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The application of the Legendre transformation to a hyperregular Lagrangian system results in a Hamiltonian vector field generated by a Hamiltonian defined on the phase space of the mechanical system. The Legendre transformation in its…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wlodzimierz M. Tulczyjew , Pawel Urbanski

In this work, the general form of $2\times2$ Dirac matrices for 2+1 dimension is found. In order to find this general representation, all relations among the elements of the matrices and matrices themselves are found,and the generalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-02 H. Moaiery , A. Chenani , A. Hakimifard , N. Tahmasebi

We employ the techniques introduced in the companion papers to derive a connection formulation of Lorentzian General Relativity coupled to Dirac fermions in dimensions D+1 > 2 with compact gauge group. The technique that accomplishes that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-13 Norbert Bodendorfer , Thomas Thiemann , Andreas Thurn

It is shown that a subgroup of $SL(2,{\mathbb H})$, denoted $Spin(2,{\mathbb H})$ in this paper, which is defined by two conditions in addition to unit quaternionic determinant, is locally isomorphic to the restricted Lorentz group,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-13 Katsusada Morita

We develop a systematic method to derive the Majorana representation of the Dirac equation in (1+3)-dimensions. We compare with similar approach in (2+2)-dimensions . We argue that our formalism can be useful to have a better understanding…

General Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 J. A. Nieto , C. Pereyra

Relativistic and nonrelativistic anyons are described in a unified formalism by means of the coadjoint orbits of the symmetry groups in the free case as well as when there is an interaction with a constant electromagnetic field. To deal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Negro , M. A. del Olmo , J. Tosiek

In this article we present a detailed description of an electron in a uniform magnetic field evolving under the Schr\"odinger equation using ladder operators. Based on this analysis, we describe the same physical system using the Dirac…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-06 David Velasco Villamizar , Benjamin Russell

Introducing a new and universally applicable discretizing technique, I construct a class of local and unitary lattice theories of Weyl neutrinos; this solves a longstanding and allegedly unsolvable problem in quantum field theory. En route,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-08-31 Anil K. Trivedi

Grassmann-valued Dirac fields together with the electromagnetic field (the pseudoclassical basis of QED) are reformulated on spacelike hypersurfaces in Minkowski spacetime and then restricted to Wigner hyperplanes to get their description…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Bigazzi , L. Lusanna

The notions of \emph{Poisson Lie group} and \emph{Poisson homogeneous space} are extended to the Dirac category. The theorem of Drinfel$'$d (\cite{Drinfeld93}) on the one-to-one correspondence between Poisson homogeneous spaces of a Poisson…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-10 Madeleine Jotz

We present a general framework to study relativistic compound systems in a Hamiltonian formalism. This formalism is based on the explicitly covariant formulation of light-front dynamics, with a decomposition of the state vector in Fock…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-03 Jean-Francois Mathiot

Can one make a Majorana field theory for fermions starting from the zero mass Weyl theory, then adding a mass term as an interaction? The answer to this question is: yes we can. We can proceed similarly to the case of the Dirac massive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Mankoc Borstnik , H. B. Nielsen , C. D. Froggatt

Starting from Wigner's symmetry representation theorem, we give a general account of discrete symmetries (parity P, charge conjugation C, time-reversal T), focusing on fermions in Quantum Field Theory. We provide the rules of transformation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-18 Quentin Duret , Bruno Machet

We examine the variational and conformal structures of higher order theories of gravity which are derived from a metric-connection Lagrangian that is an arbitrary function of the curvature invariants. We show that the constrained first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 S. Cotsakis , J. Miritzis , L. Querella

Causal systems describe the localizability of relativistic quantum systems complying with the principles of special relativity and elementary causality. At their classification we restrict ourselves to real mass and finite spinor systems.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-07 Domenico P. L. Castrigiano

We present a new Lagrangian formulation of General Relativity with cosmological constant, coupled to Yang-Mills gauge theory. The formulation has a manifest color/kinematics-dual structure, both in the choice of fundamental fields and in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-25 Yasha Neiman

We show that a reference frame transformation could turn a topologically trivial Dirac fermion into a topologically nontrivial Weyl semimetal. This is elucidated by the transformation of the Dirac equation into the equation for Weyl…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-11-22 Wen-Bin Pan , Ya-Wen Sun

General solutions of relativistic wave equations are studied in terms of the functions on the Lorentz group. A close relationship between hyperspherical functions and matrix elements of irreducible representations of the Lorentz group is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Varlamov

We construct new relativistic linear differential equation in $d$ dimensions generalizing Dirac equation by employing the Clifford algebra of the cubic polynomial associated to Klein-Gordon operator multiplied by the mass parameter. Unlike…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Mikhail S. Plyushchay , Michel Rausch de Traubenberg

We introduce a variational principle for field theories, referred to as the Hamilton-Pontryagin principle, and we show that the resulting field equations are the Euler-Lagrange equations in implicit form. Secondly, we introduce multi-Dirac…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-19 Joris Vankerschaver , Hiroaki Yoshimura , Melvin Leok