Title
On the generalized spinor classification: beyond the Lounesto’s classification
Date Issued
01 March 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rogerio R.J.B.
Aguirre A.R.
Beghetto D.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
In this paper we advance into a generalized spinor classification, based on the so-called Lounesto’s classification. The program developed here is based on an existing freedom on the spinorial dual structures definition, which, in certain simple physical and mathematical limit, allows us to recover the usual Lounesto’s classification. The protocol to be accomplished here gives full consideration in the understanding of the underlying mathematical structure, in order to satisfy the quadratic algebraic relations known as Fierz–Pauli–Kofink identities, and also to provide physical observables. As we will see, such identities impose restrictions on the number of possible spinorial classes allowed in the classification. We also expose a subsidiary mathematical device—a slight modification on the Clifford algebra basis—which ensures real spinorial densities and holds the Fierz–Pauli–Kofink quadratic relations.
Volume
80
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Matemáticas Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85081619893
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
1434-6044
Sponsor(s)
The authors express their gratitude to Roldão da Rocha Jr, Julio Marny Hoff da Silva and Luca Fabbri for very stimulating and fruitful conversation, providing many insightful suggestions and questions. Authors also thanks to Marco André Ferreira Dias and José Abdalla Helayël-Neto for their generosity and for engaging in insightful discussions. CHCV thanks CNPq (PCI Grant Number 300381/2018-2) for the financial support. RJBR thanks to CNPq (Grant Number 155675/2018-4) for the financial support. ARA thanks Gabriel Flores Hidalgo for helpful discussions and comments on this essay.
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