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In the Fermi weak theory we have the fermion bilinears which look like

$$ V_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu\psi $$ $$ A_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu \gamma_5 \psi $$

Under a parity transformation

$$ x = (x_0, \vec{x}) \rightarrow \tilde{x} = ( x_0, - \vec{x}) $$

The fields transform like

$$ V^\mu(x) \rightarrow V_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$ $$ A^\mu(x) \rightarrow - A_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$

Why do the contravariant indices transform to covariant indices as well as a coordinate transformation? I thought it would have something to do with the fact that you also have to transform the actual vector components under a coordinate/parity transformation, but I don´t know how to formalize it starting from the explicit form of the bilinears. Thanks for the help.

In the Fermi weak theory we have the fermion bilinears which look like

$$ V_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu\psi $$ $$ A_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu \gamma_5 \psi $$

Under a parity transformation

$$ x = (x_0, \vec{x}) \rightarrow \tilde{x} = ( x_0, - \vec{x}) $$

The fields transform like

$$ V^\mu(x) \rightarrow V_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$ $$ A^\mu(x) \rightarrow - A_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$

Why do the contravariant indices transform to covariant indices as well as a coordinate transformation? I thought it would have something to do with the fact that you also have to transform the actual vector components under a coordinate/parity transformation, but I don´t know how to formalize it starting from the explicit form of the bilinears. Thanks for the help.

In the Fermi weak theory we have the fermion bilinears which look like

$$ V_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu\psi $$ $$ A_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu \gamma_5 \psi $$

Under a parity transformation

$$ x = (x_0, \vec{x}) \rightarrow \tilde{x} = ( x_0, - \vec{x}) $$

The fields transform like

$$ V^\mu(x) \rightarrow V_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$ $$ A^\mu(x) \rightarrow - A_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$

Why do the contravariant indices transform to covariant indices as well as a coordinate transformation? I thought it would have something to do with the fact that you also have to transform the actual vector components under a coordinate/parity transformation, but I don´t know how to formalize it starting from the explicit form of the bilinears.

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Parity transformation on fermionic bilinears

In the Fermi weak theory we have the fermion bilinears which look like

$$ V_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu\psi $$ $$ A_\mu = \bar{\psi} \gamma_\mu \gamma_5 \psi $$

Under a parity transformation

$$ x = (x_0, \vec{x}) \rightarrow \tilde{x} = ( x_0, - \vec{x}) $$

The fields transform like

$$ V^\mu(x) \rightarrow V_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$ $$ A^\mu(x) \rightarrow - A_\mu(\tilde{x}) $$

Why do the contravariant indices transform to covariant indices as well as a coordinate transformation? I thought it would have something to do with the fact that you also have to transform the actual vector components under a coordinate/parity transformation, but I don´t know how to formalize it starting from the explicit form of the bilinears. Thanks for the help.