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A spacetime calculus based on a single null direction

A spacetime calculus based on a single null direction
A spacetime calculus based on a single null direction
A spacetime calculus based on a single null direction is developed. The fundamental objects are totally symmetric spinors formed from the Ricci rotation coefficients together with four new differential operators which only depend upon the choice of O A up to a complex scaling. The formalism combines features of the GHP formalism with those of one which is invariant under null rotations. Einstein's equations and the full Bianchi identities are given in this new formalism.
0264-9381
1579-1587
Machado Ramos, M.P.
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Vickers, J.A.G.
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Machado Ramos, M.P.
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Vickers, J.A.G.
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Machado Ramos, M.P. and Vickers, J.A.G. (1996) A spacetime calculus based on a single null direction. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 13, 1579-1587. (doi:10.1088/0264-9381/13/6/022).

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A spacetime calculus based on a single null direction is developed. The fundamental objects are totally symmetric spinors formed from the Ricci rotation coefficients together with four new differential operators which only depend upon the choice of O A up to a complex scaling. The formalism combines features of the GHP formalism with those of one which is invariant under null rotations. Einstein's equations and the full Bianchi identities are given in this new formalism.

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Published date: 1996

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Local EPrints ID: 29322
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29322
DOI: doi:10.1088/0264-9381/13/6/022
ISSN: 0264-9381
PURE UUID: b12f9359-d3f5-4e11-b7b2-8c55a2b6f260
ORCID for J.A.G. Vickers: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1531-6273

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Date deposited: 21 Feb 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:34

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Author: M.P. Machado Ramos
Author: J.A.G. Vickers ORCID iD

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