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Wave functions in geometric quantization

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A geometrical way is described to associate quantum states in the sense of geometric quantization to wave functions in the quantum mechanical sense for each relativistic elementary particle. Explicit computations are made in a number of cases: Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, neutrino and antineutrino Weyl equations, and very general cases of massive and massless particles of arbitrary spin. In this later case one is led in a canonical way to Penrose wave equations.

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    Antonio Díaz Miranda

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Miranda, A.D. Wave functions in geometric quantization. Int J Theor Phys 35, 2139–2168 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02302234

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