Eugene Wigner and Translational Symmetries
| dc.creator | Kim, Y. S. | |
| dc.date | 1996-12-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:08:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:08:57Z | |
| dc.description | As Einstein's $E = mc^{2}$ unifies the energy-momentum relation for massive and massless particles, Wigner's little group unifies their internal space-time symmetries. It is pointed out that translational symmetries play essential roles both in formulating the problem, and in deriving the conclusions. The input translational symmetry is the space-time translation, and the output translational symmetry is built in the E(2)-like little group for massless particles. The translational degrees of freedom in this little group are gauge degrees of freedom. It should be noted that a number of condensed matter physicists played important supporting and supplementary roles in Wigner's unification of internal space-time symmetries of massive and massless particles. | |
| dc.description | 11 pages, LaTeX file, no figures; presented at the 4th International School on Theoretical Physics: Symmetry and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter (Zajaczkowo, Poland, August-September, 1996); to be published in the Proceedings | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9612057 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9612057 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/27703 | |
| dc.subject | Condensed Matter | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Eugene Wigner and Translational Symmetries | |
| dc.type | text |