1st Edition
Further Advances in Twistor Theory Volume II: Integrable Systems, Conformal Geometry and Gravitation
288 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
288 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
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Twistor theory is the remarkable mathematical framework that was discovered by Roger Penrose in the course of research into gravitation and quantum theory. It have since developed into a broad, many-faceted programme that attempts to resolve basic problems in physics by encoding the structure of physical fields and indeed space-time itself into the complex analytic geometry of twistor space.... Read more
Part 1 Sources and fields: zero-rest-mass fields and Penrose transform; massive fields - applications of twistor theory to elementary particle models, supersymmetry, and string theories; progress in twistor diagram theory and scattering amplitude evaluation; sources and currents - relative cohomology and non-Hansdorff manifolds; twistors and spinors in higher dimensions. Part 2 Curved twistor spaces: quasi-local mass; the Googly graviton; hypersurface twistors and Cauchy-Riemann structures; spaces of null geodiscs; other applications to classical and quantum gravity.
Biography
L.J. Mason, L.P. Hughston, P.Z. Kobak
