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A space-time calculus based on symmetric 2-spinors

Steffen Aksteiner Thomas Bäckdahl

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In this paper we present a space-time calculus for symmetric spinors, including a product with a number of index contractions followed by symmetrization. As all operations stay within the class of symmetric spinors, no involved index manipulations are needed. In fact spinor indices are not needed in the formalism. It is also general because any covariant tensor expression in a 4-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime can be translated to this formalism. The computer algebra implementation SymSpin as part of xAct for Mathematica is also presented.

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Physics

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Steffen Aksteiner

Thomas Bäckdahl

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Aksteiner, S., Bäckdahl, T. (2022). A space-time calculus based on symmetric 2-spinors. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-023-03088-6

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Tahun Terbit: 2022
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 4×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-023-03088-6
Akses: Open Access ✓