On spinors transformations

DOI10.1063/1.4959531MaRDI QIDQ3185690zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 4 August 2016

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02181

Clifford algebra inner automorphisms orthogonal transformations spinor

Quadratic spaces; Clifford algebras (11E88) Linear transformations, semilinear transformations (15A04) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We begin showing that for even dimensional vector spaces

V

all automorphisms of their Clifford algebras are inner. So all orthogonal transformations of

V

are restrictions to

V

of inner automorphisms of the algebra. Thus under orthogonal transformations

P

and

T

- space and time reversal - all algebra elements, including vectors

v

and spinors

v a r p h i

, transform as

v o x v x^{- 1}

and

v a r p h i o x v a r p h i x^{- 1}

for some algebra element

x

. We show that while under combined

P T

spinor

v a r p h i o x v a r p h i x^{- 1}

remain in its spinor space, under

P

or

T

separately

v a r p h i

goes to a 'different' spinor space and may have opposite chirality. We conclude with a preliminary characterization of inner automorphisms with respect to their property to change, or not, spinor spaces.

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