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In physics, specifically in relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, the Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector named after Wolfgang Pauli and Józef Lubański〔; 〕 is an operator defined from the momentum and angular momentum, used in the quantum-relativistic description of angular momentum. It describes the spin states of moving particles.〔 pp 180-181.〕 It is the generator of the little group of the Lorentz group, that is the maximal subgroup (with four generators) leaving the eigenvalues of the four-momentum vector invariant. ==Definition== It is usually denoted by (or less often by ) and defined by: ~ \tfrac\varepsilon_ J^ P^\sigma , |cellpadding= 6 |border |border colour = #0073CF |bgcolor=#F9FFF7}} where : * is the four-dimensional totally antisymmetric Levi-Civita symbol : * is the relativistic angular momentum tensor operator : * is the four-momentum. In the language of exterior algebra, it can be written as the Hodge dual of a trivector, : evidently satisfies : as well as the following commutator relations, : : The scalar is a Lorentz-invariant operator, and commutes with the four-momentum, and can thus serve as a label for irreducible representations of the Lorentz group. That is, it can serve as the label for the spin, a feature of the spacetime structure of the representation, over and above the relativistically invariant label for the mass of all states in a representation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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