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Gordon identity (2muˉ′γau)

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The Gordon identity rewrites a vector-current matrix element between equal-mass on-shell Dirac spinors using a momentum term and an antisymmetric spin term. In the mostly-minus convention {Γa,Γb}=2ηab, (p−m)u=0, and Γab=[Γa,Γb]/2, it reads 2muˉ′Γau=uˉ′[(p′+p)a−Γab(pb′​−pb​)]u. Derive it by adding the two external Dirac equation identities. The equivalent formula in the mostly-plus Dirac convention is uˉ′[γab(pb′​−pb​)+2mγa+pa+p′a]u=0. The identity before division by m remains valid for massless equal-mass states.

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