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Pauli Terms Must Be Absent In Dirac Equation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It should be of interest, whether Dirac's equation involves all 16 basis elements of his Clifford algebra ClD.Cl_D. These include the 6 `tensorial' σμν\sigma^{\mu\nu} with which the `Pauli terms' are formed. We find that these violate a basic axiom of any *-algebra, when Dirac's Ψ\Psi is canonical. Then the Dirac operator is spanned only by the 10 elements 1,iγ5,γμ,γμγ51,i\gamma_5,\gamma^\mu,\gamma^\mu\gamma_5 (which don't form a basis of ClDCl_D because the σμν\sigma^{\mu\nu} are excluded).

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0005191,
  title  = {Pauli Terms Must Be Absent In Dirac Equation},
  author = {Kurt Just and James Thevenot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0005191},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages

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