Reductive \(G\)-structures and Lie derivatives. (Q1399290)

The main problem of the paper is whether the definition of a Lie derivative of spinor fields can be placed in the more general framework of the theory of Lie derivatives of sections of fiber bundles. A first step in this direction was taken in [\textit{L. Fatibene}, \textit{M. Ferraris}, \textit{M. Francaviglia} and \textit{M. Godina}, Differential geometry and applications. Proceedings of the 6th international conference, Brno, 1995. Brno: Masaryk University, 549--558 (1996; Zbl 0858.53035)], where the direct approach by Y. Kosmann to the spinor case was generalized to gauge-natural bundles in the form of a new geometric concept called the Kosmann lift. In the present paper, the authors provide a new transparent geometric explanation of the Kosmann lift and generalize it to reductive \(G\)-structures.