The twistor equation in Lorentzian spin geometry (Q1762722)

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    The twistor equation in Lorentzian spin geometry (English)
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    11 February 2005
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    The authors investigate the twistor equation in Lorentzian spin geometry with the goal of determining the local conformal geometry of those Lorentzian manifolds which admit twistor spinors inducing light-like Dirac currents. They also derive all local geometries with singularity-free twistor spinors in dimension \(n\leq 7\). Contents include: An introduction; The twistor equation on spinors; Twistor spinors on Lorentzian spin manifolds with examples (Brinkmann spaces with a special Kähler flag, Einstein-Sasaki manifolds, and Fefferman spaces); Twistor spinors inducing light-like Dirac currents; and Twistor spinors in dimension \(n\leq 7\), and a bibliography of 39 items.
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    twistor equation
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    Lorentzian spin geometry
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    spinors
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    conformal geometry
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