Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the
representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of four-dimensional spinors, such as Yang-Mills theory, are derived in detail using illustrative examples.
Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces is aimed at graduate students and researchers in
mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. This systematic and self-contained book is suitable as a seminar text, a reference book, and a self-study guide.
- ISBN13 9780817649838
- Publish Date 5 August 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Birkhauser Boston Inc
- Edition 2010 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 177
- Language English