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arxiv: hep-th/0103129 · v1 · submitted 2001-03-16 · ✦ hep-th

Quaternionic Lorentz group and Dirac equation

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords quaternionicspinorsbi-dimensionaldiracequationgrouplorentzone-dimensional
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We formulate Lorentz group representations in which ordinary complex numbers are replaced by linear functions of real quaternions and introduce dotted and undotted quaternionic one-dimensional spinors. To extend to parity the space-time transformations, we combine these one-dimensional spinors into bi-dimensional column vectors. From the transformation properties of the two-component spinors, we derive a quaternionic chiral representation for the space-time algebra. Finally, we obtain a quaternionic bi-dimensional version of the Dirac equation.

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