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Relativistic wavefunctions on the Poincare group

Abstract

The Biedenharn type relativistic wavefunctions are considered on the group manifold of the Poincaré group. It is shown that the wavefunctions can be factorized on the group manifold into translation group and Lorentz group parts. A Lagrangian formalism and field equations for such factorizations are given. Parametrizations of the functions obtained are studied in terms of a ten-parameter set of the Poincaré group. An explicit construction of the wavefunction for the spin 1/2 is given. A relation of the proposed description with the quantum field theory and harmonic analysis on the Poincaré group is discussed.

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V. V. Varlamov. 2004-05-18. Relativistic wavefunctions on the Poincare group. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470%2F37%2F20%2F014

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