The Dirac equation in D-dimensional spherically symmetric spacetimes
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چکیده
We expound in detail a method frequently used to reduce the Dirac equation in D-dimensional (D ≥ 4) spherically symmetric spacetimes to a pair of coupled partial differential equations in two variables. As a simple application of these results we exactly calculate the quasinormal frequencies of the uncharged Dirac field propagating in the D-dimensional Nariai spacetime.
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