Clifford modules and generalized Dirac operators

DOI10.1023/A:1003739512254MaRDI QIDQ5932510zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jürgen Tolksdorf

Publication date 10 June 2001

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1003739512254

zbMATH Keywords

Bochner-Lichnerowicz formulaPauli-Dirac operatorYukawa coupling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

Review text

The article explains the use of the Dirac operator in theoretical physics. The paper contains a well-written historical overview on the history of the Dirac operator in physics. The author recalls the definition of generalized Dirac operators in the sense of Berline-Getzler-Vergne. Two twisted Dirac operators are of special importance: the Pauli-Dirac operator which arises from coupling with the electrical field, and the Dirac-Yukawa operator that we obtain from coupling with mass. A combination of both operators is used as a term in the action of the Standard Model. The associated Bochner-Weitzenböck formulas are calculated.

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