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A characterization of SO(n) representations containing a vector stabilized by subgroups of the type S[O(n-p) × O(p)] or SU(k) × U(1) or SU(k) if n = 2k is given. Large use is made of the Gelfand-Zetlin basis, which yields operative methods of some interest in gauge models.
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Girardi, G., Sciarrino, A., Sorba, P. (1980). Higgs representations for SO(n) gauges theories. In: Wolf, K.B. (eds) Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-10271-X_344
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