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Grassmann Electrodynamics and General Relativity
The aim of this paper is to present a short introduction to supergeometry on
pure odd supermanifolds. (Pseudo)differential forms, Cartan calculus (DeRham
differential, Lie derivative, "inner" product), metric, inner product,
Killing's vector fields, Hodge star operator, integral forms, co-differential
and connection on odd Riemannian supermanifolds are introduced. The
electrodynamics and Einstein relativity with anti-commuting variables only are
formulated modifying the geometry beyond classical (even, bosonic) theories
appropriately. Extension of these ideas to general supermanifolds is
straightforward. All this "odd business" (in both meanings of the word "odd")
is based on classical geometrical analogy.Comment: 16 pages. submitted to Journal of Geometry and Physic
Square-root quantization: application to quantum black holes
Two different ways of quantizing the relativistic Hamiltonian for radial
motion in the field of Coulomb-like potential are compared. The results depend
slightly on choice of time. In the case of Lorentzian time a Sommerfeld
spectrum is recovered. Application to quantum black holes gives a sqrt{n} mass
spectrum with about the same numerical factors.Comment: LaTeX file Talk given on the Second Conference on Constrained
Dynamics and Quantum Gravity, Santa Margherita, Ligure, Italy, 17-21
September 199
A theory of thin shells with orbiting constituents
The self-gravitating, spherically symmetric thin shells built of orbiting
particles are sstudied. Two new features are found. One is the minimal possible
value for an angular momentum of particles, above which elleptic orbits become
possible. The second is the coexistence of both the wormhole solutions and the
elleptic or hyperbolic orbits for the same values of the parameters (but
different initial conditions). Possible applications of these results to
astrophysics and quantum black holes are briefly discussed.Comment: 22 pages, Latex, 10 eps figures. CERN preprint no. CERN-TH 2000-16
Felix Alexandrovich Berezin and his work
This is a survey of Berezin's work focused on three topics: representation
theory, general concept of quantization, and supermathematics.Comment: LaTeX, 27 page
Brane Universe: Global Geometry
The global geometries of bulk vacuum space-times in the brane-universe models
are investigated and classified in terms of geometrical invariants. The
corresponding Carter-Penrose diagrams and embedding diagrams are constructed.
It is shown that for a given energy-momentum induced on the brane there can be
different types of global geometries depending on the signs of a bulk
cosmological term and surface energy density of the brane (the sign of the
latter does not influence the internal cosmological evolution). It is shown
that in the Randall-Sundrum scenario it is possible to have an asymmetric
hierarchy splitting even with a -symmetric matching of "our" brane to the
bulk.Comment: 23 pages, 34 figures, Talk given at the "Invisible Universe
International Conference ", Paris, June 29 -July 3, 200
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