5–6 Nov 2026
Universidad ECCI
America/Bogota timezone

Spin bundles and Dirac equation in FRW metric

6 Nov 2026, 11:20
30m
Auditorio sede P, Quinto piso (Universidad ECCI)

Auditorio sede P, Quinto piso

Universidad ECCI

Cl. 51 #19-12, Teusaquillo, Bogotá, Cundinamarca

Speakers

Daniel Barrera (Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá) David García Prieto (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

Description

In this work we construct a fiber bundle for Dirac spinors associated with the orthogonal frame bundle using a spinorial representation of the Lorentz group. From this geometric framework, we derive an expression for the spin connection and formulate the general covariant Dirac equation in curved spacetime (gravitational background). Finally, we specialize to a FRW metric in conformal time to get the Dirac equation in an expanding universe.

Authors

Daniel Barrera (Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá) David García Prieto (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

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