Twistor theory at fifty: from contour integrals to twistor strings

DOI10.1098/rspa.2017.0530zbMath1404.81004arXiv1704.07464OpenAlexW3098806697WikidataQ51559704 ScholiaQ51559704MaRDI QIDQ4646876

Lionel J. Mason, Maciej Dunajski, Michael F. Atiyah

Publication date: 28 December 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.07464

zbMATH Keywords

instantonsintegrable systemsself-dualitytwistor theorytwistor strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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