Title
On the spinor representation
Date Issued
01 July 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
A systematic study of the spinor representation by means of the fermionic physical space is accomplished and implemented. The spinor representation space is shown to be constrained by the Fierz–Pauli–Kofink identities among the spinor bilinear covariants. A robust geometric and topological structure can be manifested from the spinor space, wherein the first and second homotopy groups play prominent roles on the underlying physical properties, associated to fermionic fields. The mapping that changes spinor fields classes is then exemplified, in an Einstein–Dirac system that provides the spacetime generated by a fermion.
Volume
77
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Matemáticas
Física y Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85025428113
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
14346044
Sponsor(s)
JMHS thanks to CNPq (304629/2015-4; 445385/2014-6) for partial financial support. CHCV thanks to PNPD-CAPES for financial support. RJBR thanks to CAPES for financial support, and RdR is grateful to CNPq (Grant No. 303293/2015-2), and to FAPESP (Grant No. 2015/10270-0), for partial financial support.
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