Rotor and spin - proving spinors have spin 1/2?

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I am a beginning with rotors and spin. I am trying to understand how spins connects to rotors.

Say I have a wave function $\psi = e^{a+e_0e_1 b}$.

I wish to prove that this function has spin 1/2. How would I do it?


Do I apply a rotor $R(\theta)=e^{e_0e_1 \theta/2}$ to $\psi$ and note the angles $\theta$ where the sign of $\psi$ flips to $-\psi$.

$$ R(\theta)\psi=e^{a+e_0e_1(b+\theta/2)} $$

Then at $4\pi$ (2 turns) I get $R(4\pi)\psi=\psi$