Spinor-helicity and the algebraic classification of higher-dimensional spacetimes
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10.1088/1361-6382/ab03df
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Classical and Quantum Gravity
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The spinor-helicity formalism is an essential technique of the amplitudes community. We draw on this method to construct a scheme for classifying higher-dimensional spacetimes in the style of the 4D Petrov classification and the Newman–Penrose formalism. We focus on the 5D case for concreteness. Our spinorial scheme naturally reproduces the full structure previously seen in both the CMPP and de Smet classifications, and resolves longstanding questions concerning the relationship between the two classifications.
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MONTEIRO, RJF; Nicholson, I; O'Connell, DCollections
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