Differential forms, spin-3 2-fields and Einstein's equations

DOI10.1007/BF02108070MaRDI QIDQ1897617zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors D. C. Robinson

Publication date 9 October 1995

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02108070

zbMATH Keywords

Rarita-Schwinger equationsspinor fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Review text

The two-component spinor formalism is combined with Cartan's differential forms method. The Rarita-Schwinger equations for \(\text{spin-} {3\over 2}\)-fields are treated in this way, including the Lagrangian approach and a relation to some almost complex structure. The alternative proposal of \textit{R. Illge} [Commun. Math. Phys. 158, No. 3, 433-457 (1993; Zbl 0789.53041)]\ should have been mentioned for the sake of completeness.

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