MIT 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I, Spring 2023 - Lecture 17: Chiral and Majorana Spinors

MIT 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I, Spring 2023 Instructor: Hong Liu View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/8-323-relativistic-quantum-field-theory-i-spring-2023/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61AV6bhf4mB3tCyWQrI_uU5 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 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.