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Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-30 Frederik Witt

In this work a proposal for definition of twistors on generic curved spaces is exposed and investigated. We consider superpositions of nearly autoparallel and nearly geodesic maps (nearly conformal maps, nc-maps) of (pseudo-)Riemannian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Sergiu I. Vacaru , Sergiu V. Ostaf

A simple procedure is given to construct curved, non-self-dual (complexified) Kaehler metrics on space-time in terms of deformations of holomorphic quadric surfaces in flat twistor space. Imposing Lorentzian reality conditions, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-21 Bernardo Araneda

Four-dimensional quaternion-Kahler metrics, or equivalently self-dual Einstein spaces M, are known to be encoded locally into one real function h subject to Przanowski's Heavenly equation. We elucidate the relation between this description…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-13 Sergei Alexandrov , Boris Pioline , Stefan Vandoren

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…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-14 Kostyantin Ilyenko

An overview is given of the application of twistor geometric ideas to supersymmetry with particular emphasis on the construction of superspaces associated with four-dimensional spacetime. Talk given at Leuven conference, July 1995.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. S. Howe

New types "extended" (super)conformal algebras $G^{(\frac n2)}$ are presented. (Su\-per)twistor spaces $T$ are subspaces in cosets $G^{(\frac n2)}/H$. The (super)twistor correspondence has a cleary defined geometrical meaning.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. T. Banin , N. G. Pletnev

Starting from a real analytic conformal Cartan connection on a real analytic surface $S$, we construct a complex surface $T$ containing a family of pairs of projective lines. Using the structure on $S$ we also construct a complex $3$-space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-19 Aleksandra Borówka

The theory of slice regular functions of a quaternion variable is applied to the study of orthogonal complex structures on domains \Omega\ of R^4. When \Omega\ is a symmetric slice domain, the twistor transform of such a function is a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-27 Graziano Gentili , Simon Salamon , Caterina Stoppato

This is the fourth in a series of papers where we prove a conjecture of Deser and Schwimmer regarding the algebraic structure of ``global conformal invariants''; these are defined to be conformally invariant integrals of geometric scalars.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-12-21 Spyros Alexakis

Transport twistor spaces are degenerate complex $2$-dimensional manifolds $Z$ that complexify transport problems on Riemannian surfaces, appearing, e.g., in geometric inverse problems. This article considers maps $\beta\colon Z\to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Jan Bohr , François Monard , Gabriel P. Paternain

In these lectures I will discuss the following topics: (1) Twistors in 4 flat dimensions: Massless particles; constrained phase space (x,p) versus twistors; Physical states in twistor space. (2) Introduction to 2T-physics and derivation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Itzhak Bars

We consider sphere bundles P and P' of totally null planes of maximal dimension and opposite self-duality over a 4-dimensional manifold equipped with a Weyl or Riemannian geometry. The fibre product PP' of P and P' is found to be…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2009-10-28 P. Nurowski

This work deals with the conformal transformations in six-dimensional spinorial formalism. Several conformally invariant equations are obtained and their geometrical interpretation are worked out. Finally, the integrability conditions for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-14 Carlos Batista

We construct examples of singular self-dual Zollfrei metrics explicitly, by patching a pair of Petean's self-dual split-signature metrics. We prove that there is a natural one-to-one correspondence between these singular metrics and a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Fuminori Nakata

With the help of the Penrose-Ward transform, which relates certain holomorphic vector bundles over the supertwistor space to the equations of motion of self-dual SYM theory in four dimensions, we construct hidden infinite-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Wolf

In this document we present a twistor correspondence for half-flat almost-Grassmannian structures on real and complex manifolds. We provide foundational results regarding local theory in the complex setting and a global correspondence when…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Matthew Lam

We prove a Calder\'on reproducing formula for the Dunkl continuous wavelet transform on $\mathbb{R}$. We apply this result to derive new inversion formulas for the dual Dunkl-Sonine integral transform.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2009-07-15 Mohamed Ali Mourou

In this paper, we provide a correspondence between certain 5-dimensional complex spacetimes and 4-dimensional twistor spaces. The spacetimes are almost contact manifolds whose curvature tensor satisfies certain conditions. By using the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-12-27 M. Teruya

We use the manifestly conformally invariant description of a Lorentzian conformal structure in terms of a parabolic Cartan geometry in order to introduce a superalgebra structure on the space of twistor spinors and normal conformal vector…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-22 Andree Lischewski