Embedding $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})/\mathbb{Z}_2$ in Complex Riemannian Geometry
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| author | Moffat, John. W. Thompson, Ethan. J. |
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| contents | We present a unified framework demonstrating how the spinor complex Lorentz group SL(2,C)/Z\_2 is realized as a canonical subgroup within a four-dimensional complex Riemannian manifold. Building on the complex, holomorphic metric extension and contour-integration regularization of classical singularities, we show that promoting the metric to a complex-valued tensor on a complex 4-fold enlarges the frame bundle to SO(4,C). Its spin double cover factorizes as a product of two independent SL(2,C) factors modulo a shared Z\_2, and selecting one Weyl factor recovers the familiar SL(2,C)/Z\_2 spin cover of the Lorentz group. By explicitly extending metric components and connection forms into the complex domain, using contour deformations to avoid coordinate-singular loci, we exhibit how left- and right-handed Weyl spinors transform under separate SL(2,C) factors, and how modding out a common Z\_2 reproduces the standard spin-Lorentz structure. In particular, the same contour-integration techniques that yield singularity-free Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions via a holomorphic radial coordinate also furnish a holomorphic spin bundle in which chiral spin representations live without imposing exotic matter or modifying the Einstein equations. This embedding clarifies the geometric origin of chirality, enables holomorphic factorization of curvature and connection forms, and provides a foundation for constructing holomorphic field theories and complexified gravity backgrounds. Our results indicate that extending the Lorentz group into a complex Riemannian setting not only recovers SL(2,C)/Z\_2 in a canonical fashion, but also establishes a geometric arena for studying chiral fermions, Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) instantons, and potential quantum-gravity corrections within a rigorously defined complex manifold. |
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| spellingShingle | Embedding $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})/\mathbb{Z}_2$ in Complex Riemannian Geometry Moffat, John. W. Thompson, Ethan. J. High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics We present a unified framework demonstrating how the spinor complex Lorentz group SL(2,C)/Z\_2 is realized as a canonical subgroup within a four-dimensional complex Riemannian manifold. Building on the complex, holomorphic metric extension and contour-integration regularization of classical singularities, we show that promoting the metric to a complex-valued tensor on a complex 4-fold enlarges the frame bundle to SO(4,C). Its spin double cover factorizes as a product of two independent SL(2,C) factors modulo a shared Z\_2, and selecting one Weyl factor recovers the familiar SL(2,C)/Z\_2 spin cover of the Lorentz group. By explicitly extending metric components and connection forms into the complex domain, using contour deformations to avoid coordinate-singular loci, we exhibit how left- and right-handed Weyl spinors transform under separate SL(2,C) factors, and how modding out a common Z\_2 reproduces the standard spin-Lorentz structure. In particular, the same contour-integration techniques that yield singularity-free Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions via a holomorphic radial coordinate also furnish a holomorphic spin bundle in which chiral spin representations live without imposing exotic matter or modifying the Einstein equations. This embedding clarifies the geometric origin of chirality, enables holomorphic factorization of curvature and connection forms, and provides a foundation for constructing holomorphic field theories and complexified gravity backgrounds. Our results indicate that extending the Lorentz group into a complex Riemannian setting not only recovers SL(2,C)/Z\_2 in a canonical fashion, but also establishes a geometric arena for studying chiral fermions, Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) instantons, and potential quantum-gravity corrections within a rigorously defined complex manifold. |
| title | Embedding $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})/\mathbb{Z}_2$ in Complex Riemannian Geometry |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19158 |