Article
A Characterization of the Einstein Tensor in Terms of Spinors
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1976
Disciplines
Abstract
All tensors of contravariant rank two which are divergence‐free on one index, concomitants of a spinor field σiAX′ together with its first two partial derivatives, and scalars under spin transformations are constructed. The Einstein and metric tensors are the only candidates.
Citation Information
A Characterization of the Einstein Tensor in Terms of Spinors (with D.
Lovelock), J. Math. Phys. 17 (1976), 1001–1003.
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