Zero Mass as a Borel Structure
The Lorentz group Lor1,3=SO0(1,3) has two point fixgroups, namely SO(3) for time-like translations and SO0(1,1)×IR2 for light-like translations. However, for light-like translations, it is reasonable to consider a line fixgroup that leads to the Borel structure of the Lorentz group and provides appropriate helicities for massless particles. Therefore, whether a particle is massless or massive is not so much a physical question but rather a question of the underlying Lie group symmetry.
Authors
- R Saar
- S. Groote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4462-4408)
Institutions
- University of Tartu (EE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Symmetry
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17091464
- Primary Topic
- Algebraic and Geometric Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00