Tensor[KroneckerDeltaSpinor] - create the Kronecker delta spinor
Calling Sequences
KroneckerDeltaSpinor(spinorType, fr)
Parameters
spinorType - a string, either "spinor" or "barspinor"
fr - (optional) the name of a defined frame
Description
Examples
See Also
The Kronecker delta spinor is the type 11 spinor whose components in any coordinate system are given by the identity matrix.
The command KroneckerDeltaSpinor(spinorType) returns a Kronecker delta spinor of the type specified by spinorType in the current frame unless the frame is explicitly specified.
This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor package, and so can be used in the form KroneckerDeltaSpinor(...) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry); with(Tensor); in that order. It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-KroneckerDeltaSpinor.
with⁡DifferentialGeometry:with⁡Tensor:
Example 1.
First create a vector bundle M with base coordinates x,y,z,t and fiber coordinates z1,z2,w1,w2.
DGsetup⁡x,y,z,t,z1,z2,w1,w2,M
frame name: M
Here are the 2 Kronecker delta spinors one can define:
K1≔KroneckerDeltaSpinor⁡spinor
K1:=D_z1⁢dz1+D_z2⁢dz2
K2≔KroneckerDeltaSpinor⁡barspinor
K2:=D_w1⁢dw1+D_w2⁢dw2
Define some other manifold N.
DGsetup⁡x,y,z,t,N
frame name: N
The current frame is N. Because there are no fiber variables, one cannot calculate a Kronecker delta spinor in this frame. To now re-calculate the Kronecker delta spinor K1, either use the ChangeFrame command or pass KroneckerDeltaSpinor the frame name M as a second argument.
KroneckerDeltaSpinor⁡spinor,M
D_z1⁢dz1+D_z2⁢dz2
Example 2.
The Kronecker delta spinor defines an identity mapping on spinors of the indicated type. The linear transformation associated to the Kronecker delta spinor K is defined by contracting the covariant index of K against the contravariant index of the spinor S1. We see that the result is S1 so that the linear transformation defined by K is indeed the identity transformation.
K≔KroneckerDeltaSpinor⁡spinor
K:=D_z1⁢dz1+D_z2⁢dz2
S1≔evalDG⁡a⁢D_z1+b⁢D_z2
S1:=a⁢D_z1+b⁢D_z2
S2≔ContractIndices⁡S1,K,1,2
S2:=a⁢D_z1+b⁢D_z2
DifferentialGeometry, Tensor, BivectorSolderForm, CanonicalTensors, KroneckerDelta, PermutationSymbol, SolderForm
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