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A spinor approach to the Lanczos spin tensor

Спиновный подход к спино-тензору Ланкзоша

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Summary

The van der Waerden spinor corresponding to the Lanczos spin tensor is obtained and shown to be a spinor of type (3,1). This spinor, which directly appears in the spinor equivalents of the Wey1 and Bell-Robinson tensors, is intimately related to the Petrov classification. By using the dyad formalism of Newman and Penrose this relationship is explicitly exhibited in terms of the spin coefficients, the optical scalars, and the dyad component of the Lanczos spinor. A possible physical interpretation of the Lanczos spinor is proposed.

Riassunto

Si ottiene lo spinore di van der Waerden corrispondente al tensore di spin di Lanczos e si dimostra che esso è uno spinore del tipo (3, 1). Questo spinore, che appare direttamente negli equivalenti spinoriali dei tensori di Weyle di Bel-Robinson, è connesso strettamente alla classificazione di Petrov. Usando il formalismo diadico di Newmann e Penrose, si scrive esplicitamente questa relazione in termini di coefficienti di spin, degli scalari ottici e delle componenti diadiche dello spinore di Lanczos. Si propone una possibile interpretazione fisica dello spinore di Lanczos.

Резюме

Получается спинор ван дер Вердена, соответствующий спинотензору Ланкзоша, и показывается, что он представляет спинор, типа (3, 1). Этот спинор, который появляется непосредственно в спинорных эквивалентах Вейля и тензоре Бел-Робинсона, тесно связан с классификацией Петрова. Используя диадный формализм Неймана и Пенроуза, это соотнощение точно выражается в терминах спиновых коэффициентов, оптических скаляров и диадных компннент спинора Ланкзоша. Предлагается возможная интерпретация спинора Ланкзоша.

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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant GP-7401 to North Carolina State University.

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Maher, W.F., Zund, J.D. A spinor approach to the Lanczos spin tensor. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 57, 638–648 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02751371

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