help1please said:[tex]\pi = \frac{\partial \mathcal{L}}{\partial \dot{q}} = i \hbar \gamma^0[/tex]
How do I expand
[tex]i\hbar \gamma^0[/tex]
the matrix in this term, I am a bit lost. All the help would be appreciated!
I thought the Wikipedia article explained it pretty clearly. It gives the explicit form of γ0 in the Dirac, Weyl and Majorana representations. Isn't that what you want?so you don't know how to expand the terms I asked of?
Why have that when I started off with that... my equation I really thought was simple. HOW do you expand [tex]i \hbar \gamma^0[/tex]Bill_K said:I thought the Wikipedia article explained it pretty clearly. It gives the explicit form of γ0 in the Dirac, Weyl and Majorana representations. Isn't that what you want?
But if that's not what you mean by "expanding" it, the only other thing to do is this...
iħγ0
PhilDSP said:Do you mean this? [itex]\qquad \gamma^0 =
\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 0 & 0 & 0\\
0 & 1 & 0 & 0\\
0 & 0 & -1 & 0\\
0 & 0 & 0 & -1
\end{pmatrix} \qquad \qquad
[/itex] (which is the Dirac representation)
so that [itex]\ \ \qquad \qquad i \hbar \gamma^0 =
\begin{pmatrix}
i \hbar & 0 & 0 & 0\\
0 & i \hbar & 0 & 0\\
0 & 0 & -i \hbar & 0\\
0 & 0 & 0 & -i \hbar
\end{pmatrix} \qquad \qquad
[/itex]
Gamma matrices are a set of mathematical tools used in the field of quantum mechanics to describe the behavior of particles and their interactions. They are represented by matrices with complex numbers as entries.
Expanding gamma matrices allows for a more comprehensive understanding of particle behavior and interactions. It also helps to simplify calculations and make predictions about quantum systems.
Gamma matrices are expanded by adding additional rows and columns to the original matrix. This expansion is often done in a systematic way, such as doubling the size of the matrix, to maintain the desired properties of the gamma matrices.
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