Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.
Contents
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.
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