The Pauli-Lubański vector, complex electrodynamics, and photon helicity

Sergey I. Kryuchkov; Nathan A. Lanfear; Sergei Suslov

doi:10.1088/0031-8949/90/7/074065

The Pauli-Lubański vector, complex electrodynamics, and photon helicity

Sergey I. Kryuchkov, Nathan A. Lanfear, Sergei Suslov

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Abstract

We critically analyze the concept of photon helicity and its connection with the PauliLubański vector from the viewpoint of the complex electromagnetic field, E + iH, sometimes attributed to Riemann but studied by Weber, Silberstein, and Minkowski. To this end, a complex covariant form of Maxwells equations is used. Weyls two-component wave equation for massless neutrinos is also briefly discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	074065
Journal	Physica Scripta
Volume	90
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/90/7/074065
State	Published - Jul 1 2015

Keywords

PauliLubanski vector
Poincare group

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Condensed Matter Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Mathematical Physics

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