Real AlphaBeta-geometries and Walker geometry

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2012.11.010MaRDI QIDQ1936237zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter R. Law, Yasuo Matsushita

Publication date 21 February 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2847

zbMATH Keywords

four dimensionsneutral geometryspinorsWalker geometryWeyl curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: By a real alphabeta-geometry we mean a four-dimensional manifold M equipped with a neutral metric h such that (M,h) admits both an integrable distribution of alpha-planes and an integrable distribution of beta-planes. We obtain a local characterization of the metric when at least one of the distributions is parallel (i.e., is a Walker geometry) and the three-dimensional distribution spanned by the alpha- and beta-distributions is integrable. The case when both distributions are parallel, which has been called two-sided Walker geometry, is obtained as a special case. We also consider real alpha�eta-geometries for which the corresponding spinors are both multiple Weyl principal spinors.

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