Published July 15, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Table for constructing the spin coefficients in general relativity

Creators

  • 1. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (USA)

Description

The spin coefficients in spinor calculus in Riemannian space-time are linear functions of the curls of the connecting quantities (the Infeld--Van der Waerden symbols). We show that in the Newman-Penrose formalism the expressions for the spin coefficients are quite manageable, if they are written in terms of the Newman-Penrose tetrad vectors. We present a table of the components of the spin coefficients explicitly in terms of the curls of the individual tetrad vectors

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Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
650-651
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

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