The Dirac-Hestenes Lagrangian

Número: 
40
Ano: 
1998
Autor: 
Stefano De Leo
Zbigniew Oziewicz
Waldyr A. Rodrigues Jr.
Jayme Vaz Jr.
Abstract: 

We discuss the variational principle within Quantum Mechanics in terms of the noncommutative even Space Time sub-Algebra, the Clifford $\Ra$-algebra $Cl_{1,3}^+$. A fundamental ingredient, in our multivectorial algebraic formulation, is the adoption of a $\D $-complex geometry, $\D \equiv \mbox{span}_{\RR} \{ 1,\gamma_{21} \}$, $\gamma_{21} \in Cl_{1,3}^+$. We derive the Lagrangian for the Dirac-Hestenes equation and show that such Lagrangian must be mapped on $\D \otimes {\cal F}$, where $\cal F$ denotes an $\Ra$-algebra of functions.

Keywords: 
Dirac equation
Glashow Group
Clifford algebra
Variational Principle
Lagrangian
Observação: 
1996 PACS numbers: 02.10.Tq, 02.10.Rn, 03.65.Pm, 11.10.Ef, 12.15.-y.1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 15A33, 15A66, 81V10, 81V15, 81V22.