DifferentialGeometry/Tensor/RicciSpinor

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Tensor[RicciSpinor] - compute the spinor form of the trace-free Ricci tensor

Calling Sequences

RicciSpinor(sigma, R)

Parameters

sigma - a solder form

R - (optional) the Ricci tensor for the metric determined by the solder form sigma

Description

•	Let g be a metric tensor. The trace-free Ricci tensor for g is defined by T = R - 1/4gS, where R is the Ricci tensor and S the Ricci scalar of g.

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The command RicciSpinor(sigma) first computes the metric tensor g defined by the solder form sigma. The trace-free Ricci tensor T for g is then computed and converted, using the solder form sigma to a rank 4 covariant spinor with index type T_{ABA'B'}. (See convert/DGspinor.) Finally, a scalar factor of -1/2 is introduced according to standard conventions. See Stewart, page 85.

•	If the Ricci tensor R for the metric g has been previously computed, then the Ricci spinor will be computed more quickly using the second calling sequence RicciSpinor(sigma, R).

•	This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor package, and so can be used in the form RicciSpinor(..) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry); with(Tensor); in that order. It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-RicciSpinor.

Examples

Example 1.

First create a vector bundle over M with base coordinates [t, x, y, z] and fiber coordinates [z1, z2, w1, w2].

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(2.1)

Define a metric g on M. For this example we use the Godel metric. (See (12.26) in Exact Solutions to Einstein's Field Equations.) Note that we have adjusted the metric to conform to the signature conventions [1, -1, -1, -1] used by the spinor formalism in the DifferentialGeometry package. See SpacetimeConventions.

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(2.2)

Use DGGramSchmidt to calculate an orthonormal frame F for the metric g.

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(2.3)

Use SolderForm to compute the solder form sigma from the frame F.

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sigma := 2^(1/2)*dt*D_z1*D_w1/2+2^(1/2)*dt*D_z2*D_w2/2+2^(1/2)*dx*D_z1*D_w2/2+2^(1/2)*dx*D_z2*D_w1/2-((1/2)*I)*2^(1/2)*dy*D_z1*D_w2+((1/2)*I)*2^(1/2)*dy*D_z2*D_w1+(1/2)*(exp(x)*(1+2^(1/2))*dz*D_z1*D_w1)+(1/2)*(exp(x)*(-1+2^(1/2))*dz*D_z2*D_w2)

(2.4)

Calculate the Ricci spinor from the solder form sigma.

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Phi1 := -dz1*dz1*dw1*dw1/4-dz1*dz2*dw1*dw2/8-dz1*dz2*dw2*dw1/8-dz2*dz1*dw1*dw2/8-dz2*dz1*dw2*dw1/8-dz2*dz2*dw2*dw2/4

(2.5)

Example 2.

In this example we first calculate the Ricci tensor of the metric g and then use the second calling sequence for RicciSpinor.

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(2.6)

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Phi2 := -dz1*dz1*dw1*dw1/4-dz1*dz2*dw1*dw2/8-dz1*dz2*dw2*dw1/8-dz2*dz1*dw1*dw2/8-dz2*dz1*dw2*dw1/8-dz2*dz2*dw2*dw2/4

(2.7)

Example 3.

We can check the result of Example 1 by direct computation, starting from the solder form sigma. First use the command SpinorInnerProduct to calculate the metric g3 from sigma. (Note that g3 coincides with the original metric g.)

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(2.8)

Second, calculate the curvature tensor C, the Ricci tensor R, and the Ricci scalar S.

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(2.9)

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(2.10)

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(2.11)

Calculate the trace-free Ricci tensor T.

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(2.12)

Convert T to a spinor U.

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U := dz1*dw1*dz1*dw1/2+dz1*dw1*dz2*dw2/4+dz1*dw2*dz2*dw1/4+dz2*dw1*dz1*dw2/4+dz2*dw2*dz1*dw1/4+dz2*dw2*dz2*dw2/2

(2.13)

Rearrange the indices of U and scale by (-1/2) to arrive at the Ricci spinor Phi1 (or Phi2).

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(2.14)

	See Also
	DifferentialGeometry, Tensor, Convert, CurvatureTensor, Physics[Riemann], RicciTensor, Physics[Ricci], SpacetimeConventions, SolderForm, SpinorInnerProduct, WeylSpinor, Physics[Weyl]