Letters in Mathematical Physics

, Volume 72, Issue 1, pp 65–77 | Cite as

Charged Representations of the Infinite Fermi and Clifford Algebras

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Abstract

The real and quaternionic charge conjugation operators invariant under the infinite-dimensional Clifford algebra, or compatible with the Fermi algebra, are determined. There results a maze of inequivalent irreducible charged representations, all of which are non-Fock. The representation vectors and their charges admit two interpretations besides those of spinors or states of quantum fields: as wavelets on the circle, with charge conjugations acting via ordinary complex conjugation; and as infinite-dimensional numbers, with charge conjugations acting by automorphisms.

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spinors CAR algebra non-Fock representations 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Matemáticos, Facultad de Matemáticas, Astronomía y FísicaUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaCórdobaArgentina
  2. 2.Department of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of MassachusettsAmherstU.S.A

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