The Clifford algebra of nonrelativistic phase space and the concept of mass

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/4/045204zbMATH Open1156.81472arXiv0806.1823OpenAlexW3104941504MaRDI QIDQ3600544FDOQ3600544

Piotr Żenczykowski

Publication date: 10 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Prompted by a recent demonstration that the structure of a single quark-lepton generation may be understood via a Dirac-like linearization of the form p^2+x^2, we analyze the corresponding Clifford algebra in some detail. After classifying all elements of this algebra according to their U(1) x SU(3) and SU(2) transformation properties, we identify the element which might be associated with the concept of lepton mass. This element is then transformed into a corresponding element for a single coloured quark. It is shown that - although none of the three thus obtained individual quark mass elements is rotationally invariant - the rotational invariance of the quark mass term is restored when the sum over quark colours is performed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1823

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66)

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