Abstract: | Relativistic Poincaré-invariant wave equations for zero-mass and heavy particles with an arbitrary spin are constructed on the basis of special infinite-dimensional representation of the Lorentz group. The equations form a compatible system of linear differential equations for an unknown scalar function and contain spin s as a parameter (arbitrary complex number). It is also shown that the equations obtained in this way include the well-known finite-component wave equations as a special case of half-integral or integral spin.State University, Omsk. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 39–44, June, 1992. |