In this video, we explore the solution to the Dirac equation in a simple situation, an electron or positron at rest in the vacuum of space.
Link to "An introduction to spinors" paper, by Andrew M. Steane:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3824
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Dirac Equation in Momentum Space
3:58 Why Psi is a Bispinor
5:54 How Psi Varies in Space and Time
8:54 Eigenspinors
10:38 A Brief Look at the Flags
11:49 Superposition of Spin States
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