 Massive rest-frame Pauli-Lubanski eigenvalues (source code)

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= Massive rest-frame Pauli-Lubanski eigenvalues
{title2=$(W_0,W_3)=(0,-mj_3)$}

With signature $(+---)$, $\epsilon_{0123}=+1$, $J_3=M^{12}$ and the lower-index definition of $W_\mu$, a rest momentum $(m,0,0,0)$ gives $W_0=0$ and $W_3=-mJ_3$ on that momentum eigenspace. A Hermitian spin projection $j_3$ consequently gives eigenvalues $0$ and $-mj_3$. Raising the third index changes its sign.

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