The construction of spinors in geometric algebra

Annals of Physics

Volumn 317, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 383-409

  Francis, Matthew R ^a   Kosowsky, Arthur ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clifford algebras; Spin groups; Spinors

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744396042     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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