The Lorentz Group , Relativistic Particles , and Quantum Mechanics 1
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In these notes, I discuss the relation of relativistic invariance to quantum mechanics. First, I discuss the rotation group and its representations. Then I outline the structure of Lorentz group and build up the finite dimensional representations of the Lorentz Group. Finally, I add the space and time translations to get the Poincaré group. This allows us to find how to treat the spin of particles in a relativistically covariant way.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011