Published December 15, 2009
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Journal article
Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for a Dirac spinor in torsion and other CPT and Lorentz violating backgrounds
- 1. Departamento de Fisica, ICE, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora, CEP: 36036-330, MG (Brazil)
- 2. Department of Mathematics and Institute of Origins, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)
Description
We discuss the possibility to perform and use the exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation (EFWT) for the Dirac spinor coupled to different CPT and Lorentz violating terms. The classification of such terms is performed, selecting those of them which admit EFWT. For the particular example of an axial vector field, which can be associated with the completely antisymmetric torsion, we construct an explicit EFWT in the case when only a timelike component of this axial vector is present. In the cases when EFWT is not possible, one can still use the corresponding technique for deriving the perturbative Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation, as is illustrated in a particular example in the Appendix.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.125034;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0908.0437v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 80
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 125034-125034.7
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41060118
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CLASSIFICATION; CP INVARIANCE; FOLDY-WOUTHUYSEN TRANSFORM; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; PERTURBATION THEORY; VECTOR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; TRANSFORMATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2009 The American Physical Society