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Majorana's arbitrary spin theory is considered in a hyperbolic complex representation. The underlying differential equation is embedded into the gauge field theories of Sachs and Carmeli. In particular, the approach of Sachs can serve as a…

General Physics · Physics 2014-09-16 S. Ulrych

It is proved that there exist a vector representation of Dirac's spinor field and in one sense it is equivalent to biquaternion (i.e. complexified quaternion) representation. This can be considered as a generalization of Cartan's idea of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Liu Yu-Fen

An extensive group-theoretical treatment of linear relativistic field equations on Minkowski spacetime of arbitrary dimension D>2 is presented in these lecture notes. To start with, the one-to-one correspondence between linear relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-15 Xavier Bekaert , Nicolas Boulanger

We will consider the torsional completion of gravity for a background filled with Dirac matter fields, studying the weak-gravitational non-relativistic approximation, in view of an assessment about their effective phenomenology: we discuss…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-03 Luca Fabbri

Relativistic spin-1/2 particles in curved spacetime are naturally described by Dirac theory, which is a dynamical and Lorentz-invariant field theory. In this work, we propose a non-dynamical fermion theory in 3+1 dimensions dubbed spinor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 Giandomenico Palumbo

The main properties of indefinite Kac-Moody and Borcherds algebras, considered in a unified way as Lorentzian algebras, are reviewed. The connection with the conformal field theory of the vertex operator construction is discussed. By the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 V. Marotta , A. Sciarrino

In view of Ehlers-Pirani-Schild formalism, since 1972 Weyl geometries should be considered to be the most appropriate and complete framework to represent (relativistic) gravitational fields. We shall here show that in any given Lorentzian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-21 L. Fatibene , M. Francaviglia

Deformation quantization for any Grassmann scalar free field is described via the Weyl-Wigner-Moyal formalism. The Stratonovich-Weyl quantizer, the Moyal $\star$-product and the Wigner functional are obtained by extending the formalism…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 I. Galaviz , H. Garcia-Compean , M. Przanowski , F. J. Turrubiates

Conformal fields in flat space-time of even dimension greater than or equal to four are studied. Second-derivative formulation for spin 0,1,2 conformal bosonic fields and first-derivative formulation for spin 1/2,3/2 conformal fermionic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 R. R. Metsaev

The local Lorentz group is introduced in flat space-time, where the resulting Dirac and Yang-Mills equations are found, and then generalized to curved space-time: if matter is neglected, the Lorentz connection is identified with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 Orchidea Maria Lecian , Simone Mercuri , Giovanni Montani

Gor'kov theory of superconductivity opened the application of the methods of quantum field theory to condensed matter physics. Later the results became relevant to relativistic quantum fields.

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-03-08 G. E. Volovik

We present the general theory of relativity in the language of a non-Riemannian geometry, namely, Weyl geometry. We show that the new mathematical formalism may lead to different pictures of the same gravitational phenomena, by making use…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 C. Romero , J. B. Fonseca-Neto , M. L. Pucheu

In this paper we present a new geometric formulation (Clifford algebra formalism) of the field equations, which is independent of the reference frame and of the chosen system of coordinates in it. This formulation deals with the complex…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomislav Ivezic

In this paper we will attempt to show that the Dirac theory lends itself to an interpretation in terms of a unified sub-quantum mechanical field theory where, the fundamental force fields are weak electric and weak magnetic fields. We…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. R. Mahdavi

The objective of this work is twofold: First, we analyze the relation between the k-cosymplectic and the k-symplectic Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms in classical field theories. In particular, we prove the equivalence between…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-15 Narciso Roman-Roy , Angel M. Rey , Modesto Salgado , Silvia Vilarino

A group theoretical description of the Majorana-Oppenheimer quantum electrodynamics is considered. Different spinor realizations of the Maxwell and Dirac fields are discussed. A representation of the Majorana-Oppenheimer wave equations in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-01-07 V. V. Varlamov

It is proved that the class of stable interatomic potentials admits an exact representation in the form of a finite or infinite superposition of Yukawa potentials. An auxiliary scalar field is introduced to describe the dynamics of a system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-01 A. Yu. Zakharov , V. V. Zubkov

We study f(R)-gravity with torsion in presence of Dirac massive fields. Using the Bianchi identities, we formulate the conservation laws of the theory and we check the consistency with the matter field equations. Further, we decompose the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-13 Luca Fabbri , Stefano Vignolo

We present a simple discussion of the appearance of light-front partons in local field theory.The description in terms of partons provides a dimensional reduction which relates a 2+1 with a 3+1 dimensional theory for example. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-30 Antal Jevicki

A causal, non-Hermitian, renormalizable, local, unitary and Lorentz convariant formulation of Quantum Theory (QT) (= Quantum Mechanics (QM) and Quantum Field Theory (QFT)) is developed which is free of formalistic problems we face in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-19 F. Kleefeld