Massless particles in five and higher dimensions
Sergei M. Kuzenko, Alec E. Pindur
Abstract
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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Massless particleHelicityMathematical physicsOperator (biology)LambdaPhysicsPauli exclusion principleMomentum (technical analysis)MathematicsQuantum mechanicsRepressorEconomicsGeneBiochemistryTranscription factorChemistryFinanceQuantum and Classical ElectrodynamicsQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories