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Tensor[EpsilonSpinor] - create an epsilon spinor

Calling Sequences

     EpsilonSpinor(indexType, spinorType, fr)

Parameters

   indexType  - a string, either "cov" or "con"

   spinorType - a string, either "spinor" or "barspinor"

   fr         - (optional) the name of a defined frame

 

Description

Examples

See Also

Description

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The epsilon spinor is a rank 2 spinor which is fully skew-symmetric and whose component values are 1 or -1.

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The command EpsilonSpinor(indexType, spinorType) returns the epsilon symbol of the type specified by indexType and spinorType in the current frame unless the frame is explicitly specified.

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This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor package, and so can be used in the form EpsilonSpinor(...) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry); with(Tensor) in that order.  It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-EpsilonSpinor.

Examples

 

Example 1.

First create a vector bundle  with base coordinates  and fiber coordinates .

(2.1)

 

Here are the 4 epsilon spinors one can define:

M > 

(2.2)
M > 

(2.3)
M > 

(2.4)
M > 

(2.5)

 

Define some other manifold .

M > 

(2.6)

 

The current frame is .  Because there are no fiber variables, one cannot calculate an epsilon spinor in this frame. To now re-calculate the epsilon spinor , either use the ChangeFrame command or pass EpsilonSpinor the frame name  as a third argument.

N > 

(2.7)

 

Example 2.

The covariant and contravariant forms of the epsilon spinors are inverses of each other.

M > 

(2.8)
M > 

(2.9)
M > 

(2.10)

 

Contract the first index of  with the first index of .  The result is the Kronecker delta spinor.

M > 

(2.11)
M > 

(2.12)

See Also

DifferentialGeometry, Tensor, BivectorSolderForm, CanonicalTensors, ChangeFrame, ContractIndices, KroneckerDelta, Physics[KroneckerDelta], KroneckerDeltaSpinor, PermutationSymbol, Physics[LeviCivita], SolderForm


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