Wednesday 27 December 2017

quantum field theory - Why fermions have a first order (Dirac) equation and bosons a second order one?


Is there a deep reason for a fermion to have a first order equation in the derivative while the bosons have a second order one? Does this imply deep theoretical differences (like space phase dimesion etc)?


I understand that for a fermion, with half integer spin, you can form another Lorentz invariant using the gamma matrices $\gamma^\nu\partial_\nu $, which contracted with a partial derivative are kind of the square root of the D'Alembertian $\partial^\nu\partial_\nu$. Why can't we do the same for a boson?


Finally, how is this treated in a Supersymmetric theory? Do a particle and its superpartner share a same order equation or not?




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