Twistor representation of null two-surfaces
高能物理 - 理论
2009-12-14 v1
摘要
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.
引用
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0109036,
title = {Twistor representation of null two-surfaces},
author = {Kostyantin Ilyenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0109036},
year = {2009}
}
备注
13 pages, Revtex4, 2 eps figures, graphicx