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Dirac Operators and Clifford Geometry — New Unifying Principles in Particle Physics?

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Clifford Algebras and Their Application in Mathematical Physics

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In this lecture I will report on some recent progress in understanding the relation of Dirac operators on Clifford modules over an even-dimensional closed Riemannian manifold M and (euclidean) Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs models.

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  1. Wasserwerkstraβe 37, D-68309, Mannheim, Germany

    Thomas Ackermann

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

    Volker Dietrich , Klaus Habetha  & Gerhard Jank ,  & 

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Ackermann, T. (1998). Dirac Operators and Clifford Geometry — New Unifying Principles in Particle Physics?. In: Dietrich, V., Habetha, K., Jank, G. (eds) Clifford Algebras and Their Application in Mathematical Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5036-1_1

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