Saturday, 13 December 2014

homework and exercises - Representation (1/2,1/2) of Lorentz group


I want to show that the Lorentz representation (1/2,1/2) corresponds to the normal vectorial representation Aμ. For this I need to show that the double spinors Aij=(Aμσμσ2)ij that transforms like Aij(ΛR)ik(ΛL)jlAkl

implies that the Aμ transforms like AμΛμνAν.



But I really don't know how to even start this. Maybe I have issues understanding what is this representation. Here is what I did: Aμσμσ2=ΛRΛLAμσμσ2

Then multiply by σ2σν on the left and taking the trace Tr(σ2σνAμσμσ2)=Tr(σ2σνΛRΛLAμσμσ2)2Aμδμν=Tr(σ2ΛRσ2ΛLAμδμν)2Aν=Tr(ΛLΛLAν)2Aν=Tr(σ2Λ1Lσ2ΛLAν)2Aν=Aν
which can't be good.


EDIT:


I came up with a solution: Aij=(ΛR)ik(ΛL)jlAkl(Aμσμσ2)ij=(ΛR)ik(Aμσμσ2)kl(ΛL)TljTr(σ2σνAμσμσ2)=Tr(σ2σνΛRAμσμσ2ΛTL)Tr(σνAμσμ)=Tr(σνΛRAμσμσ2ΛTLσ2)AμTr(σνσμ)=Tr(σνΛRσμΛR)Aμ2Aμδμν=Tr(σνΛRσμΛR)AμAν=12Tr(σνΛRσμΛR)AμAν=ΛμνAμ.

but I'm not sure why my indices are not good (compared to what I'm supposed to get Aμ=ΛμνAν).




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