High-speed Contraction of Transverse Rotations to Gauge Transformations

Details High-speed Contraction of Transverse Rotations to Gauge Transformations High-speed Contraction of Transverse Rotations to Gauge Transformations

1997-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9712009v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

RevTex 15 pages, no figures; presented at the International Workshop on Quantum Groups, Deformations, and Contractions, Istanb

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The Inonu-Wigner contraction is applied to special relativity and the little groups of the Lorentz group. If the O(3) symmetry group for massive particle is boosted to an infinite-momentum frame, it becomes contracted to a combination of the cylindrical group and the two-dimensional Euclidean group. The Euclidean component becomes the Lorentz condition applicable to the electromagnetic four-potential, and the cylindrical component leads to the helicity and gauge degrees of freedom. The rotation around the cylindrical axis corresponds to the helicity, while the translation parallel to the axis on the cylindrical surface leads to a gauge transformation.

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