Published July 15, 1989
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Table for constructing the spin coefficients in general relativity
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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Publishing Information
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20080912
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE-TIME; SPIN; SPINORS; VECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPACE; TENSORS