Representation-independent manipulations with Dirac spinors
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Dirac matrices, also known as gamma matrices, are defined only up to a similarity transformation. Usually, some explicit representation of these matrices is assumed in order to deal with them. In this article, we show how it is possible to proceed without any such assumption. Various important identities involving Dirac matrices and spinors have been derived without assuming any representation at any stage.
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Representation-independent manipulations with Dirac matrices and spinors
Dirac matrices, also known as gamma matrices, are defined only up to a similarity transformation. Usually, some explicit representation of these matrices is assumed in order to deal with them. In this article, we show how it is possible to proceed without any explicit form of these matrices. Various important identities involving Dirac matrices and spinors have been derived without assuming any...
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