Questions tagged [twistor-theory]
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Two-twistor particle
I found some research articles on the web that consider the two-twistor theory.
What does it mean that a particle admits two-twistor formulation?
Specifically, what does it mean that a particle admits ...
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From Monad construction of Instantons to ADHM data
In reference to Atiyah's book - "Geometry of Yang-Mills Fields" (1979).
In chapter 5, section 3, he describes how the monad construction for $Sp(n)$ potentials can be interpreted in terms of ...
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Some questions about Twistor Space of a closed $4$-manifold
Let $(M,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $4$. We denote its twistor space, the space of almost complex structures on the tangent bundle $TM$ by $Z\xrightarrow{\pi}M$. At any point the ...
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Spinor form of the exterior derivative
In the book of Ward and Wells "Twistor Geometry and Field Theory" and also in the paper "Cohomology and Massless Fields" of Eastwood, Penrose and Wells, appears a spinor form of ...
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Transitive action on a flag manifold
Given a 4-dimensional complex space $T$, we consider the flag manifolds $F_{d_1,\ldots,d_m}(T)=\{(S_1,\ldots,S_m)\ |\ \textrm{dim}S_i=d_i, \ \ S_1\subset S_2\subset\ldots\subset S_m\}$. The $S_i$ are ...
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Coordinate charts on a flag manifold
I'm trying to prove that the flag $F_{d_1\ldots d_m}(V)=\{(S_1,\ldots,S_m)|S_1\subset S_2\subset\ldots S_m \ \ \ \ \textrm{with} \ \ \ \ \textrm{dim}S_i=d_i \ \ \ \ \textrm{and}\ \ \ 1<d_1<\...
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Reference for Penrose-Ward transformation
I am currently looking for a reference that covers the Penrose-Ward transformation. For context the Penrose-Ward transformation relates a holomorphic vector bundle $E$ on some twistor space $Z$, with ...
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Wedge and common notation for "a line between two points"
I'm using a somewhat old presentation from 2011 that covers twistor geometry.
It uses the notation "$L = Z_1 \wedge Z_2$" to suggest that the line $L$ is the "join of the twistors $Z_1$ and $Z_2$, ...
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How to see that $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^3\cong\mathrm{SO}(5)/\mathrm{U}(2)$?
I stumbled on this ismorphism in the context of twistor fibrations. See for example 'Twistors in Mathematics and Physics' by Bailey and Baston, p.58. Can anybody provide a construction of this ...
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A few general questions on the Penrose transform
Let us consider the Bateman or Whittaker's pioneering examples of a Penrose transform. Starting from a holomorphic function on an open subset of twistor space, they constructed a solution to the ...
