OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Massless vector particle (p⋅ϵ=0,ϵ∼ϵ+λp)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Special relativity Lorentz transformation Lorentz group Poincare group Little group Massless particle little group
2026-10-06  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
An ordinary massless spin-one particle has transverse vector polarizations under SO(D−2). A covariant polarization satisfies p⋅ϵ=0 and is identified under ϵ↦ϵ+λp. The quotient has D−2 positive polarizations.

 Ancestors (9)

  1. Massless particle little group
  2. Little group
  3. Poincare group
  4. Lorentz group
  5. Lorentz transformation
  6. Special relativity
  7. Branch of physics
  8. Physics
  9.  Home

 Synonyms (1)

  • codex/massless-vector

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook