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The quasiclassical theory of massless chiral fermions is considered. The effective action is derived using time-dependent variational principle which provides a clear interpretation of relevant canonical variables. As a result their transformation properties under the action of Lorentz group are derived from first principles.
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Andrzejewski, K., Brihaye, Y., Gonera, C. et al. The covariance of chiral fermions theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 11 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2019)011
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