Massless particles in five and higher dimensions
We describe a five-dimensional analogue of Wigner's operator equation Wa=λPa, where Wa is the Pauli-Lubanski vector, Pa the energy-momentum operator, and λ the helicity of a massless particle. Higher dimensional generalisations are also given.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320308236 |
| Summary: | We describe a five-dimensional analogue of Wigner's operator equation Wa=λPa, where Wa is the Pauli-Lubanski vector, Pa the energy-momentum operator, and λ the helicity of a massless particle. Higher dimensional generalisations are also given. |
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| ISSN: | 0370-2693 |