2-gradings of Clifford algebras and multivector structures

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/15/312MaRDI QIDQ4468097zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ricardo A. Mosna, David Miralles, Jayme Vaz

Publication date 10 June 2004

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0212020

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathbb{Z}_2\)-gradingsClifford algebraGrassmann algebramultivector structurespinor spacesvector space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75) ``Super (or ``skew) structure (16W55) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: Let Cl(V,g) be the real Clifford algebra associated to the real vector space V, endowed with a nondegenerate metric g. In this paper, we study the class of Z_2-gradings of Cl(V,g) which are somehow compatible with the multivector structure of the Grassmann algebra over V. A complete characterization for such Z_2-gradings is obtained by classifying all the even subalgebras coming from them. An expression relating such subalgebras to the usual even part of Cl(V,g) is also obtained. Finally, we employ this framework to define spinor spaces, and to parametrize all the possible signature changes on Cl(V,g) by Z_2-gradings of this algebra.

Review text

The authors study a class of \(\mathbb Z _2\)-graded structures on a real Clifford algebra \(\mathcal C l(V,g)\). They start with a description of Clifford and Grassmann algebras defined on the same underlying real vector space \(V\). They consider \(\mathbb Z_2\)-grading \[ \mathcal C l (V,g)=\mathcal C l_0\oplus \mathcal C l_1 \] which preserves the multivector structure of the Grassmann algebra \(\land(V)\) and prove that if \(V_{i}=V \cap \mathcal C l_{i}\), \(i=0,1\), then \(V=V_0 \oplus V_1\) with \(V_0=V_1^{\perp}\). The main result is the complete classification for the subalgebras \(\mathcal C l_0\). Two applications of these \(\mathbb Z_2\)-gradings are discussed. The subalgebras \(\mathcal C l_0\) are used for a definition of spinor spaces and algebraic method for changing the signature of an arbitrary real Clifford algebra is obtained.

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