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Starting from the formalism of covariant spin projection operators we present a general derivation and analysis of massless equations with zero helicity for an antisymmetric tensor field. We show that the minimal electromagnetic interaction for gauge-invariant equations is inconsistent.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 95–99, September, 1987.
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Loide, R.K.R. Massless equation for an antisymmetric tensor field. Soviet Physics Journal 30, 805–808 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00897487
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00897487