Real AlphaBeta-Geometries
Differential Geometry
2013-01-01 v2
Abstract
By a real alphabeta-geometry we mean a four-dimensional manifold M equipped with a neutral metric h such that (M,h) admits both an integrable distribution of alpha-planes and an integrable distribution of beta-planes. We obtain a local characterization of the metric when at least one of the distributions is parallel (i.e., is a Walker geometry) and the three-dimensional distribution spanned by the alpha- and beta-distributions is integrable. The case when both distributions are parallel, which has been called two-sided Walker geometry, is obtained as a special case. We also consider real \alpha\beta-geometries for which the corresponding spinors are both multiple Weyl principal spinors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0808.2847,
title = {Real AlphaBeta-Geometries},
author = {Peter R. Law and Yasuo Matsushita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.2847},
year = {2013}
}
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14 pages