Spin in quantum field theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
I introduce spin in field theory by emphasizing the close connection between quantum field theory and quantum mechanics. First, I show that the spin-statistics connection can be derived in quantum mechanics without relativity or field theory. Then, I discuss path integrals for spin without using spinors. Finally, I show how spin can be quantized in a path-integral approach, without introducing anticommuting variables.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0507291,
title = {Spin in quantum field theory},
author = {Stefano Forte},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0507291},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
31 pages, 6 figures, latex with Springer svmult document class; typos corrected, refs 10-11 added