Geometrical aspects of the two-component neutrino field in general relativity
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 4 (2) , 208-213
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/4/2/005
Abstract
Conditions for the existence of a neutrino field are expressed in terms of spin coefficients. It is shown that a neutrino-gravitational field with positive energy density necessarily defines a null geodesic congruence. The structure of the Ricci tensor is examined and shown to be closely related to the twist and shear of the congruence.Keywords
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