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Homework Statement
Show that \psi (\gamma^a\phi)=-(\gamma^a\phi)\psi
Homework Equations
Maybe \{\gamma^a, \gamma^b\}=\gamma^a\gamma^b+\gamma^b\gamma^a=2\eta^{ab}I
Perhaps also:
(\gamma^0)^{\dag}=\gamma^0 and (\gamma^i)^{\dag}=-(\gamma^i)
The Attempt at a Solution
The gammas are matrices so I guess we start with
\psi_{\mu}[(\gamma^a)^{\mu\nu}\phi_{\nu}]
=\psi_{\mu}[(((\gamma^a)^*)^{\dag})^{\nu\mu}\phi_{\nu}]
=-[(((\gamma^a)^*))^{\nu\mu}\psi_{\mu}]\phi_{\nu}
Which looks almost correct except the *, and also I'm not sure if I was supposed to assume that a can only refer to spatial indices, not the 0 which is equal to its hermitian conj, not minus it.
Thanks for any help