Zero mass as a Borel structure
General Physics
2025-09-08 v2
Abstract
The Lorentz group LorSO has two point fixgroups, namely SO for time-like translations and SO for light-like translations. However, for light-like translations it is reasonable to consider a line fixgroup that leads to the Borel structure of the Lorentz group and gives appropriate helicities for massless particles. Therefore, whether a particle is massless or massive is not so much a physical question but rather a question of the underlying Lie group symmetry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.12079,
title = {Zero mass as a Borel structure},
author = {Rein Saar and Stefan Groote},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12079},
year = {2025}
}
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30 pages, no figures