We discuss the Kirillov method for massless Wigner particles, usually (mis)named 'continuous spin' or 'infinite spin' particles. These appear in Wigner's classification of the unitary representations of the Poincaré group, labelled by elements of the enveloping algebra of the Poincaré Lie algebra. Now, the coadjoint orbit procedure introduced by Kirillov is a prelude to quantization. Here we exhibit for those particles the classical Casimir functions on phase space, in parallel to quantum representation theory. A good set of position coordinates are identified on the coadjoint orbits of the Wigner particles; the stabilizer subgroups and the symplectic structures of these orbits are also described.

The Kirillov picture for the Wigner particle / Gracia-Bondaa, J. M.; Lizzi, F.; Varilly, J. C.; Vitale, P.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL. - ISSN 1751-8113. - 51:25(2018), p. 255203. [10.1088/1751-8121/aac3b3]

The Kirillov picture for the Wigner particle

Lizzi, F.;Vitale, P.
2018

Abstract

We discuss the Kirillov method for massless Wigner particles, usually (mis)named 'continuous spin' or 'infinite spin' particles. These appear in Wigner's classification of the unitary representations of the Poincaré group, labelled by elements of the enveloping algebra of the Poincaré Lie algebra. Now, the coadjoint orbit procedure introduced by Kirillov is a prelude to quantization. Here we exhibit for those particles the classical Casimir functions on phase space, in parallel to quantum representation theory. A good set of position coordinates are identified on the coadjoint orbits of the Wigner particles; the stabilizer subgroups and the symplectic structures of these orbits are also described.
2018
The Kirillov picture for the Wigner particle / Gracia-Bondaa, J. M.; Lizzi, F.; Varilly, J. C.; Vitale, P.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL. - ISSN 1751-8113. - 51:25(2018), p. 255203. [10.1088/1751-8121/aac3b3]
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