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The special theory of relativity describes the motion and dynamics of objects moving at significant fractions of the speed of light.
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Intuition behind field transfomations
Consider a real field $V^{\mu}(x)$ defined on a 4-dimensional Minkowski space. Acted by a transformation $\Lambda = \Lambda^{\mu}{}_{\nu} $ it transforms like
$$V^{\mu}(x) \to V^{'\mu}(x) = \Lambda^{\ …
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Matrix Representation of Lorentz Group Generators
Thanks to @Charlie and @Cosmas Zachos I was able to find the correct answer.
It simply suffices to develop the sum
$$\frac{\omega^{\alpha \beta}}{2}\left(J_{\alpha \beta} \right)^{\mu}{}_{\nu} = -\del …
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Matrix Representation of Lorentz Group Generators
Let $\Lambda^{\alpha}{}_{\beta}$ denote a generic Lorentz transformation.
Then, an infinitesimal transformation can be written like
$$\Lambda^{\mu}{}_{\nu} = \delta^{\mu}{}_{\nu} + \omega^{\mu}{}_{\n …
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Lorentz boost of Dirac spinor
Thanks to @G. Smith and @mike stone, I've come to a solution.
Expanding in Taylor Series,
$$ S(\delta_x) = e^{\frac{\delta_x}{2}
\begin{pmatrix}
0 & \sigma_x \\
\sigma_x & 0
\end{pmatrix}} = \sum_{n …
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Lorentz boost of Dirac spinor
Let $\psi_\vec{0}^+$ be a Dirac wavefunction describing a motionless particle,
$$\psi_\vec{0}^+(x) = \sqrt{2m} \begin{pmatrix}
\chi \\
0
\end{pmatrix} e^{ip \cdot x}$$
where $p = (m, \vec{0})$. Acte …