Spinors in Weyl geometry

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/9/009MaRDI QIDQ4357960zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Amir H. Fariborz, D. G. C. Mckeon

Publication date 7 June 1998

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9607010

zbMATH Keywords

conformal invarianceWeyl geometryspin connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We consider the wave equation for spinors in $calD$-dimensional Weyl geometry. By appropriately coupling the Weyl vector $ph{i}_{mu}$ as well as the spin connection $omeg{a}_{muab}$ to the spinor field, conformal invariance can be maintained. The one loop effective action generated by the coupling of the spinor field to an external gravitational field is computed in two dimensions. It is found to be identical to the effective action for the case of a scalar field propagating in two dimensions.

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