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In the background of a stationary black hole, the "conserved current" of a particular spinor field always approaches the null Killing vector on the horizon. What's more, when the black hole is asymptotically flat and when the coordinate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Jianwei Mei

It is shown that since the geometric spinors are elements of Clifford algebras, they must have the same transformation properties as any other Clifford number. In general, a Clifford number $\Phi$ transforms into a new Clifford number…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-25 Matej Pavšič

Real Clifford algebras for arbitrary number of space and time dimensions as well as their representations in terms of spinors are reviewed and discussed. The Clifford algebras are classified in terms of isomorphic matrix algebras of real,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-08-07 Stefan Floerchinger

While general relativity provides a complete geometric theory of gravity, it fails to explain the other three forces of nature, i.e., electromagnetism and weak and strong interactions. We require the quantum field theory (QFT) to explain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-11 Santanu Das

A special approach to examine spinor structure of 3-space is proposed. It is based on the use of the concept of a spatial spinor defined through taking the square root of a real-valued 3-vector. Two sorts of spatial spinor according to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-07 V. M. Red'kov

In this work, we analyze the possibilities of certain gauge transformations regarding some specific spinorial dual structures. To this end, we define a general structure, which can be expressed in terms of discrete symmetry operators…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-10 R. J. Bueno Rogerio , G. B. de Gracia

We investigate the properties of the Extended Fock Basis (EFB) of Clifford algebras introduced in [1]. We show that a Clifford algebra can be seen as a direct sum of multiple spinor subspaces that are characterized as being left…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-05-22 Marco Budinich

In this paper, we analyze some properties regarding singular spinors and how they are connected. The method employed here consists of mapping the spinorial structure and also the adjoint structure. Such a mathematical device is useful to…

General Physics · Physics 2021-05-03 Rodolfo José Bueno Rogerio

In this short pedagogical presentation, we introduce the spin groups and the spinors from the point of view of group theory. We also present, independently, the construction of the low dimensional Clifford algebras. And we establish the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-07-19 Marc Lachieze-Rey

We formulate a Boolean algebra in the set of idempotents of Clifford algebra Cl($R^{n,n}$) and within this frame we examine different formulations of the Boolean Satisfiability Problem in Clifford algebra. Exploiting the isomorphism between…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-08 Marco Budinich

We provide a general method for studying manifestly $O(n+1)$ covariant formulation of $p$-form gauge theories by stereographically projecting these theories, defined in flat Euclidean space, onto the surface of a hypersphere. The gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Rabin Banerjee

We consider convex spacelike polyhedra oriented in Minkowski space. These are the classical analogues of spinfoam intertwiners. We point out a parametrization of these shapes using null face normals, with no constraints or redundancies. Our…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-12 Yasha Neiman

Let Cl(V,g) be the real Clifford algebra associated to the real vector space V, endowed with a nondegenerate metric g. In this paper, we study the class of Z_2-gradings of Cl(V,g) which are somehow compatible with the multivector structure…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ricardo A. Mosna , David Miralles , Jayme Vaz

Clifford algebras and Majorana conditions are analyzed in any spacetime. An index labeling inequivalent $\Gamma$-structures up to orthogonal conjugations is introduced. Inequivalent charge-operators in even-dimensions, invariant under Wick…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 M. A. De Andrade , F. Toppan

We introduce a notion of twisted pure spinor in order to characterize, in a unified way, all the special Riemannian holonomy groups just as a classical pure spinor characterizes the special K\"ahler holonomy. Motivated by certain curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Rafael Herrera , Noemi Santana

Clifford algebras are naturally associated with quadratic forms. These algebras are Z_2-graded by construction. However, only a Z_n-gradation induced by a choice of a basis, or even better, by a Chevalley vector space isomorphism Cl(V) <->…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bertfried Fauser , Rafal Ablamowicz

A four-dimensional Walker geometry is a four-dimensional manifold M with a neutral metric g and a parallel distribution of totally null two-planes. This distribution has a natural characterization as a projective spinor field subject to a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-04-07 Peter R Law , Yasuo Matsushita

Our main result states that whenever we have a non-Euclidean norm $\|\cdot\|$ on a two-dimensional vector space $X$, there exists some $x\neq 0$ such that for every $\lambda\neq 1, \lambda>0$, there exist $y, z\in X$ verifying that…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Javier Cabello Sánchez , Adrián Gordillo-Merino

In this paper we show how to describe the general theory of a linear metric compatible connection with the theory of Clifford valued differential forms. This is done by realizing that for each spacetime point the algebra of Clifford…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Capelas de Oliveira , W. A. Rodrigues

Motivated by the relationship between orthogonal complex structures and spure spinors, we define twisted partially pure spinors in order to characterize spinorially subspaces of Euclidean space endowed with a complex structure.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-19 Rafael Herrera , Ivan Tellez