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Wigner’s little group as a generator of gauge transformations

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The role of Wigner’s little group, as an Abelian gauge generator in usual and topologically massive gauge theories, is studied.

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Banerjee, R. Wigner’s little group as a generator of gauge transformations. Acta Phys. Hung. A 19, 233–236 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1556/APH.19.2004.3-4.12

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