"polarization vector" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2003, A. Zee, Quantum field theory in a nutshell, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, §I.5, page 32",
          "text": "A massive spin 1 particle has three degrees of polarization for the obvious reason that in its rest frame its spin vector can point in three different directions. The three polarization vectors #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(a)#x7D; are simply the three unit vectors pointing along the x, y, and z axes, respectively (a = 1, 2, 3): #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(1)#x7D;#x3D;(0,1,0,0), #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(2)#x7D;#x3D;(0,0,1,0), #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(3)#x7D;#x3D;(0,0,0,1). In the rest frame k#x5C;mu#x3D;(m,0,0,0) and so\nk#x5C;mu#x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(a)#x7D;#x3D;0\nSince this is a Lorentz invariant equation, it holds for a moving spin 1 particle as well.",
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        "One of a set of three spacelike (and possibly also one timelike) four-dimensional vectors which are orthonormal within some inertial reference frame."
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        "(quantum field theory) One of a set of three spacelike (and possibly also one timelike) four-dimensional vectors which are orthonormal within some inertial reference frame."
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          "text": "A massive spin 1 particle has three degrees of polarization for the obvious reason that in its rest frame its spin vector can point in three different directions. The three polarization vectors #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(a)#x7D; are simply the three unit vectors pointing along the x, y, and z axes, respectively (a = 1, 2, 3): #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(1)#x7D;#x3D;(0,1,0,0), #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(2)#x7D;#x3D;(0,0,1,0), #x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(3)#x7D;#x3D;(0,0,0,1). In the rest frame k#x5C;mu#x3D;(m,0,0,0) and so\nk#x5C;mu#x5C;epsilon#x5F;#x5C;mu#x7B;(a)#x7D;#x3D;0\nSince this is a Lorentz invariant equation, it holds for a moving spin 1 particle as well.",
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        "(quantum field theory) One of a set of three spacelike (and possibly also one timelike) four-dimensional vectors which are orthonormal within some inertial reference frame."
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