MASS AND SPIN CONTENT OF A FREE RELATIVISTIC PARTICLE OF ARBITRARY SPILL AND THE GROUP REDUCTION SP(4)SUPERSET-OF-U(1)CIRCLE-TIMES-SU(2)

Authors
SHARMA A NIKITIN AG SMIRNOV YF
Citation
A. Sharma et al., MASS AND SPIN CONTENT OF A FREE RELATIVISTIC PARTICLE OF ARBITRARY SPILL AND THE GROUP REDUCTION SP(4)SUPERSET-OF-U(1)CIRCLE-TIMES-SU(2), Revista mexicana de fisica, 44, 1998, pp. 23-25
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Revista mexicana de fisica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
44
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
2
Pages
23 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1998)44:<23:MASCOA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In this paper, we apply Foldy-Wouthuysen transformations to the relati vistic equation for a free particle of arbitrary spin, which has the s ymmetry group O(5) associated with it. By noting the isomorphism of O( 5) to the symplectic group Sp(4), the mass and spin content of the pro blem is found using the group reduction Sp(4) superset of U(1) x SU(2) where U(1) is associated with the masses while SU(2) is related to th e spins.