A. Zee, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell · Problem II.1.12

Field Theory Redux

Physics — QFT

Problem

Work out the Dirac equation in (2+1)(2 + 1)-dimensional spacetime. Show that the apparently innocuous mass term violates parity and time reversal. [Hint: The three γμ\gamma^\mu's are just the three Pauli matrices with appropriate factors of ii.]

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