Chirality and parity

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Relativistic Field Theory subtree

Projectors P_L = ½(1 − γ⁵), P_R = ½(1 + γ⁵) split a Dirac spinor into left/right-handed components. Parity maps L ↔ R; weak interaction couples only to L (parity violation).

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