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Existence of Lanczos potentials and superpotentials for the Weyl spinor/tensor
Linköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan. Linköpings universitet, Matematiska institutionen, Tillämpad matematik.
2001 (Engelska)Ingår i: Classical and quantum gravity, ISSN 0264-9381, E-ISSN 1361-6382, Vol. 18, nr 12, s. 2297-2304Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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A new and concise proof of existence - emphasizing the very natural and simple structure - is given for the Lanczos spinor potential LABCA' of an arbitrary symmetric spinor WABCD defined by WABCD = 2?(AA' LBCD)A', this proof is easily translated into tensors in such a way that it is valid in four-dimensional spaces of any signature. In particular, this means that the Weyl spinor ?ABCD has Lanczos potentials in all spacetimes, and furthermore that the Weyl tensor has Lanczos potentials on all four-dimensional spaces, irrespective of signature. In addition, two superpotentials for WABCD are identified: the first TABCD (= T(ABC)D) is given by LABCA' = ?A'DTABCD, while the second HABA'B' (= H(AB)(A'B')) (which is restricted to Einstein spacetimes) is given by LABCA' = ? (AB' HBC)A'B'. The superpotential TABCD is used to describe the gauge freedom in the Lanczos potential.

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2001. Vol. 18, nr 12, s. 2297-2304
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-47347DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/18/12/304OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-47347DiVA, id: diva2:268243
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1. On Curvature-Free Connections and Other Properties of the Lanczos Spinar
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>On Curvature-Free Connections and Other Properties of the Lanczos Spinar
2000 (Engelska)Doktorsavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
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In this thesis we study various properties of the Lanczos spinor. The results include an algebraic classification scheme for symmetric (3,1)-spinors, a link between Lanczos potentials of the Weyl spinor and the spin coefficients in certain classes of spacetimes, an existence proof for the Lanczos potential of a general Weyl candidate that is much simpler than those previously known and the existence of a symmetric potential HABA'B' of an arbitrary symmetric (3,1)-spinor LABCA' in Einstein spacetimes according tothe equation LABCA' = ∇(AB' HBC)A'B'. In addition we study a large subclass of algebraically special spacetimes and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for a Lanczos potential of the Weyl spinor to define a metric, curvature-free connection; we also prove existence of such connections. This construction is analogous to a construction of quasi-local momentum in the Kerr spacetime by Bergqvist and Ludvigsen and we therefore obtain an analogue of the Nester-Witten 2-form in these spacetimes.

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Linköping: Linköping University, 2000. s. 18
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Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations, ISSN 0345-7524 ; 633
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urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-183660 (URN)9172197250 (ISBN)
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2000-05-31, BL32, hus B, bv, ingång 23, Linköpings Universitet, Linköping, 13:15
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All or some of the partial works included in the dissertation are not registered in DIVA and therefore not linked in this post.

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