The Dirac and Rarita-Schwinger equations on scalar flat metrics of Taub-NUT type
Abstract
We construct a scalar flat metric of Taub-NUT type whose total mass can be negative. The standard Taub-NUT metric and its negative NUT charge counterpart serve as particular examples, for which the complex 2-dimensional space of parallel spinors gives rise to L2 harmonic spinors and Rarita-Schwinger fields. For the scalar flat Taub-NUT type metric, we study the Dirac and Rarita-Schwinger equations by separating them into angular and radial equations, and obtain explicit solutions in certain special cases.
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