Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 1, Two-Spinor Calculus and Relativistic Fields

This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors.

Roger Penrose (Author), Wolfgang Rindler (Author)

9780521337076, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 February 1987

472 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.737 kg

' … not only provides a highly readable account of spinor calculus that is unparalleled in its depth and thoroughness, but also serves as a valuable source of reference for the numerous spinor and spinor-related formulae that arise in space-time physics.' New Scientist

This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors. This is the first detailed exposition of this technique which leads not only to a deeper understanding of the structure of space-time, but also provides shortcuts to some very tedious calculations. Many results are given here for the first time.

Preface
1. The geometry of world-vectors and spin-vectors
2. Abstract indices and spinor algebra
3. Spinors and world-tensors
4. Differentiation and curvature
5. Fields in space-time
Appendix
References
Subject and author index
Index of symbols.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]