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advanced_tools:wigners_little_groups [2017/09/22 14:06]
jakobadmin [History]
advanced_tools:wigners_little_groups [2017/10/08 10:24]
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 +<​blockquote>​The little group is a subgroup of the Poincare
 +group which leaves the four-momentum of a
 +given particle invariant. The little groups for
 +massive and massless particles are locally
 +isomorphic to the three-dimensional rotation
 +group and the two-dimensional euclidean group
 +respectively. <​cite>​GAUGE TRANSFORMATIONS AS LORENTZ-BOOSTED ROTATIONS by D. HAN et. al.</​cite></​blockquote>​
  
 A good explanation can be found at page 8 in https://​indico.cern.ch/​event/​544849/​contributions/​2214530/​attachments/​1301154/​1942518/​yskim.pdf A good explanation can be found at page 8 in https://​indico.cern.ch/​event/​544849/​contributions/​2214530/​attachments/​1301154/​1942518/​yskim.pdf
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 +Another great introduction is section 2 here https://​arxiv.org/​pdf/​1709.04891.pdf
    
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