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http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v58/i8/p716_1
I'm trying to read this, and it's not going very well!
On the second page:
What two numbers is Pauli talking about? Isn't a spinor of a particle usually characterized by a one number?
I'm trying to read this, and it's not going very well!
On the second page:
A tensor or spinor which transforms irreducibly under this group can be characterized by two integral positive numbers [itex](p,q)[/itex]. (The corresponding "angular momentum quantum number" [itex](j,k)[/itex] are then given by [itex]p=2j+1[/itex], [itex]q=2k+1[/itex], with integral or half-integral [itex]j[/itex] and [itex]k[/itex].)
What two numbers is Pauli talking about? Isn't a spinor of a particle usually characterized by a one number?