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We propose a method of treating higher-spin representations in the Spacetime Algebra (STA). We first discuss the half-integral and integral weighted representations of the group SO(3) before generalising to the group of spacetime rotations SO(1,3).
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Somaroo, S. (1998). Higher Spin and the Spacetime Algebra. In: Dietrich, V., Habetha, K., Jank, G. (eds) Clifford Algebras and Their Application in Mathematical Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5036-1_27
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