Weyl, Majorana and Dirac Fields from a Unified Perspective

A self-contained derivation of the formalism describing Weyl, Majorana and Dirac fields from a unified perspective is given based on a concise description of the representation theory of the proper orthochronous Lorentz group. Lagrangian methods play no role in the present exposition, which covers s...

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Main Author: Andreas Aste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/8/9/87