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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 
 +  * Another great introduction is section 2 here https://​arxiv.org/​pdf/​1709.04891.pdf 
 +  * A good discussion can also be found in Groups, Physics, and Geometry by Gilmore
    
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 +https://​arxiv.org/​pdf/​hep-th/​9512151.pdf
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