Lecture 13: Introducing the Dirac Equation

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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 Review of calculation of scattering amplitudes from Feynman diagrams, derivation of the Dirac equation and its basic properties, gamma matrices and their properties, spinors, Dirac equation for massless spinors, representations of gamma matrices, concept of Lorentz covariance 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.

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