8.323 | Spring 2023 | Graduate

Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I

Lecture 17: Chiral and Majorana Spinors

Introduce chiral spinors, gamma_5 matrix, chiral projection in an arbitrary basis, Lorentz transformation of chiral spinors, introduce Majorana spinors, Majorana condition in an arbitrary basis, Lorentz transformation of Majorana spinors

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