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The Bel-Robinson tensor is analyzed as a linear map on the space of the traceless symmetric tensors. This study leads to an algebraic classification that refines the usual Petrov-Bel classification of the Weyl tensor. The new classes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-08-05 Joan J. Ferrando , Juan A. Sáez

We investigate the spinor classification of the Weyl tensor in five dimensions due to De Smet. We show that a previously overlooked reality condition reduces the number of possible types in the classification. We classify all vacuum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-30 Mahdi Godazgar

We discuss the possibility of extending different versions of the Campbell-Magaard theorem, which have already been established in the context of semi-Riemannian geometry, to the context of Weyl's geometry. We show that some of the known…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-31 R. Avalos , F. Dahia , C. Romero

We introduce the new algebraic property of Weyl compatibility for symmetric tensors and vectors. It is strictly related to Riemann compatibility, which generalizes the Codazzi condition while preserving much of its geometric implications.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-03-10 Carlo A. Mantica , Luca G. Molinari

We revisit Weyl geometry in the context of recent higher-dimensional theories of spacetime. After introducing the Weyl theory in a modern geometrical language we present some results that represent extensions of Riemannian theorems. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Dahia , G. A. T. Gomez , C. Romero

Let $R$ be a polynomial ring in $m$ variables over a field of characteristic zero. We classify all rank $n$ twisted generalized Weyl algebras over $R$, up to $\mathbb{Z}^n$-graded isomorphisms, in terms of higher spin 6-vertex…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Jonas T. Hartwig , Daniele Rosso

We determine the general form of the solutions of the five-dimensional vacuum Einstein equations with cosmological constant for which (i) the Weyl tensor is everywhere type II or more special in the null alignment classification of Coley et…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-27 Gabriel Bernardi de Freitas , Mahdi Godazgar , Harvey S. Reall

We work in both the complex and in the para-complex categories and examine (para)-K\"ahler Weyl structures in both the geometric and in the algebraic settings. The higher dimensional setting is quite restrictive. We show that any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-04-04 P. Gilkey , S. Nikcevic

We discuss locally Weyl (scale) covariant generalisation of quadratic curvature gravity theory in three dimensions using Riemann-Cartan-Weyl space-times. We show that this procedure of Weyl gauging yields a consistent generalisation for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-14 Tekin Dereli , Cem Yetişmişoğlu

We introduce a new Weyl-invariant and generally-covariant vector-tensor theory with higher derivatives. This theory can be induced by extending the mimetic construction to vector fields of conformal weight four. We demonstrate that in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-03 Pavel Jiroušek , Alexander Vikman

Weyl's conformal theory of gravity is an extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity which associates metrics with 1-forms . In the case of locally integrable (closed non-exact) 1-forms the spacetime manifolds are no more simply…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-09 Michel Duneau

We develop a manifestly conformal approach to describe linearised (super)conformal higher-spin gauge theories in arbitrary conformally flat backgrounds in three and four spacetime dimensions. Closed-form expressions in terms of gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 Sergei M. Kuzenko , Michael Ponds

We present the general theory of relativity in the language of a non-Riemannian geometry, namely, Weyl geometry. We show that the new mathematical formalism may lead to different pictures of the same gravitational phenomena, by making use…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 C. Romero , J. B. Fonseca-Neto , M. L. Pucheu

We discuss locally Weyl (scale) covariant generalisations of gravitational theories using Riemann-Cartan-Weyl space-times in arbitrary dimensions. We demonstrate the procedure of Weyl gauging on two examples in particular: General…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-18 Tekin Dereli , Cem Yetişmişoğlu

We continue the study of the question of when a pseudo-Riemannain manifold can be locally characterised by its scalar polynomial curvature invariants (constructed from the Riemann tensor and its covariant derivatives). We make further use…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Hervik , A. Coley

The spinor-helicity formalism is an essential technique of the amplitudes community. We draw on this method to construct a scheme for classifying higher-dimensional spacetimes in the style of the four-dimensional Petrov classification and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-02 Ricardo Monteiro , Isobel Nicholson , Donal O'Connell

The Weyl double copy (WDC) relation connects the Weyl tensor of the gravity theory and the field strength tensor of the Maxwell theory, which provides a concrete realization of the classical double copy. Although intensively investigated,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-29 Weicheng Zhao , Pu-Jian Mao , Jun-Bao Wu

We study the geometric properties of holomorphic distributions of totally null $m$-planes on a $(2m+\epsilon)$-dimensional complex Riemannian manifold $(\mathcal{M}, \bm{g})$, where $\epsilon \in {0,1}$ and $m \geq 2$. In particular, given…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-13 Arman Taghavi-Chabert

We study a host of spacetimes where the Weyl curvature may be expressed algebraically in terms of an Abelian field strength. These include Type D spacetimes in four and higher dimensions which obey a simple quadratic relation between the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Rashid Alawadhi , David S. Berman , Bill Spence

Motivated by an axiomatic approach to characterize space-time it is investigated a reformulation of Einstein's gravity where the pseudo-riemannian geometry is substituted by a Weyl one. It is presented the main properties of the Weyl…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-12-19 F. P. Poulis , J. M. Salim