A projector formulation of the Galilean covariant Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau field

摘要

We construct in this paper a projector formulation of the Galilean covariant Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau field in five dimensions. Such an approach allows us to select the scalar and vector sectors of the theory through the use of the appropriate operators. As an application, we study a non-minimal coupling associated to the DKP harmonic oscillator, naturally in the non-relativistic regime and with the selection of the spin-0 sector in a general representation. We also discuss the local gauge invariance and the anomalous term which appear in the wave equations due to the minimal coupling. In both questions, our results were carried out as in the relativistic case, i.e. the consistent local gauge transformations can be obtained through the choice of the right form of the non-relativistic DKP field.