Wigner's Last Papers on Spacetime Symmetries
Y.S.Kim
TL;DR
This paper reviews Wigner's influential 1939 work on spacetime symmetries, focusing on the unification of internal symmetries for massive and massless particles, highlighting its foundational role in physics.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of Wigner's last papers on spacetime symmetries, emphasizing their significance in unifying internal symmetries for different particle types.
Findings
Wigner's 1939 representation theory is fundamental to physics.
The papers unify internal symmetries of massive and massless particles.
Wigner's work continues to influence modern physics theories.
Abstract
Wigner's 1939 paper on representations of the inhomogeneous Lorentz group is one of the most fundamental papers in physics. Wigner maintained his passion for this subject throughout his life. In this report, I will review the papers which he published with me on this subject. These papers deal with the question of unifying the internal space-time symmetries of massive and massless particles.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories · Relativity and Gravitational Theory · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories