Twistor theory

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Twistor_theory
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
gptkbp:appliesTo space-time
gptkbp:category gptkb:geometry
gptkb:Theoretical_physics
gptkb:Quantum_gravity
Mathematical physics
gptkbp:field gptkb:geometry
gptkb:theoretical_physics
mathematical physics
gptkbp:goal unify quantum theory and general relativity
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:twistor_space
twistors
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkbp:introducedIn 1967
gptkbp:notableFor study of black holes
study of gravitational instantons
calculation of scattering amplitudes in gauge theory
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkb:Michael_Atiyah
gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkb:Nigel_Hitchin
gptkb:Simon_Donaldson
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Atiyah,_M.,_Hitchin,_N.,_&_Singer,_I._(1978)._Self-duality_in_four-dimensional_Riemannian_geometry._Proc._R._Soc._Lond._A.
gptkb:Penrose,_R._(1972)._Twistor_quantization_and_curved_space-time._Int._J._Theor._Phys.
gptkb:Witten,_E._(2004)._Perturbative_gauge_theory_as_a_string_theory_in_twistor_space._Commun._Math._Phys.
Penrose, R. (1967). Twistor algebra. J. Math. Phys.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Yang–Mills_theory
gptkb:conformal_geometry
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Penrose_transform
integrable systems
complex geometry
scattering amplitudes
self-dual solutions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
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