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Ghost neutrino fields in flat space-time

Authors :
G. F. Torres del Castillo
Source :
General Relativity and Gravitation. 19:699-705
Publication Year :
1987
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1987.

Abstract

The Weyl neutrino equation is integrated in flat space-time assuming that the energy-momentum tensor of the neutrino field vanishes. It is shown that the flux vector of the neutrino field is tangent to a twist-free and shear-free congruence of null geodesics, which is a special Robinson congruence and constitutes a geometrical representation of a null twistor. It is also shown that, conversely, given such a congruence, a ghost neutrino field can be constructed.

Details

ISSN :
15729532 and 00017701
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
General Relativity and Gravitation
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........38e9caf5ce7f4a56705a9a3ca68bd8ba
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00766276