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Tensor[ConjugateSpinor] - calculate the complex conjugate of a spinor
Calling Sequences
ConjugateSpinor(S, ConjCoord)
Parameters
S - a spinor
ConjCoord - (optional) keyword argument conjugatecoordinates = C, where C is a list of lists specifying conjugate coordinates
Description
The command ConjugateSpinor(S) calculates the complex conjugate of an arbitrary spinor S.
For spinors with real parameters, the assuming command of Maple can be used to properly calculate the complex conjugates.
This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-GeneralRelativity package, and so can be used in the form ConjugateSpinor(...) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry); with(Tensor) in that order. It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-ConjugateSpinor.
Examples
Example 1.
First create a vector bundle M with base coordinates [x, y, z, t] and fiber coordinates [z1, z2, w1, w2]. For spinor applications, it is tacitly assumed that [z1, z2] are complex coordinates with complex conjugates [w1, w2].
Define spinors S1 and S2 and calculate their complex conjugates.
Example 2.
The two type (1, 1) Kronecker delta spinors are complex conjugates of each other.
Example 3.
The soldering form is always a Hermitian spinor. To check this calculate, first define the solder form sigma, then conjugate sigma and interchange the 2nd and 3rd indices. The result is the original solder form sigma.
Example 4.
Use the Maple assuming command to simplify the complex conjugate of a spinor-tensor containing a real parameter alpha.
Example 6.
In some applications complex coordinates on the base space are used. Suppose, for example, that z, t are real coordinates and that u is a complex coordinate with complex conjugate v.
Use the keyword argument conjugatecoordinates to specify that the conjugate of u is v (and the conjugate of v is u).
See Also
DifferentialGeometry, Tensor, assuming, DGmap, KroneckerDeltaSpinor, RearrangeIndices, SolderForm
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