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A new interpretation for the mass of a classical relativistic particle

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

Based on a recent classification of coadjoint orbits of the full Poincar\'{e} group, we give a new group theoretic interpretation for the mass of a classical relativistic particle.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0502024,
  title  = {A new interpretation for the mass of a classical relativistic particle},
  author = {Richard Cushman and Wilberd van der Kallen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0502024},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages