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<p>This paper presents the Geometric Algebra approach to the Wigner little group for photons using the Spacetime Algebra, incorporating a mirror-based view for physical interpretation. The shift from a <i>point-based view</i> to a <i>mirror-based view</i> is a modern movement that allows for a more intuitive representation of geometric and physical entities, with vectors and their higher-grade counterparts viewed as hyperplanes. This reinterpretation simplifies the implementation of homogeneous representations of geometric objects within the Spacetime Algebra and enables a <i>relative view</i> via projective geometry. Then, after utilizing the intrinsic properties of Geometric Algebra, the Wigner little group is seen to induce a projective geometric algebra as a subalgebra of the Spacetime Algebra. However, the dimension-agnostic nature of Geometric Algebra enables the generalization of induced subalgebras to <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="6_2025_1369_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="19" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="52" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\((1+n)\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mi>n</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-dimensional Minkowski geometric algebras, termed <i>little photon algebras</i>. The lightlike transformations (translations) in these little photon algebras are seen to leave invariant the (pseudo)<i>canonical electromagetic field bivector</i>. Geometrically, this corresponds to Lorentz transformations that do not change the intersection of the spacelike polarization hyperplane with the lightlike wavevector hyperplane while simultaneously not affecting the lightlike wavevector hyperplane. This provides for a framework that unifies the analysis of symmetries and substructures of point-based Geometric Algebra with mirror-based Geometric Algebra.</p>

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The Wigner Little Group for Photons is a Projective Subalgebra

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    2025年1月21日

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  • Moab Croft,
  • Hamish Todd,
  • Edward Corbett

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This paper presents the Geometric Algebra approach to the Wigner little group for photons using the Spacetime Algebra, incorporating a mirror-based view for physical interpretation. The shift from a point-based view to a mirror-based view is a modern movement that allows for a more intuitive representation of geometric and physical entities, with vectors and their higher-grade counterparts viewed as hyperplanes. This reinterpretation simplifies the implementation of homogeneous representations of geometric objects within the Spacetime Algebra and enables a relative view via projective geometry. Then, after utilizing the intrinsic properties of Geometric Algebra, the Wigner little group is seen to induce a projective geometric algebra as a subalgebra of the Spacetime Algebra. However, the dimension-agnostic nature of Geometric Algebra enables the generalization of induced subalgebras to \((1+n)\) ( 1 + n ) -dimensional Minkowski geometric algebras, termed little photon algebras. The lightlike transformations (translations) in these little photon algebras are seen to leave invariant the (pseudo)canonical electromagetic field bivector. Geometrically, this corresponds to Lorentz transformations that do not change the intersection of the spacelike polarization hyperplane with the lightlike wavevector hyperplane while simultaneously not affecting the lightlike wavevector hyperplane. This provides for a framework that unifies the analysis of symmetries and substructures of point-based Geometric Algebra with mirror-based Geometric Algebra.