The Square of the Dirac and spin-Dirac Operators on a Riemann-Cartan Space(time)

TL;DR

This paper explores the properties and squares of Dirac and spin-Dirac operators on Riemann-Cartan spaces, extending classical formulas and revealing their roles in geometric and physical theories such as black holes and supergravity.

Contribution

It introduces generalized Dirac operators on Riemann-Cartan spaces and derives formulas relating them to standard operators, expanding understanding of their geometric and physical significance.

Findings

Derived a generalized Lichnerowicz formula for Riemann-Cartan spaces.

Decomposed Dirac and spin-Dirac operators in terms of standard operators.

Established relations between spin-Dirac and Dirac operators using Clifford bundle representations.

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the Dirac and spin-Dirac operators associated to a connection on Riemann-Cartan space(time) and standard Dirac and spin-Dirac operators associated with a Levi-Civita connection on a Riemannian (Lorentzian) space(time) and calculate the square of these operators, which play an important role in several topics of modern Mathematics, in particular in the study of the geometry of moduli spaces of a class of black holes, the geometry of NS-5 brane solutions of type II supergravity theories and BPS solitons in some string theories. We obtain a generalized Lichnerowicz formula, decompositions of the Dirac and spin-Dirac operators and their squares in terms of the standard Dirac and spin-Dirac operators and using the fact that spinor fields (sections of a spin-Clifford bundle) have representatives in the Clifford bundle we present also a noticeable relation involving the spin-Dirac and the Dirac operators.