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Essential Fierz identities for a fermionic field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-07-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

For a single fermionic field, an interpretation of the Fierz identities (which establish relations between the bilinear field observables) is given. They appear closely related to the algebraic class (regular or singular) of the spin 2-form SS associated to the spinor field. If S0S \neq 0, the Fierz identities follow from the 3+1 decomposition of the eigenvector equations for SS with respect to an inertial laboratory, which makes this interpretation suitable for fermionic particle physics models. When S=0S= 0, the Fierz identities reduce to three constraints on the current densities associated with the spinor field, saying that they are orthogonal, equimodular, the vector current being timelike and the axial one being spacelike.

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@article{arxiv.2206.00639,
  title  = {Essential Fierz identities for a fermionic field},
  author = {Roberto Dale and Alicia Herrero and Juan Antonio Morales-Lladosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.00639},
  year   = {2023}
}

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17 pages

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