Elko spinors revised

Authors

  • Ricardo Romero UAM - Cuajimalpa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFis.69.020201

Keywords:

Elko; Weyl bispinors; massless Dirac equation

Abstract

It is shown that c-number elko spinors obey the massless Dirac equation and are unitarily equivalent to Weyl bispinors. Therefore, they do not constitute a new spinor type with mass dimension one.

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Published

2023-03-01

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[1]
R. Romero, “Elko spinors revised”, Rev. Mex. Fís., vol. 69, no. 2 Mar-Apr, pp. 020201 1–, Mar. 2023.

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Vol. 69 No. 2 Mar-Apr (2023): Revista Mexicana de Física

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02 Letters

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