Spinors, Spin Coefficients and Lanczos Potentials

dc.creatorAndersson, F.
dc.creatorEdgar, S. B.
dc.date1998-09-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:32:39Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:32:39Z
dc.descriptionIt has been demonstrated, in a number of special situations, that the spin coefficients of a canonical spinor dyad can be used to define a Lanczos potential of the Weyl curvature spinor. In this paper we explore some of these potentials and show that they can be defined directly from the spinor dyad in a very simple way, but that the results do not generalize significantly, in any direct manner. A link to metric, asymmetric, curvature-free connections, which suggests a more natural relationship between the Lanczos potential and spin coefficients, is also considered.
dc.description10 pages, LaTeX-file
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9809045
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9809045
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36311
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleSpinors, Spin Coefficients and Lanczos Potentials
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