Choose the negative-frequency Dirac spinors as the charge conjugates of the positive-frequency spinors. Transposing and using the charge-conjugation matrix identity gives , so the displayed choice solves the correct antiparticle equation. In the mode expansion of a Dirac field, the unitary charge-conjugation operator then exchanges particle and antiparticle annihilation operators, with conjugate phases on their creation operators. A different spinor basis can insert conventional phases or a spin-index relabeling; the displayed equality specifies a compatible choice.
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