
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jeffery, EA 
T1  - Component Minimization of the Bargmann?Wigner Wavefunction
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
SP  - 137
EP  - 150
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH780137 
N2  - The Bargmann-Wigner equations are used to derive relativistic field equations with only 2(2j+ 1) components of the original wavefunction. The other components of the Bargmann-Wigner wavefunction are superfluous and can be defined in terms of the 2(2j+ 1) components. The results are compared with various 2(2j+ 1) theories in the literature. Sylvester's theorem and some properties of induced matrices give simple relationships between the operator matrices of the field equations and the arbitrary spin operator matrices. 
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