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Calibrations and spinors

1993; Mittag-Leffler Institute; Volume: 170; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf02392455

1871-2509

Jiri Dadok, F. Reese Harvey,

Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

Introduction I. Spinors in dimension 8m 1.1. Spinors and pinors 1.2. Constructing calibrations from spinors 1.3. Triality and the octonians II. Dimension 16 and Es II.1. A model for the Clifford algebra Cl(16) II.2. The orbit structure of Spin(16) on 8+(16) II.3. Maximal isotropy subgroups of Spin(16) II.4. Calibration on R 16 constructed by squaring spinors III. Additional results in higher dimension III.1. A differential system for each geometry III.2. Pure spinors and calibrations III.3. Spinors in dimensions 50 mod 8 References