Twistors in Mathematics and Physics

Table of Contents

• 1. Twistor theory after 25 years - its physical status and prospects R. Penrose
• 2. Between integral geometry and twistors S. G. Gindikin
• 3. Generalized conformal structures S. G. Gindikin
• 4. Riemannian twistor spaces and holonomy groups F. E. Burstall
• 5. Twistors, ambitwistors, and conformal gravity C. R. LeBrun
• 6. The Penrose transform M. G. Eastwood
• 7. Notation for the Penrose transform E. G. Dunne
• 8. The twistor transform E. G. Dunne and M. G. Eastwood
• 9. Invariant operators R. J. Baston and M. G. Eastwood
• 10. Penrose's quasi-local mass K. P. Tod
• 11. The sparkling 3-form, Ashtekar variables and quasi-local mass L. J. Mason and J. Frauendiener
• 12. Twistor and strings W. T. Shaw and L. P. Hughston
• 13. Integrable systems in twistor theory R. S. Ward
• 14. Twistor characterization of stationary axisymmetric solutions of Einstein's equations J. Fletcher and N. M. J. Woodhouse
• 15. A two-surface encoding of radiative space-times C. N. Kozameh, C. J. Cutler and E. T. Newman
• 16. Twistors, massless fields and the Penrose transform T.N. Bailey and M. A. Singer
• 17. Twistor diagrams and Feynman diagrams A. P. Hodges
• 18. Cohomology and twistor diagrams S. A. Huggett
• Authors' addresses.
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