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Subject: Re: Theoretical Force carrying bosons
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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.

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