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arxiv: hep-th/9602004 · v1 · pith:UQTXGSNVnew · submitted 1996-02-01 · ✦ hep-th

Unification of Spacetime Symmetries of Massive and Massless Particles

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keywords littlegroupcovariantdifferentlikemanifestationsmassivemassless
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The internal space-time symmetries of relativistic particles are dictated by Wigner's little groups. The $O(3)$-like little group for a massive particle at rest and the $E(2)$-like little group of a massless particle are two different manifestations of the same covariant little group. Likewise, the quark model and parton pictures are two different manifestations of the one covariant entity.

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