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We give an alternate definition of the free Dirac field featuring an explicit construction of the Dirac sea. The treatment employs a semi-infinite wedge product of Hilbert spaces. We also show that the construction is equivalent to the standard Fock space construction.
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Dimock, J. The Dirac Sea. Lett Math Phys 98, 157–166 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-011-0496-7
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