The classical two-component spinor formalisms for general relativity. I

DOI10.1007/s00006-012-0329-5zbMath1255.83086MaRDI QIDQ691053

J. G. Cardoso

Publication date: 29 November 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00006-012-0329-5

zbMATH Keywords

Infeld-van der Waerden formalisms; spin-affine geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T20: Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds

83C60: Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism

15A66: Clifford algebras, spinors

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