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Clifford Algebras, Supercalculus, and Spinning Particle Models

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Electron Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics

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Spinning particles have been studied by different authors and in different occasions (see [1] for some references), and actually the interest on spinning particles models revived specially due to the interest on spinning strings. Notwithstanding, producing a classical spinning particle model that after quantization gives Dirac equation has always been a very appealing idea which has been the subject of several interesting papers containing new physical insights and beautiful mathematics. In this paper we plan to study in details some aspects of spinning particle models, and in particular the one proposed by Barut and Zanghi [2], and some of its possible generalizations.

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  1. DFESCM — Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6165, 13081-970, Campinas, S.P., Brazil

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  2. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada — IMECC, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6065, 13081-970, Campinas, S.P., Brazil

    Waldyr A. Rodrigues Jr.

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Vaz, J., Rodrigues, W.A. (1997). Clifford Algebras, Supercalculus, and Spinning Particle Models. In: Dowling, J.P. (eds) Electron Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 358. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0081-4_17

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