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The spinor transformation is ${\chi }^{\prime }=S\chi$, with $S=\mathrm{diag}(e^{\kappa /2},e^{-\kappa /2})$. Its squared norm becomesDividing by $\sqrt{\mathcal{R}}$ isolates the new direction without discarding the physical scale factor in $X^{\prime }$. The lower-to-upper component ratio givesEquivalently,This is relativistic aberration for the active positive-$z$ boost specified in the question. At the poles, azimuth is undefined rather than a measurable transformed variable. Under the literal matrix convention from (c), the actual azimuth $-\varphi$ is likewise unchanged. The time coordinate is multiplied by $\mathcal{R}$; normalizing a spinor for its direction must not erase that boost-induced change of null-vector scale.