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The Dirac equation. Transformation law of a relativistic bispinor. SL(2; C) and Spin(4) groups. The free classical Dirac field. The Weyl spinor fields. The U(1) × U(1) symmetry of the massless Dirac field. The Majorana field. The Grassmann versions of the classical (bi-)spinor fields.
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Schweber, S.S.: An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field Theory. Row, Peterson and Co., Evanston, IL, Elmsford, NY (1961)
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Arodź, H., Hadasz, D.L. (2010). Relativistic Spinor Fields. In: Lectures on Classical and Quantum Theory of Fields. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15624-3_5
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