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We examine some of the subtleties inherent in formulating a theory of spinors on a manifold with a smooth degenerate metric. We concentrate on the case where the metric is singular on a hypersurface that partitions the manifold into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 J Schray , T Dray , C A Manogue , R W Tucker , C Wang

Dynamical system properties give rise to effects in Statistical Mechanics. Topological index changes can be the basis for phase transitions. The Euler characteristic is a versatile topological invariant that can be evaluated for model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ajay Patwardhan

In Lorentzian manifolds of any dimension the concept of causal tensors is introduced. Causal tensors have positivity properties analogous to the so-called ``dominant energy condition''. Further, it is shown how to build, from ANY given…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. M. Senovilla

We consider the torsional completion of gravity with electrodynamics for Dirac matter fields; we will see that these Dirac matter field equations will develop torsionally-induced non-linear interactions, which can be manipulated in order to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-07 Luca Fabbri

The Dirac operator for a manifold Q, and its chirality operator when Q is even dimensional, have a central role in noncommutative geometry. We systematically develop the theory of this operator when Q=G/H, where G and H are compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. P. Balachandran , Giorgio Immirzi , Joohan Lee , Peter Presnajder

In this paper, we give a new lower bound for the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator on a compact spin manifold. This estimate is motivated by the fact that in its limiting case a skew-symmetric tensor (see Equation \eqref{eq:16}) appears…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Georges Habib

A review is made of the basic tools used in mathematics to define a calculus for pseudodifferential operators on Riemannian manifolds endowed with a connection: esistence theorem for the function that generalizes the phase; analogue of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Giampiero Esposito , George M. Napolitano

A new approach is proposed for an electromagnetic field geometrisation. We show that interacting Maxwell and Dirac fields can be considered as a single connected space-time 4-manifold. The Dirac spinors appear wihtin such approach as basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 O. A. Olkhov

It is shown that the second order symmetry operators for the Dirac equation on a general two-dimensional spin manifold may be expressed in terms of Killing vectors and valence two Killing tensors. The role of these operators in the theory…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Lorenzo Fatibene , Raymond G. McLenaghan , Giovanni Rastelli , Shane N. Smith

Earlier we have shown that interacting electron-positron and electromagnetic fields can be considered as a certain microscopic distortion of pseudo-Euclidean properties of the Minkovsky 4-space-time. The known Dirac and Maxwell equations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 O. A. Olkhov

We extend to manifolds endowed with a general geometric structure, the classical notions of gradient as well as Laplace operator, and provide some of their natural properties.

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We consider a system of partial differential equations, of interest to plasma physics, and provide all its Lie point symmetries, with their respective invariant solutions. We also discuss some of its conditional and partial symmetries. We…

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Egorov's theorem for transversally elliptic operators, acting on sections of a vector bundle over a compact foliated manifold, is proved. This theorem relates the quantum evolution of transverse pseudodifferential operators determined by a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Yuri A. Kordyukov

Dirac's equation of the electron will be discussed by using quaternions as the basis of a new formalism which seems to be very well adapted to the problem. The transformation properties of the equations as well as the invariant and…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cornelius Lanczos

The Dirac equation provides a description of spin 1/2 particles, consistent with both the principles of quantum mechanics and of special relativity. Often its presentation to students is based on mathematical propositions that may hide the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-06-01 S. Savasta , O. Di Stefano , O. M. Marago

This review is devoted to the study of stationary solutions of linear and nonlinear equations from relativistic quantum mechanics, involving the Dirac operator. The solutions are found as critical points of an energy functional. Contrary to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-10-27 Maria J. Esteban , Mathieu Lewin , Eric séré

Using a generalized Madelung transformation, we derive the hydrodynamic representation of the Dirac equation in arbitrary curved space-times coupled to an electromagnetic field. We obtain Dirac-Euler equations for fermions involving a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-12 Tonatiuh Matos , Omar Gallegos , Pierre-Henri Chavanis

Geometrical model for quantum objects is suggested. It is shown that equations for free material Dirac field and for Maxwell electromagnetic field can be considered as relations describing propagation of the space topological defects. This…

General Physics · Physics 2008-02-18 O. A. Olkhov

Motivated by symplectic geometry, we give a detailed account of differential forms and currents on orbifolds with corners, the pull-back and push-forward operations, and their fundamental properties. We work within the formalism where the…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Jake P. Solomon , Sara B. Tukachinsky