Geometric construction of AdS twistors

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00552-9MaRDI QIDQ5930336zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors M. Cederwall

Publication date 18 April 2001

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002216

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: Time-like geodesics in AdS_4, AdS_5 and AdS_7 are constructed geometrically and independently of choice of AdS coordinates from division algebra spinors of the corresponding AdS groups, explaining and generalising the construction by Claus et al. of AdS_5 twistors.

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• Symmetries of the boundary of \(\text{AdS}_5\times S^5\) and harmonic superspace

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