Tensor[SpinorInnerProduct] - calculate the inner product of 2 spinors
Calling Sequences
SpinorInnerProduct(S, T)
Parameters
S, T - two spinors or spinor-tensors of the same spinor type
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Description
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The spinor inner product of two spinors S and T of the same type is calculated by contracting each pair of corresponding spinor indices (one from S and one from T) with the appropriate epsilon spinor.
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For example, the inner product of two covariant rank 1 spinors with components S_A and T_B is epsilon^{AB} S_A T_B. The inner product of two contravariant rank 1 spinors with components S^A and T^B is epsilon_{AB} S^A T^B. The inner product of two contravariant rank 2 spinors with components S_{AX} and T_{BY} is epsilon^{AB} epsilon^{XY} S_{AX} T_{BY}.
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If S and T are odd rank spinors, then SpinorInnerProduct(S, T) = -SpinorInnerProduct(T, S) and therefore SpinorInnerProduct(S, S) = 0. (Strictly speaking, the spinor inner product is really just a bilinear pairing -- it is not a true inner product because it is not always symmetric in its arguments.)
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If S and T are even rank spinors, then SpinorInnerProduct(S, T) = SpinorInnerProduct(T, S).
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Unlike TensorInnerProduct, SpinorInnerProduct does not require specification of a metric tensor to perform the contractions.
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This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor package, and so can be used in the form SpinorInnerProduct(...) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry); with(Tensor); in that order. It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-SpinorInnerProduct.
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Examples
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Example 1.
First create a vector bundle M with base coordinates [x, y, z, t] and fiber coordinates [z1, z2, w1, w2].
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Define rank 1 spinors S1 and T1 and calculate their inner product.
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Note the sign change:
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The inner product of a rank 1 spinor with itself vanishes
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Calculate the inner product of S1 and T1 from the definition.
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Example 2.
Calculate the inner product of two rank 2 spinors S2 and T2.
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Example 3.
Calculate the inner product of two rank 2 spinor-tensors S3 and T3. Note that in this example the result is a rank 2 tensor.
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