Mostly-plus Dirac convention

ID: mostly-plus-dirac-convention

One consistent Dirac equation convention uses , , and . Taking the negatives of the standard mostly-minus gamma matrices, and defining the Dirac adjoint with the new , gives the same physical Dirac action. The positive-frequency plane wave is with , and its equation is . The mass shell is . These signs must be translated together when using a formula stated in another convention.

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