Friday, August 7, 2015

mass - Mathematical proof on helicity of a massive fermion is not Lorentz invariant


What is the mathematical proof that the helicity of a massive spin-1/2 fermion is not Lorentz invariant?


Something is Lorentz invariant (e.g., PμPμ) if it commutes with all the generators of the Lorentz group. Assuming this statement to be correct, the helicity operator, therefore, must not commute with all the generators 12σμν of Lorentz transformation. I should also be able to verify that in the limit the mass m0, a Lorentz transformation doesn't change the helicity.


Is this line of reasoning sufficient to prove the failure of Lorentz invariance of the helicity operator?





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