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It is assumed that each point of space-time is a microscopic S3 x S1 (S3 = 3-sphere). This space is metrically disturbed, so that an isometry is obtained only when a spatial rotation is linked with half a rotation of the S3. This disturbed space is identified with the physical vacuum having an SO3-spin-structure.
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Ebner, D.W. (1986). Spinors as Components of the Metrical Tensor in 8-Dimensional Relativity. In: Chisholm, J.S.R., Common, A.K. (eds) Clifford Algebras and Their Applications in Mathematical Physics. NATO ASI Series, vol 183. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4728-3_37
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