Published June 1984
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Journal article
Unifying Clifford algebra formalism for relativistic fields
Description
It is shown that a Clifford algebra formalism provides a unifying description of spin-0, -1/2, and -1 fields. Since the operators and operands are both expressed in terms of the same Clifford algebra, the formalism obtains some results which are considerably different from those of the standard of formalisms for these fields. In particular, the conservation laws are obtained uniquely and unambiguously from the equations of motion in this formalism and do not suffer from the ambiguities and inconsistencies of the standard methods
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Found. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 14
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Found. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 467-506
- ISSN
- 0015-9018
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16011516
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CLIFFORD ALGEBRA; CONSERVATION LAWS; DIRAC EQUATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; WAVE EQUATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; MAGNETISM; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS