Tuesday, June 13, 2017

definition - What is the gamma five matrix $gamma_5$?


This Wikipedia page explains that for each of the four main gamma matrices $\gamma^{\mu}$, you can find the covariant matrices $\gamma_{\mu}$ with the equation $\gamma_{\mu} = \eta_{\mu\nu}\gamma^{\mu}$. But that formula doesn't make any sense for $\gamma^5$ because $\eta_{\mu\nu}$ does not have that many indices. So what is $\gamma_5$?




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