Spinor fields, singular structures, charge conjugation, ELKO and neutrino masses. (English) Zbl 1392.81233
Summary: In this paper, we consider the most general treatment of spinor fields, their kinematic classification and the ensuing dynamic polar reduction, for both classes of regular and singular spinors; specifying onto the singular class, we discuss features of the corresponding field equations, taking into special account the sub-classes of Weyl and Majorana spinors; for the latter case, we study the condition of charge-conjugation, presenting a detailed introduction to a newly-defined type of spinor, that is the so-called ELKO spinor: at the end of our investigation, we will assess how all elements will concur to lay the bases for a simple proposal of neutrino mass generation.
MSC:
| 81V15 | Weak interaction in quantum theory |
| 81R25 | Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory |
| 15A66 | Clifford algebras, spinors |
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