TWISTORS, TORSION AND QUANTIZATION OF SPACE-TIME

Authors
DESABBATA V SIVARAM C
Citation
V. Desabbata et C. Sivaram, TWISTORS, TORSION AND QUANTIZATION OF SPACE-TIME, Nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica. A. Nuclei, particles and fields, 109(4), 1996, pp. 377-390
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica. A. Nuclei, particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241861
Volume
109
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
377 - 390
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1861(1996)109:4<377:TTAQOS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The analogies between twisters and torsion are developed. The SL(2, C) group of transformations is used to suggest a unified link between th e approaches. The role of space-time defects in the quantization of sp ace-time is clarified and commutation relations between conjugate twis ter variables suggested. Finally the incorporation of mass and charge as well as supersymmetry in the formalism is considered.