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Phys. Rev. D 31, 328–330 (1985)

Unitary transformations of photon polarization vectors

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D. Han
Systems and Applied Sciences Corporation, Hyattsville, Maryland 20784

Y. S. Kim
Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

D. Son
Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

Received 1 March 1984; published in the issue dated 15 January 1985

Lorentz and gauge transformation properties of free photons are studied within the framework of the E(2)-like little group. It is shown that every four-by-four nonunitary boost matrix applicable to a photon polarization vector can be converted into a unitary rotation matrix through a gauge transformation.

© 1985 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.31.328
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.31.328
PACS:
11.10.Qr, 11.15.Bt, 11.30.Cp
 
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