A Clifford bundle approach to the differential geometry of branes

DOI10.1007/S00006-014-0452-6zbMATH Open1320.53066arXiv1309.4007OpenAlexW2950521687WikidataQ115390482 ScholiaQ115390482MaRDI QIDQ483086FDOQ483086

Authors: Waldyr A. jun. Rodrigues, Samuel Augusto Wainer 

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Published in: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Clifford bundle formalism (CBF) of differential forms and the theory of extensors acting on $mathcalCell(M,g)$ is first used for a fomulation of the intrinsic geometry of a differential manifold $M$ equipped with a metric field $$ of signature $(p,q)$ and an arbitrary metric compatible connection $abla$ introducing the torsion (2-1)-extensor field $au$, the curvature $(2-2)$ extensor field $mathfrakR$ and (once fixing a gauge) the connection $(1-2)$-extensor $omega$ and the Ricci operator $$ (where $$ is the Dirac operator acting on sections of $mathcalCell(M,g)$) which plays an important role in this paper. Next, using the CBF we give a thoughtful presentation the Riemann or the Lorentzian geometry of an orientable submanifold $M$ ($dimM=m$) living in a manifold $mathringM$ (such that $mathringMsimeqmathbb{R}^n$ is equipped with a semi-Riemannian metric $$ with signature $(mathringp,mathringq)$ and $mathringp+mathringq=n$ and its Levi-Civita connection $mathringD$) and where there is defined a metric $$, where $$ $MightarrowmathringM$ is the inclusion map. We prove several equivalent forms for the curvature operator $mathfrakR$ of $M$. It is shown that the Ricci operator of $M$ is the (negative) square of the shape operator $mathbfS$ of $M$. Also we disclose the relationship between the connection (1-2%)-extensor $omega$ and the shape biform $mathcalS$ (an object related to $mathbfS$). We hope that our presentation will be useful for differential geometers and theoretical physists interested, e.g, in string and brane theories and relativity theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.4007

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zbMATH Keywords

pseudo-Euclidean spacebranesgeometry of submanifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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