Undergrad Understanding Anti-Positron Chirality: The Confusion Explained

[kimcj]

please see the following conversaytion. he is saying in some point that the anti positron is right chiral and the says its left chiral...
whats right
ParoXoN • 4 years agoVery cool post! Thanks for that :)

I'm a little confused though:
You say towards the end:
"The “anti-positron” (does not interact with the W) is called eR (or sometimes eRc or eR-bar), the right-chiral electron."

But I thought the anti-positron was left-chiral?

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  Flip Tanedo ParoXoN • 4 years ago
  Ah, good catch ParoXoN. The positron is right-chiral, and the anti-positron is left-chiral. I've corrected the post (and given credit to you for pointing this out).
  
  Tony and jal: thanks! :-)
  

If the positron was right-chiral, the antipositron would have to be left-chiral. But then the electron mass term would have a left-chiral electron and a left-chiral antipositron, which is not correct.

Do you agree that there is a conflict between the statements or am I misinterpreting it somehow?

cheers,
D

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  Ken DK • 4 years ago
  Argh this was so confusing! The "summary" contradicts all the text and diagrams before it! I certainly hope the "summary" part was right, because that's what I'm going to stick in my brain.
  
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  Flip Tanedo DK • 4 years ago
  Hi DK, it's entirely possible that I was sloppy with conventions, I'll try to go over it again when I get a chance... but there's a possibility that I won't get the chance in the near future. -F

 

[Vanadium 50]

I'm not sure it's a good idea to get involved in third-part discussions in other forums.

 

[PeterDonis]

Discussion should be taken to the thread on the same topic in the Quantum Physics forum:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/electron-chirality.840303/

This thread is closed.