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- I have seen it stated but not proven that in the formula for the Pauli-Lubanski vector, the orbital angular momentum drops out from ##M_{\rho \sigma}## because of the anti-symmetry with the momentum operator, such that it includes only the spin part of the angular momentum. Where can I find an explicit proof of this statement?
Given $$M_{\rho \sigma} = i (x^{\rho} \partial_{\sigma} - x^{\sigma} \partial_{\rho})$$
and $$W^{\mu} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho \sigma} P_{\nu} M_{\rho \sigma}$$
Why does ##W^{\mu}## pick up only the spin part of the total angular momentum?
and $$W^{\mu} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho \sigma} P_{\nu} M_{\rho \sigma}$$
Why does ##W^{\mu}## pick up only the spin part of the total angular momentum?