spin Casimir operator

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The spin Casimir operator is a Lorentz-invariant operator associated with the Poincaré group that characterizes the intrinsic angular momentum (spin) of elementary particles in relativistic quantum theory.

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instanceOf Casimir operator
Lorentz-invariant operator
operator in relativistic quantum theory
actsOn one-particle Hilbert space
appearsIn Wigner classification of particles
appliesTo massive particle representations
massless particle representations
associatedWith Poincaré group
characterizes intrinsic angular momentum of particles
spin of elementary particles
definedInTermsOf Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector
Poincaré group
surface form: Poincaré generators
domain Minkowski spacetime symmetry group representations
eigenvaluesGivenBy s(s+1) for massive particles
eigenvaluesRepresent intrinsic angular momentum squared
spin quantum number
framework quantum field theory on Minkowski spacetime
relativistic quantum mechanics
hasProperty Lorentz group
surface form: Lorentz invariance

commutes with all Poincaré generators
hasSymbol W^2
W_\
hasUnit (angular momentum)^2 in natural units
helpsDefine helicity for massless particles
mass and spin labels of particle states
invariantUnder Lorentz transformation
surface form: Lorentz transformations

Poincaré group
surface form: Poincaré transformations
mathematicallyExpressedAs negative square of the Pauli–Lubanski vector
pairedWith mass Casimir operator
partOf Poincaré group representation theory
relatedConcept Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector
surface form: Pauli–Lubanski vector

Poincaré group
surface form: Poincaré algebra

mass Casimir operator
relevantFor classification of elementary particles
unitary irreducible representations of the Poincaré group
usedFor labeling irreducible representations by spin
usedIn particle physics
quantum field theory
relativistic quantum theory
usedToDistinguish different spin sectors of a given mass representation

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Poincaré group hasInvariant spin Casimir operator