Galilei invariant theories

Abstract:
We restrict ourselves to finite - dimensional massless wave equations for spin 0 and 1. We use our knowledge of indecomposable representations of the homogeneous Galilei algebra hg (1, 3) to figure out the Galilei invariant equations for vector and scalar massless fields. We shall shown that in contrast to the corresponding relativistic equations for which there are only two possibilities - the Maxwell equations and equations for the longitudal massless field, the number of possible Galilean equations is very huge. Among them there are equations with more component and less component fields then in the Maxwell equation. These results can be clearly interpreted in terms of representation and contraction theories.

Joint work with Anatoly Nikitin (Institute of Mathematics of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine).