scholarly journals Do Small-Mass Neutrinos Participate in Gauge Transformations?

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Kim ◽  
G. Q. Maguire ◽  
M. E. Noz
Keyword(s):  
Small Mass ◽  
Large Momentum ◽  
Mass Limit ◽  
Finite Mass ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Zero Mass ◽  
Massive Neutrinos ◽  
Wigner’S Little Groups ◽  
Dirac Spinors

Neutrino oscillation experiments presently suggest that neutrinos have a small but finite mass. If neutrinos have mass, there should be a Lorentz frame in which they can be brought to rest. This paper discusses how Wigner’s little groups can be used to distinguish between massive and massless particles. We derive a representation of theSL(2,c)group which separates out the two sets of spinors: one set is gauge dependent and the other set is gauge invariant and represents polarized neutrinos. We show that a similar calculation can be done for the Dirac equation. In the large-momentum/zero-mass limit, the Dirac spinors can be separated into large and small components. The large components are gauge invariant, while the small components are not. These small components represent spin-1/2non-zero-mass particles. If we renormalize the large components, these gauge invariant spinors represent the polarization of neutrinos. Massive neutrinos cannot be invariant under gauge transformations.

scholarly journals AdS superprojectors

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. Buchbinder ◽  
D. Hutchings ◽  
S. M. Kuzenko ◽  
M. Ponds
Keyword(s):  
Shell Model ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Projection Operators ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Higher Spin

Abstract Within the framework of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 anti-de Sitter (AdS) supersymmetry in four dimensions, we derive superspin projection operators (or superprojectors). For a tensor superfield $$ {\mathfrak{V}}_{\alpha (m)\overset{\cdot }{\alpha }(n)}:= {\mathfrak{V}}_{\left(\alpha 1\dots \alpha m\right)\left({\overset{\cdot }{\alpha}}_1\dots {\overset{\cdot }{\alpha}}_n\right)} $$ V α m α ⋅ n ≔ V α 1 … αm α ⋅ 1 … α ⋅ n on AdS superspace, with m and n non-negative integers, the corresponding superprojector turns $$ {\mathfrak{V}}_{\alpha (m)\overset{\cdot }{\alpha }(n)} $$ V α m α ⋅ n into a multiplet with the properties of a conserved conformal supercurrent. It is demonstrated that the poles of such superprojectors correspond to (partially) massless multiplets, and the associated gauge transformations are derived. We give a systematic discussion of how to realise the unitary and the partially massless representations of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 AdS4 superalgebra $$ \mathfrak{osp} $$ osp (1|4) in terms of on-shell superfields. As an example, we present an off-shell model for the massive gravitino multiplet in AdS4. We also prove that the gauge-invariant actions for superconformal higher-spin multiplets factorise into products of minimal second-order differential operators.

scholarly journals LOOP VARIABLES AND GAUGE-INVARIANT INTERACTIONS — II

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1679-1701 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. SATHIAPALAN
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Gauge Transformation ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Mass Shell ◽  
Bosonic String ◽  
Higher Dimension ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Variable Approach

We continue the discussion of our previous paper on writing down gauge-invariant interacting equations for a bosonic string using the loop variable approach. In the earlier paper the equations were written down in one higher dimension where the fields are massless. In this paper we describe a procedure for dimensional reduction that gives interacting equations for fields with the same spectrum as in bosonic string theory. We also argue that the on-shell scattering amplitudes implied by these equations for the physical modes are the same as for the bosonic string. We check this explicitly for some of the simpler equations. The gauge transformation of space–time fields induced by gauge transformations of the loop variables are discussed in some detail. The unintegrated (i.e. before the Koba–Nielsen integration), regularized version of the equations, are gauge invariant off-shell (i.e. off the free mass shell).

CONSISTENT CANONICAL QUANTIZATION OF THE CHIRAL SCHWINGER MODEL

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (21) ◽  
pp. 3823-3841 ◽  
Author(s):  
FUAD M. SARADZHEV
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Quantization ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Schwinger Model ◽  
Canonical Variables ◽  
Bound State Spectrum

For the chiral Schwinger model, the canonical quantization formulation consistent with the Gauss law constraint is developed. This requires modification of the canonical variables of the model. The formulation presented is unitary and gauge-invariant under modified gauge transformations. The bound state spectrum of the model is established.

scholarly journals PHYSICS OF GLUON HELICITY

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 1460028
Author(s):  
XIANGDONG JI ◽  
YONG ZHAO
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Element ◽  
Time Correlation ◽  
Spin Operator ◽  
Large Momentum ◽  
Time Correlation Functions ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Equal Time ◽  
Polarized Proton ◽  
Gluon Spin ◽  
Gluon Helicity

The total gluon helicity in a polarized proton is shown to be a matrix element of a gauge-invariant but nonlocal, frame-dependent gluon spin operator [Formula: see text] in the large momentum limit. The operator [Formula: see text] is fit for the calculation of the total gluon helicity in lattice QCD. This calculation also implies that parton physics can be studied through the large momentum limit of frame-dependent, equal-time correlation functions of quarks and gluons.

scholarly journals The Proca Field in Curved Spacetimes and its Zero Mass Limit

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-239
Author(s):  
Maximilian Schambach ◽  
Ko Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Mass Limit ◽  
Zero Mass ◽  
Proca Field ◽  
Curved Spacetimes
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