Pure connection formulation, twistors, and the chase for a twistor action for general relativity

DOI10.1063/1.5012268zbMath1386.83010arXiv1610.02343OpenAlexW2530253796MaRDI QIDQ4599499

Yannick Herfray

Publication date: 2 January 2018

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02343

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21)

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Higher-spin self-dual Yang-Mills and gravity from the twistor space ⋮ Boundary effects in general relativity with tetrad variables

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