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advanced_tools:group_theory:su2 [2018/03/17 16:02]
jakobadmin [Student]
advanced_tools:group_theory:su2 [2018/04/15 16:30]
aresmarrero [Student]
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 Elements of $SU(2)$ can be written as Elements of $SU(2)$ can be written as
  
-$$ U(x) = e^{i  \vec{r} \vec{\sigma} },$$+$$ U(x) = e^{i \vec{r} \vec{\sigma} }= e^{i a \vec{r} \vec{\sigma}} = \cos(a) + i \vec{r} \vec{\sigma} \sin( a )$$
  
 where $\vec{\sigma}=(\sigma_1,​\sigma_2,​\sigma_3)$ are the usual Pauli matrices and $ \vec{r} $ is a unit vector. where $\vec{\sigma}=(\sigma_1,​\sigma_2,​\sigma_3)$ are the usual Pauli matrices and $ \vec{r} $ is a unit vector.
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 +----
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 +**Representations**
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 +[{{ :​advanced_tools:​group_theory:​su2reps.png?​nolink |Diagram by Eduard Sackinger}}]
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