Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Review of Tensor Algebra and Calculus
- 3 Lorentzian Spinors at a Point
- 4 Spinor Fields
- 5 Compactified Minkowski Space
- 6 The Geometry of Null Congruences
- 7 The Geometry of Twistor Space
- 8 Solving the Zero Rest Mass Equations I
- 9 Sheaf Cohomology and Free Fields
- 10 Solving the Zero Rest Mass Equations II
- 11 The Twisted Photon and Yang–Mills Constructions
- 12 The Non-Linear Graviton
- 13 Penrose's Quasi-Local Momentum and Angular Momentum
- 14 Functionals on Zero Rest Mass Fields
- 15 Further Developments and Conclusions
- 16 Hints, Solutions and Notes to the Exercises
- Appendix The GHP Equations
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Review of Tensor Algebra and Calculus
- 3 Lorentzian Spinors at a Point
- 4 Spinor Fields
- 5 Compactified Minkowski Space
- 6 The Geometry of Null Congruences
- 7 The Geometry of Twistor Space
- 8 Solving the Zero Rest Mass Equations I
- 9 Sheaf Cohomology and Free Fields
- 10 Solving the Zero Rest Mass Equations II
- 11 The Twisted Photon and Yang–Mills Constructions
- 12 The Non-Linear Graviton
- 13 Penrose's Quasi-Local Momentum and Angular Momentum
- 14 Functionals on Zero Rest Mass Fields
- 15 Further Developments and Conclusions
- 16 Hints, Solutions and Notes to the Exercises
- Appendix The GHP Equations
- Bibliography
- Index
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- An Introduction to Twistor Theory , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994