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-====== Poincare Group ======+<​WRAP>​$ ​ \color{red}{P(1,​ 3)} = \color{blue}{T(4)} \color{magenta}{\rtimes} \color{green}{SO(1,​ 3)}$ </​WRAP>​ 
 +====== Poincare Group  ======
  
-<tabbox Why is it interesting?> ​ 
-The double cover of the Poincare group is the fundamental spacetime symmetry of modern physics. For example, it lies at the heart of the standard model of particle physics. ​ 
  
-The Poincare group is the set of all transformations that leave the speed of light invariant. Thus, the Poincare group yields all possible transformations between allowed frames of reference. This is incredibly useful, when we want to write down fundamental laws of nature. The fundamental laws should be valid in all allowed frames of reference, otherwise they would be quite useless.+<tabbox Intuitive> ​
  
-In practice, we can use our knowledge of all transformations inside the Poincare group to write down equations that are invariant under all these transformations. These equations then hold in all allowed frames of reference. This is such a strong restriction on the possible equations ​that is is almost enough ​to derive ​the most important equations ​of fundamental physicsthe Dirac equation, the Klein-Gordon equation and the Maxwell-Equations.+The Poincare ​[[advanced_tools:​group_theory|group]] is the mathematical tool that we use to describe ​the [[basic_tools:​symmetry|symmetry]] ​of [[models:special_relativity|special relativity]].
  
-<​blockquote>"//​The Hilbert space of one-particle states ​is always an irreducible +The starting point for Einstein on his road towards what is now called special relativity was the experimental observation that the speed of light has the same value in all inertial frames ​of reference. This curious fact of nature was discovered by the famous [[experiments:​michelson_morley|Michelson-Morley experiment]] 
-representation space of the Poincare group. [...] **The construction of the unitary irreducible representations + 
-of the Poincare group is probably the most successful part of special +A symmetry is a transformation that we can perform without changing somethingTherefore, the invariance ​of the speed of light under arbitrary changes ​of the frame of reference is a symmetry and we call this symmetry ​the Poincare groupThe Poincare group contains all transformations that we can perform without changing ​the speed of light.
-relativity** (in particle physics, not in gravitation theory, for which it is a +
-disaster). **It permits us to classify ​all kinds of particles and implies ​the main +
-conservation laws (energy-momentum and angular momentum)**[...] The translation generators are +
-responsible for the energy-momentum conservation laws, the rotation generators +
-of the conservation ​of angular momentum, and the boost generators +
-of the conservation of initial position //"​ from Reflections on the Evolution ​of Physical Theories by Henri Bacry</​blockquote>​+
  
-<​blockquote>"//​The enlargement of the Lorentz group to the Poincare group was proposed [ 13] as a way of describing the quantum states of relativistic particles without using the wave equations. The states of a free particle are then given by the unitary irreducible representations of the Poincare group.//"​ from [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​0370269394001103|Deformed Poincare containing the exact Lorentz algebra]] by Alexandros A. Kehagias et. al.</​blockquote>​ 
-<tabbox Layman> ​ 
  
-<note tip> 
-Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party. 
-</​note>​ 
   ​   ​
-<​tabbox ​Student+<​tabbox ​Concrete 
 +The $\color{red}{\text{Poincare group}}$ consists of $\color{blue}{\text{translations}}$ $\color{magenta}{\text{plus}}$ $\color{green}{\text{rotations and boosts}}$.  ​
  
   * A nice discussion can be found here {{ :​advanced_tools:​group_theory:​darstellung-als-diff-operator.pdf |Representations of Lorentz and Poincar´e groups by Joseph Maciejko}} and   * A nice discussion can be found here {{ :​advanced_tools:​group_theory:​darstellung-als-diff-operator.pdf |Representations of Lorentz and Poincar´e groups by Joseph Maciejko}} and
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-<​tabbox ​Researcher+<​tabbox ​Abstract
  
-<note tip> +  * For a modern discussion ​of the Poincare group, see DGiulini, The Poincare group: Algebraic, representation-theoretic,​ and geometric 
-The motto in this section is: //the higher the level of abstraction, ​the better//+aspects.
-</​note>​+
  
---Common Question 1#+<tabbox Why is it interesting?​ 
 +The double cover of the Poincare group is the fundamental spacetime symmetry of modern physics and is a crucial component of the [[models:​standard_model|standard model of particle physics]]. ​
  
-  +The Poincare group is the set of all transformations that leave the speed of light invariant. Thus, the Poincare group yields all possible transformations between allowed frames of reference. This is incredibly useful, when we want to write down fundamental laws of nature. The fundamental laws should be valid in all allowed frames of reference, otherwise they would be quite useless.
-<--+
  
---> Common Question 2#+In practice, we can use our knowledge of all transformations inside the Poincare group to write down equations that are invariant under all these transformations. These equations then hold in all allowed frames of reference. This is such a strong restriction on the possible equations that is almost enough to derive the most important equations of fundamental physics: the Dirac equation, the Klein-Gordon equation and the Maxwell-Equations.
  
-  +<blockquote>"//​The Hilbert space of one-particle states is always an irreducible 
-<--+representation space of the Poincare group. [...] **The construction of the unitary irreducible representations 
 +of the Poincare group is probably the most successful part of special 
 +relativity** (in particle physics, not in gravitation theory, for which it is a 
 +disaster). **It permits us to classify all kinds of particles and implies the main 
 +conservation laws (energy-momentum and angular momentum)**. [...] The translation generators are 
 +responsible for the energy-momentum conservation laws, the rotation generators 
 +of the conservation of angular momentum, and the boost generators 
 +of the conservation of initial position. ​ //" from Reflections on the Evolution of Physical Theories by Henri Bacry</​blockquote>​ 
 + 
 +<​blockquote>"//​The enlargement of the Lorentz group to the Poincare group was proposed [ 13] as a way of describing the quantum states of relativistic particles without using the wave equations. The states of a free particle are then given by the unitary irreducible representations of the Poincare group.//"​ from [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​0370269394001103|Deformed Poincare containing the exact Lorentz algebra]] by Alexandros A. Kehagias et. al.</​blockquote>​
   ​   ​
-<​tabbox ​Examples+<​tabbox ​FAQ
  
---> ​Example1#+-->Why do we say that irreducible representation of Poincare group represents the one-particle state?#
  
-  +see https://​physics.stackexchange.com/​questions/​73593/​why-do-we-say-that-irreducible-representation-of-poincare-group-represents-the-o
-<--+
  
---> Example2:#+and also https://​physics.stackexchange.com/​questions/​21801/​identification-of-the-state-of-particle-types-with-representations-of-poincare-g
  
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-  ​ 
-<tabbox History> ​ 
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 </​tabbox>​ </​tabbox>​
  
  
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