Totally symmetrized spinors and null rotation invariance

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABA844zbMATH Open1479.83181arXiv2006.02177OpenAlexW3033479302MaRDI QIDQ5161902FDOQ5161902

Authors: Malcolm A. H. MacCallum 

Publication date: 1 November 2021

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the existing implementations of the Cartan-Karlhede procedure for characterization and classification of spacetimes, a prominent r^ole is played by multi-index two-component spinors symmetrized over both types of index. This paper considers the conditions for, and detection of, null rotational invariance of such spinors, and corrects a previous discussion.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.02177

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zbMATH Keywords

spacetime symmetrynull rotationspacetime classification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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• SHEEP

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