TWISTORS AND THE ASYMPTOTIC-BEHAVIOR OF MASSLESS SPIN-3 2 FIELDS/

In this work the asymptotic solutions of massless spin-3/2 fields are studied. First, in a Minkowski space, the fields, their potentials, an d the associated gauges are analysed in the Rarita-Schwinger descripti on. We exhibit the explicit appearance of the conserved charges of the fields and their singular behaviour in the potentials. The charges of the spin-3/2 fields emerge as a global definition of twisters. The ha t space case serves as a guide in the analysis of the problem in gener al vacuum spacetimes. Although the fundamental connection between and the meaning of twisters and charges have not, as yet, been established in general vacuum spacetimes, some useful insights have nevertheless been gained in studying the potential-modulo-gauge description of the spin-3/2 problem in such spacetimes.