In Steven Weinberg's book "The Quantum Theory of Fields" vol. I, Section 12.1, page 500, he writes:
We will write the asymptotic behaviour of the propagator Δf(k) of a field of type f in the form Δf(k)∼k−2+2sf
Looking back at Chapter 6, we see that sf=0 for scalar fields, sf=12 for Dirac fields, ans sf=1 for massive vector fields. More generally, it can be shown that for massive fields of Lorentz transformation type (A,B), we have sf=A+B. Speaking loosely, we may call sf the 'spin'."
How can we show that sf=A+B holds for massive fields of type (A,B)? Does anyone have some ideas of the proof? Thanks a lot in advance!
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