Spin coefficients as Lanczos scalars: Underlying spinor relations

DOI10.1063/1.533285zbMath0981.83037OpenAlexW2038968899MaRDI QIDQ2737985

Fredrik Andersson, S. Brian Edgar

Publication date: 30 August 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.533285

zbMATH Keywords

spin coefficientsWeyl spinorLanczos scalars

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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