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Massless longitudinal Pauli-Lubanski eigenvalues ((W0​,W3​)=(kj3​,−kj3​))

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With signature (+−−−) and ϵ0123​=+1, a momentum (k,0,0,k) and helicity j3​ give lower components W0​=kj3​ and W3​=−kj3​. They obey Wμ​Pμ=k(W0​+W3​)=0. These longitudinal identities require only the momentum and rotation-projection eigenvalues, not a statement about transverse little-group translations.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 41 / 4 / Solution

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