Complex General Relativity (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)

This volume introduces the application of two-component spinor calculus and fibre-bundle theory to complex general relativity. A review of basic and important topics is presented, such as two-component spinor calculus, conformal gravity, twistor spaces for Minkowski space-time and for curved space-time, Penrose transform for gravitation, the global theory of the Dirac operator in Riemannian four-manifolds, various definitions of twistors in curved space-time and the recent attempt by Penrose to define twistors as spin-3/2 charges in Ricci-flat space-time. Original results include some geometrical properties of complex space-times with nonvanishing torsion, the Dirac operator with locally supersymmetric boundary conditions, the application of spin-lowering and spin-raising operators to elliptic boundary value problems, and the Dirac and Rarita--Schwinger forms of spin-3/2 potentials applied in real Riemannian four-manifolds with boundary. This book is written for students and research workers interested in classical gravity, quantum gravity and geometrical methods in field theory. It can also be recommended as a supplementary graduate textbook.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Fundamental Theories of Physics, 69
Release date:	February 1995
First published:	2002
Authors:	Giampiero Esposito
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	206
Edition:	2002 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-3340-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-3340-3
Barcode:	9780792333401

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