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the classification of elementary particles as unitary irreducible representations of the Poincaré group, labelled by mass and spin or helicity.

In mathematical physics, Wigner classification refers to the classification of elementary particles as unitary irreducible representations of the Poincaré group, labelled by mass and spin or helicity. This meaning comes from Wigner (1939) in The Annals of Mathematics.[1]

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References

Wigner, E. (1939). On Unitary Representations of the Inhomogeneous Lorentz Group. The Annals of Mathematics, 40(1), 149. https://doi.org/10.2307/1968551

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