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The reader should not be surprised by such formulations as, for example, the ‘classical’ Dirac field which describes the spin 12 particle. It is interpreted as a wave function for the Dirac particle. Our ultimate goal is quantum field theory and our classical fields in 11 12 1 Classical fields, symmetries and their breaking this chapter are not necessarily only the fields which describe the classical forces observed in Nature. 1 The action, equations of motion, symmetries and conservation laws Equations of motion All fundamental laws of physics can be understood in terms of a mathematical construct: the action.
18) (we assume here that = 0; there are interesting exceptions, with = 0, such as, for example, classical electrodynamics; these have to be discussed separately). Again, the Lorentz and ‘internal space’ indices of the s and s are hidden. e. 10). Thus, generators of symmetry transformations are conserved charges and vice versa. Space-time transformations Finally, we consider transformations (changes of reference frame) which act simultaneously on the coordinates and the fields. The well-known examples are, for instance, translations, spatial rotations and Lorentz boosts.
Note, however, that the superscript ‘c’ in the spinors Rci is now used even though λα and λ¯ α˙ are not charge conjugate to each other (since they are in different Lorentz group representations). 74) are defined for both chiral and vector-like spectra of the fundamental fields. For a vector-like spectrum we have ci ci ) . R R =( 28 1 Classical fields, symmetries and their breaking A few more remarks on the free Dirac spinors should be added here. 81) is obtained after using the equations of motion).