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Massless induced representation of the Poincare double cover

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For a future null standard momentum k, choose Lorentz transformations L(p)k=p and a unitary irreducible representation d of its little group. The Wigner rotation R(Λ,p)=L(Λp)−1ΛL(p) acts on the internal state. The resulting induced representation acts on wavefunctions with invariant measure d3p/(2p0). Trivial little-group translations give fixed helicity; nontrivial translations give a continuous-spin representation with infinitely many polarization states.

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