Geometric Interpretation of the Mixed Invariants of the Riemann Spinor
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Mixed invariants are used to classify the Riemann spinor in the case of Einstein-Maxwell fields and perfect fluids. In the EinsteinMaxwell case these mixed invariants provide information as to the relative orientation of the gravitational and electromagnetic principal null directions. Consideration of the perfect fluid case leads to some results about the behaviour of the Bel-Robinson tensor regarded as a quartic form on unit timelike vectors. ∗ Email:[email protected]
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