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Authors
L. P. Colatto; M. A. Andrade; F. Toppan
Type
Physics Note
Status
Published
Publication date
1998
Description
A manifestly Lorentz-covariant calculus based on two matrix-coordinates and their associated derivatives is introduced. It allows formulating relativistic field theories in any even-dimensional spacetime.The construction extends a single-coordinate matrix formalism based on coupling spacetime coordinates with the corresponding <math>\Gamma\,\!</math>-matrices. A <math> 2 D \,\!</math> matrix-calculus can be introduced for each one of the structures, adjoint, complex and transposed acting on <math>\Gamma\,\!</math>-matrices.The adjoint structure works for spacetimes with <math> \mathcal(n,n)</math> signature only. The complex structure requires an even number of timelike directions. The transposed structure is always defined. A further structure which can be referred as "spacetime-splitting" is based on a fractal property of the <math>\Gamma\,\!</math>-matrices. It is present in spacetimes with dimension <math> D =4n+2\,\!</math>. The conformal invariance in the matrix-approach is analyzed. A complex conjugation is present for the complex structure, therefore in euclidean spaces, or spacetimes with <math>(2,2), (2,4) \,\!</math> signature and so on. As a byproduct it is here introduced an index which labels the classes of inequivalent <math>\Gamma\,\!</math>-structures under conjugation performed by real and orthogonal matrices. At least two timelike directions are necessary to get more than one classes of equivalence. Furthermore an algorithm is presented for iteratively computing <math> D \,\!</math>-dimensional <math> \Gamma \,\!</math>-matrices from the <math> p \,\!</math> and <math> q \,\!</math>-dimensional ones where <math> D =p+q+2\,\!</math>. Possible applications of the <math> 2D\,\!</math> matrix calculus concern the investigation of higher-dimensional field theories with techniques borrowed from <math> \,\! 2 D \,\!</math> -physics.
Year
1998
Number
CBPF-NF-063/98
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