 Chirality (physics) (source code)

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= Chirality
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= Chirality
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Chirality distinguishes the two irreducible Weyl representations of the proper Lorentz group. For a massless particle it agrees with helicity up to the particle-antiparticle convention, while a mass term couples opposite chiralities.

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