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- Andersson, Fredrik, et al.
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Existence of Lanczos potentials and superpotentials for the Weyl spinor/tensor
- 2001
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In: Classical and quantum gravity. - : IOP Publishing. - 0264-9381 .- 1361-6382. ; 18:12, s. 2297-2304
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- 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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- Andersson, Fredrik, et al.
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Local existence of symmetric spinor potentials for symmetric (3,1)-spinors in Einstein space-times
- 2001
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In: Journal of Geometry and Physics. - 0393-0440 .- 1879-1662. ; 37:4, s. 273-290
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We investigate the possibility of existence of a symmetric potential HABA'B'=H(AB)(A'B') for a symmetric (3,1)-spinor LABCA', e.g., a Lanczos potential of the Weyl spinor, as defined by the equation LABCA'=?(AB'H BC)A'B'. We prove that in all Einstein space-times such a symmetric potential HABA'B' exists. Potentials of this type have been found earlier in investigations of some very special spinors in restricted classes of space-times. A tensor version of this result is also given. We apply similar ideas and results by Illge to Maxwell's equations in a curved space-time. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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