Gamma matrices, Majorana fermions, and discrete symmetries in Minkowski and Euclidean signature
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Abstract I describe the interplay between Minkowski and Euclidean signature gamma matrices, Majorana fermions, discrete continuous symmetries in all spacetime dimensions. In particular argue that space-time dimensions which various classes of fermions exists are same both signature.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics A
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1751-8113', '1751-8121']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ac61b7