM IN YOUR POSTS! -- jt]]