Massless particles in five and higher dimensions

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2020.136020MaRDI QIDQ2231468zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sergei M. Kuzenko, Alec E. Pindur

Publication date 29 September 2021

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.07124

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure and representation of the Lorentz group (22E43) Canonical quantization (81S08) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: We describe a five-dimensional analogue of Wigner's operator equation ${mathbbW}_a=lambda{P}_a$, where ${mathbbW}_a$ is the Pauli-Lubanski vector, $P_a$ the energy-momentum operator, and $lambda$ the helicity of a massless particle. Higher dimensional generalisations are also given.

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