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Chirality matrix (γ5=iγ0γ1γ2γ3)

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With metric (+−−−), the chirality matrix has (γ5)2=1 and anticommutes with each gamma matrix. Its eigenspaces define chirality; PL​=(1−γ5)/2 and PR​=(1+γ5)/2 are the corresponding projectors. These identities follow directly by moving a gamma matrix through the ordered product and using the Clifford algebra.

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