English

Twistor representation of null two-surfaces

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-12-14 v1

Abstract

We present a twistor description for null two-surfaces (null strings) in 4D Minkowski space-time. The Lagrangian density for a variational principle is taken as a surface-forming null bivector. The proposed formulation is reparametrization invariant and free of any algebraic and differential constraints. The spinor formalism of Cartan-Penrose allows us to derive a non-linear evolution equation for the world-sheet coordinate. An example of null two-surface given by the two-dimensional self-intersection (caustic) of a null hypersurface is studied.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0109036,
  title  = {Twistor representation of null two-surfaces},
  author = {Kostyantin Ilyenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0109036},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, Revtex4, 2 eps figures, graphicx