A conformally invariant differential operator on Weyl tensor densities

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00086-9zbMATH Open1006.53026arXivhep-th/0109210OpenAlexW2030479539WikidataQ115338882 ScholiaQ115338882MaRDI QIDQ1603282FDOQ1603282

Authors: Rod Gover, Thomas Branson 

Publication date: 11 July 2002

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive a tensorial formula for a fourth-order conformally invariant differential operator on conformal 4-manifolds. This operator is applied to algebraic Weyl tensor densities of a certain conformal weight, and takes its values in algebraic Weyl tensor densities of another weight. For oriented manifolds, this operator reverses duality: For example in the Riemannian case, it takes self-dual to anti-self-dual tensors and vice versa. We also examine the place that this operator occupies in known results on the classification of conformally invariant operators, and we examine some related operators.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0109210

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zbMATH Keywords

invariant differential operatorsDirac operatoranti-self-dual Weyl tensor densitieschirality switchconformal four-manifoldsWeyl tensor densities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15)

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