Table for constructing the spin coefficients in general relativity

W. J. Cocke
Phys. Rev. D 40, 650 – Published 15 July 1989
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Abstract

The spin coefficients in spinor calculus in Riemannian space-time are linear functions of the curls of the connecting quantities (the Infeld-Van der Waerden symbols). We show that in the Newman-Penrose formalism the expressions for the spin coefficients are quite manageable, if they are written in terms of the Newman-Penrose tetrad vectors. We present a table of the components of the spin coefficients explicitly in terms of the curls of the individual tetrad vectors.

  • Received 11 January 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.40.650

©1989 American Physical Society

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W. J. Cocke

  • Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

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Vol. 40, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1989

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