Thursday, 22 June 2017

second quantization - How will the (anti)commutation relation between two different fermion fields look like?


The anti-commutation relation between the components of a fermion field $\psi$ is given by $$[\psi _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^\dagger(y)]_+=\delta_{\alpha\beta}\delta^{(3)}(\textbf{x}-\textbf{y}).$$




  1. In case of two different and independent fermion fields, should I impose commutation or anticommutation between them?





  2. If we continue to use anticommutation, how should the RHS change for two different fermion fields $\psi^1$ and $\psi^2$? $$[\psi^1 _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^{2\dagger}(y)]_+=?$$ $$[\psi^1 _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^2(y)]_+=?$$ $$[\psi^{1\dagger} _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^{2\dagger}(y)]_+=?$$





Answer



We use anticommutation relations:


$$[\psi^1 _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^{2\dagger}(y)]_+=0$$ $$[\psi^1 _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^2(y)]_+=0$$ $$[\psi^{1\dagger} _\alpha(x),\psi_\beta^{2\dagger}(y)]_+=0$$


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