a vector whose components are complex numbers in a two-dimensional or four-dimensional space, used esp in the mathematics of relativity
spinor in American English
(ˈspɪnər)
noun
Math & Physics
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions
Word origin
[1930–35; equiv. to spin + -or2, as in vector, tensor]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, cloverleaf, logical positivism, old school tie, saddle stitch
Examples of 'spinor' in a sentence
spinor
The methods of adding matter in the form of scalar and spinor fields are studied.
Kharuk N.V., Manida S.N., Paston S.A., Sheykin A.A. 2018, 'Modifying the theory of gravity by changing independent variables', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201819107007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It turns out that both kinds of spinor superfields are needed.
John A. Dixon 2015, 'An irreducible massive superspin one half action built from the chiral dotted spinorsuperfield', Physics Letters Bhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315002348. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also obtain the spinor wave function in terms of orthogonal polynomials.
H. Panahi, L. Jahangiri 2015, 'Exact Solution of the Curved Dirac Equation in Polar Coordinates: Master FunctionApproach', Advances in High Energy Physicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/612757. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this text we introduce the torsion of spinor connections.
Frank Klinker 2006, 'The Torsion of Spinor Connections and Related Structures', Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applicationshttp://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2006/Paper077/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We first use the spinor-helicity formalism in six dimensions to perform generalised unitarity cuts in d dimensions.
Simon Badger, Christian Brønnum-Hansen, Francesco Buciuni, Donal O'Connell 2017, 'A unitarity compatible approach to one-loop amplitudes with massive fermions', Journal of High Energy Physicshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP06(2017)141. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The formalism involves pure spinor superfields.
Martin Cederwall 2018, 'Pure spinor superspace action for D = 6, N = 1 super-Yang-Mills theory', Journal of High Energy Physicshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)115. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The normalization constants, lower and upper radial spinor for the two symmetries, and the relativistic energy spectra were presented.
K. J. Oyewumi, O. J. Oluwadare 2017, 'Relativistic Energies and Scattering Phase Shifts for the Fermionic Particles Scatteredby Hyperbolical Potential with the Pseudo(spin) Symmetry', Advances in High Energy Physicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1634717. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)