Solution

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Both blocks of the given rotation matrix carry the same spin one-half representation, so a stationary spin-up state along the third axis uses the eigenspinor of . At rest , giving
For a massless particle moving along the positive third axis, with , and
Keeping the same two-spinor label gives
It has positive helicity and positive chirality in the Weyl representation.

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