Dirac-Kähler approach connected to quantum mechanics in Grassmann space

N. Mankoč Borštnik and H. B. Nielsen
Phys. Rev. D 62, 044010 – Published 18 July 2000
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Abstract

We compare the way one of us obtained spinors from fields, which are a priori antisymmetric tensor fields, to the Dirac-Kähler rewriting. Since using our Grassmann formulation is simple it may be useful in describing the Dirac-Kähler formulation of spinors and in generalizing it to vector internal degrees of freedom and to charges. The “cheat” concerning the Lorentz transformations for spinors is the same in both cases and is put forward in the Grassmann formulation. Also the generalizations are clearly pointed out. The discrete symmetries are discussed, in particular the appearance of two kinds of time-reversal operators as well as the unavoidability of four families and the evenness and oddness of the Dirac matrices.

  • Received 27 September 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.044010

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

N. Mankoč Borštnik

  • Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, Solvenia,
  • J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, 1111, Slovenia,
  • Promørska Institute for Natural Sciences and Technology, Marežganskega upøra 2, Koper, 6000, Slovenia

H. B. Nielsen

  • Department of Physics, Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
  • TH Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

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Vol. 62, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2000

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