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The Kemmer β-formalism for particles of spin one-half

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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A linearization of the two-component second order spinor equation of Feynman and Gell-Mann for spin one-half particles leads to a ten component equation of the Kemmer type. Up to now such equations were only known for integral spin particles.

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Una linearizzazione della equazione spinoriale del secondo ordine a due componenti di Feynman e Gell-Mann per particelle di spin 1/2 porta ad una equazione a dieci componenti del tipo di Kemmer. Sinora queste equazioni erano note solo per particelle a spin intero.

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  1. M. Samiullah

    Present address: Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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  1. Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.

    A. O. Barut & M. Samiullah

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Supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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Barut, A.O., Samiullah, M. The Kemmer β-formalism for particles of spin one-half. Nuovo Cim 17, 876–880 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02732130

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