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Spinning-particle Dirac quantization (ζ​m=γm/2​)

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Quantizing the odd Dirac brackets yields {ζ​m,ζ​n}+​=ηmn. The constraint p⋅ζ=0 is then the massless Dirac equation on a spinor. Its square enforces p2=0, matching the even constraint. The spin bilinear is represented by −i[γm,γn]/4 in this action convention.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / iii / Paper 46 / 4 / Solution
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