Twistor representation of null two-surfaces

DOI10.1063/1.1501166MaRDI QIDQ4832758zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. Ilyenko

Publication date 14 December 2004

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0109036

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We present a twistor description for null two-surfaces (null strings) in 4D Minkowski space-time. The Lagrangian density for a variational principle is taken as a surface-forming null bivector. The proposed formulation is reparametrization invariant and free of any algebraic and differential constraints. The spinor formalism of Cartan-Penrose allows us to derive a non-linear evolution equation for the world-sheet coordinate. An example of null two-surface given by the two-dimensional self-intersection (caustic) of a null hypersurface is studied.

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