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PhysLean.Relativity.Lorentz.Weyl.Basic

Weyl fermions #

A good reference for the material in this file is: https://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/modernsusy/slides/slideimages/spinorfeynrules.pdf

The vector space ℂ^2 carrying the fundamental representation of SL(2,C). In index notation corresponds to a Weyl fermion with indices ψ^a.

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    The standard basis on left-handed Weyl fermions.

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      The vector space ℂ^2 carrying the representation of SL(2,C) given by M → (M⁻¹)ᵀ. In index notation corresponds to a Weyl fermion with indices ψ_a.

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        The vector space ℂ^2 carrying the conjugate representation of SL(2,C). In index notation corresponds to a Weyl fermion with indices ψ^{dot a}.

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          The standard basis on right-handed Weyl fermions.

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            The vector space ℂ^2 carrying the representation of SL(2,C) given by M → (M⁻¹)^†. In index notation this corresponds to a Weyl fermion with index ψ_{dot a}.

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              Equivalences between Weyl fermion vector spaces. #

              The morphism between the representation leftHanded and the representation altLeftHanded defined by multiplying an element of leftHanded by the matrix εᵃ⁰ᵃ¹ = !![0, 1; -1, 0]].

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                The morphism from altLeftHanded to leftHanded defined by multiplying an element of altLeftHandedWeyl by the matrix εₐ₁ₐ₂ = !![0, -1; 1, 0].

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                  The equivalence between the representation leftHanded and the representation altLeftHanded defined by multiplying an element of leftHanded by the matrix εᵃ⁰ᵃ¹ = !![0, 1; -1, 0]].

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                    leftHandedAltEquiv acting on an element ψ : leftHanded corresponds to multiplying ψ by the matrix !![0, 1; -1, 0].

                    The inverse of leftHandedAltEquiv acting on an elementψ : altLeftHanded corresponds to multiplying ψ by the matrix !![0, -1; 1, 0].

                    The linear equivalence between rightHandedWeyl and altRightHandedWeyl given by multiplying an element of rightHandedWeyl by the matrix εᵃ⁰ᵃ¹ = !![0, 1; -1, 0]].

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                      The linear equivalence rightHandedWeylAltEquiv is equivariant with respect to the action of SL(2,C) on rightHandedWeyl and altRightHandedWeyl.

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