From spinor geometry to complex general relativity

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 675-731

  Esposito, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Penrose transform; Twistors; Two component spinors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746295024     PISSN: 02198878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219887805000752     Document Type: Review

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