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What is the value of a quantum field?
As far as I'm aware (please correct me if I'm wrong) quantum fields are simply operators, constructed from a linear combination of creation and annihilation operators, which are defined at every point ...
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Number of Grassmann generators for Dirac field?
How many Grassmann generators are sufficient for the description of a Dirac spinor in 4 dimensions? i.e. The Dirac field is a map to $\Lambda_N$, the space of supernumbers with $N$ real Grassmann ...
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Grassmann paradox weirdness
I'm running into an annoying problem I am unable to resolve, although a friend has given me some guidance as to how the resolution might come about. Hopefully someone on here knows the answer.
It is ...
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Superspace Uncertainty Principle
Do the "operator for translations in superspace" and the "position in superspace operator" follow an uncertainty principle? How "real" is superspace? Aside from being weird (and possibly just a ...
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“Velvet way” to Grassmann numbers
In my opinion, the Grassmann number "apparatus" is one of the least intuitive things in modern physics.
I remember that it took a lot of effort when I was studying this. The problem was not in the ...
