Skip to main content
Bumped by Community user
Bumped by Community user
added 2 characters in body; edited tags
Source Link
Qmechanic
  • 213.1k
  • 48
  • 590
  • 2.3k

In the scalar field Lagrangian the mass term is given by

$$m^2 \phi^2$$$$m^2 \phi^2.$$

But the equivalent term in Maxwell's Lagrangian for electromagnetism is

$$m^2A_{\mu}A^{\mu}$$$$m^2A_{\mu}A^{\mu}.$$

But I don't know why the latter is correct. Could anyone help me getting to it?

In the scalar field Lagrangian the mass term is given by

$$m^2 \phi^2$$

But the equivalent term in Maxwell's Lagrangian for electromagnetism is

$$m^2A_{\mu}A^{\mu}$$

But I don't know why the latter is correct. Could anyone help me getting to it?

In the scalar field Lagrangian the mass term is given by

$$m^2 \phi^2.$$

But the equivalent term in Maxwell's Lagrangian for electromagnetism is

$$m^2A_{\mu}A^{\mu}.$$

But I don't know why the latter is correct. Could anyone help me getting to it?

Source Link
Patrick
  • 1.9k
  • 1
  • 20
  • 25

Mass term in Maxwell's Lagragian for Electromagnetism

In the scalar field Lagrangian the mass term is given by

$$m^2 \phi^2$$

But the equivalent term in Maxwell's Lagrangian for electromagnetism is

$$m^2A_{\mu}A^{\mu}$$

But I don't know why the latter is correct. Could anyone help me getting to it?