By definition helicity is projection of spin onto the 3 momentum.
h=J⋅P
Now under a Lorentz transformation massless particles transform like this: U(Λ)|p,σ⟩=eiθσ|Λp,σ⟩.
As we can see the momentum is changing but the spin not.
Suppose that state |p,σ⟩ is a state of helicity σ such that we have
h|p,σ⟩=J3P3|p,σ⟩=σp3|p,σ⟩
But for the state U(Λ)|p,σ⟩=eiθσ|Λp,σ⟩, we would have
h|Λp,σ⟩=σp′3eiθσ|Λp,σ⟩|
So why do people say that helicity is Lorentz invariant?
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