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In mathematical physics, higher-dimensional gamma matrices generalize to arbitrary dimension the four-dimensional Gamma matrices of Dirac, which are a mainstay of relativistic quantum mechanics. They are utilized in relativistically invariant wave equations for fermions (such as spinors) in arbitrary space-time dimensions, notably in string theory and supergravity. Consider a space-time of dimension with the flat Minkowski metric, : where . Set . The standard Dirac matrices correspond to taking . The higher gamma matrices are a -long sequence of complex matrices which satisfy the anticommutator relation from the Clifford algebra (generating a representation for it), : where is the identity matrix in dimensions. (The spinors acted on by these matrices have components in dimensions.) Such a sequence exists for all values of and can be constructed explicitly, as provided below. The gamma matrices have the following property under hermitian conjugation, : == Charge conjugation == Since the groups generated by are the same, we can look for a similarity transformation which connects them all. This transformation is generated by a respective charge conjugation matrix. Explicitly, we can introduce the following matrices : : They can be constructed as real matrices in various dimensions, as the following table shows. In even dimension both exist, in odd dimension just one. ! |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Higher-dimensional gamma matrices」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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