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Lorentz- And permutation-invariants of particles

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Authors

Gripaios, B 
Lester, CG 

Abstract

A theorem of Weyl tells us that the Lorentz (and parity) invariant polynomials in the momenta of n particles are generated by the dot products. We extend this result to include the action of an arbitrary permutation group PSn on the particles, to take account of the quantum-field-theoretic fact that particles can be indistinguishable. Doing so provides a convenient set of variables for describing scattering processes involving identical particles, such as ppjjj, for which we provide an explicit set of Lorentz and permutation invariant generators.

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mathematical physics, invariant theory, Hironaka decomposition, minimal algebra generators, invariant polynomial generators

Journal Title

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

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Journal ISSN

1751-8113
1751-8121

Volume Title

54

Publisher

IOP Publishing
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/P000681/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/S505316/1)
STFC (ST/T000694/1)