Symmetries and motions in manifolds

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(93)90079-TzbMATH Open0787.53075arXivhep-th/9205074MaRDI QIDQ687774FDOQ687774

Authors: J. W. van Holten, R. H. Rietdijk 

Publication date: 9 May 1994

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

Abstract: In these lectures the relations between symmetries, Lie algebras, Killing vectors and Noether's theorem are reviewed. A generalisation of the basic ideas to include velocity-dependend co-ordinate transformations naturally leads to the concept of Killing tensors. Via their Poisson brackets these tensors generate an {em a priori} infinite-dimensional Lie algebra. The nature of such infinite algebras is clarified using the example of flat space-time. Next the formalism is extended to spinning space, which in addition to the standard real co-ordinates is parametrized also by Grassmann-valued vector variables. The equations for extremal trajectories (`geodesics') of these spaces describe the pseudo-classical mechanics of a Dirac fermion. We apply the formalism to solve for the motion of a pseudo-classical electron in Schwarzschild space-time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9205074

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zbMATH Keywords

Killing tensorsNoether's theoremDirac fermionSchwarzschild space-timespinning space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10)

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