Rotations and e, $\nu$ Propagators, Part III

Abstract

In Parts I and II we showed that e, $\nu$ propagators can be derived from rotation invariant projection operators, thereby providing examples of how quantities with spacetime symmetry can be obtained by constraining rotationally symmetric objects. One constraint is the restriction of the basis; only two kinds of bases were considered, one for the electron and one for the neutrino. In this part, we find that, of a wide range of bases each consistent with the constraint process, only the two kinds of bases considered in Parts I and II give spacetime symmetric propagators. We interpret the result geometrically. The spinor representation is unfaithful in four dimensional Euclidean space which explains why spin 1/2 wave functions have four, not two, components. Then we show how a basis relates to two planes in four dimensional Euclidean space. A pair of planes spanning two or three dimensions does not allow spacetime symmetry. Spacetime symmetry requires two planes that span four dimensions. PACS: 11.30.-j, 11.30.Cp, and 03.65.Fd