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Complex Kerr Geometry, Twistors and the Dirac Electron

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

The Kerr-Newman spinning particle displays some remarkable relations to the Dirac electron and has a reach spinor structure which is based on a twistorial description of the Kerr congruence determined by the Kerr theorem. We consider the relation between this spinor-twistorial structure and spinors of the Dirac equation, and show that the Dirac equation may naturally be incorporated into Kerr-Schild formalism as a master equation controlling the twistorial structure of Kerr geometry. As a result, the Dirac electron acquires an extended space-time structure having clear coordinate description with natural incorporation of a gravitational field. The relation between the Dirac wave function and Kerr geometry is realized via a chain of links: {\it Dirac wave function \Rightarrow Complex Kerr-Newman Source \Rightarrow Kerr Theorem \Rightarrow Real Kerr geometry.} As a result, the wave function acquires the role of an ``order parameter'' which controls spin, dynamics, and twistorial polarization of Kerr-Newman space-time.

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@article{arxiv.0710.4249,
  title  = {Complex Kerr Geometry, Twistors and the Dirac Electron},
  author = {Alexander Burinskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4249},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

12 pages, 3 figs. Talk at the conference QFEXT'07

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