Massless particles in five and higher dimensions

Abstract

We describe a five-dimensional analogue of Wigner's operator equation ${\mathbb{W}}_a=\lambda P_a$, where ${\mathbb{W}}_a$ is the Pauli-Lubanski vector, $P_a$ the energy-momentum operator, and $\lambda$ the helicity of a massless particle. Higher dimensional generalisations are also given.

8 pages; V2: typos corrected, comments and references added; V3: new relations in section 3; V4: published version

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