Spinors and the Weyl tensor classification in six dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.4804991zbMATH Open1285.83015arXiv1212.2689OpenAlexW2018106108MaRDI QIDQ5402284FDOQ5402284

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Publication date: 6 March 2014

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

Abstract: A spinorial approach to 6-dimensional differential geometry is constructed and used to analyze tensor fields of low rank, with special attention to the Weyl tensor. We perform a study similar to the 4-dimensional case, making full use of the SO(6) symmetry to uncover results not easily seen in the tensorial approach. Using spinors, we propose a classification of the Weyl tensor by reinterpreting it as a map from 3-vectors to 3-vectors. This classification is shown to be intimately related to the integrability of maximally isotropic subspaces, establishing a natural framework to generalize the Goldberg-Sachs theorem. We work in complexified spaces, showing that the results for any signature can be obtained by taking the desired real slice.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2689

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zbMATH Keywords

integrabilityspinorsGoldberg-Sachs theoremWeyl tensor classificationcomplexified spacessix-dimensional differential geometry

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) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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