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Dirac matrices in riemannian space

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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An explicit formula is developed for the affine spinor connection, Γr, in an arbitrary spin representation. This formula makes it possible explicitly to write the Dirac equation in Riemannian space, γi(Ψ, i i +m Ψ=0, in a form which may be subjected to arbitrary similarity transformations. Also, some useful algebraic properties of Dirac matrices are developed.

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Si sviluppa una formula esplicita per la connessione spinoriale affine, Γr, in una rappresentazione spinoriale arbitraria. Questa formula permette di scrivere l’equazione di Dirao Hello spazio riemanniano, γi(Ψ, i i +m Ψ=0, in una forma cui possono imporsi trasformazioni di similitudine arbitrarie. Si sviluppano anche alcune utili proprietà algebriche délie matrici di Dirac.

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Fletcher, J.G. Dirac matrices in riemannian space. Nuovo Cim 8, 451–458 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02828752

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