Geometric construction of AdS twistors

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00552-9zbMath1006.83029arXivhep-th/0002216OpenAlexW2013430057WikidataQ127797923 ScholiaQ127797923MaRDI QIDQ5930336

Martin Cederwall

Publication date: 18 April 2001

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002216

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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