24 July 2023 to 4 August 2023
Warszawa/Chęciny
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Session

Twistor methods in General Relativity

24 Jul 2023, 15:00
Lecture hall: 0.06 (Warsaw) (Warszawa/Chęciny)

Lecture hall: 0.06 (Warsaw)

Warszawa/Chęciny

Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, Warszawa European Centre for Geological Education, Korzecko 1C, Chęciny

Conveners

Twistor methods in General Relativity

  • Maciej Dunajski (University of Cambridge)

Twistor methods in General Relativity

  • Maciej Dunajski (University of Cambridge)

Twistor methods in General Relativity

  • Maciej Dunajski (University of Cambridge)

Description

Twistor theory was originally proposed by Roger Penrose as a new geometric framework for physics that aims to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. In the twistor approach, space–time is secondary with events being derived objects that correspond to compact holomorphic curves in a complex three–fold, the twistor space.

This mini course will provide an elementary introduction to twistor theory leading to applications of twistor methods to gravitational instantons.

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