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5.2. THE Y TENSORS 41<br />

5.2 The Y tensors<br />

The Y tensors, constructed by the combinations<br />

Σ Y µν = 1 2<br />

( 1<br />

X µν + 2 X µν )<br />

,<br />

χ Y µν = 1 ( 3<br />

X µν + 4 X µν )<br />

,<br />

2<br />

∆ Y µν = 1 ( 1<br />

X µν − 2 X µν )<br />

(5.14)<br />

,<br />

2<br />

ψ Y µν = 1 ( 3<br />

X µν − 4 X µν )<br />

,<br />

2<br />

and are then found to be<br />

Σ Y µν = 1 2<br />

[−E 1 E ∗ 1−E 2 E ∗ 2−E 3 E ∗ 3−cB 1 cB ∗ 1−cB 2 cB ∗ 2−cB 3 cB ∗ 3, −cB 3 E ∗ 2+cB 2 E ∗ 3−E 2 cB ∗ 3+E 3 cB ∗ 2,<br />

E 1 cB ∗ 3 − E 3 cB ∗ 1 + cB 3 E ∗ 1 − cB 1 E ∗ 3, −E 1 cB ∗ 2 + E 2 cB ∗ 1 − cB 2 E ∗ 1 + cB 1 E ∗ 2]<br />

[−cB 3 E ∗ 2+cB 2 E ∗ 3−E 2 cB ∗ 3+E 3 cB ∗ 2, E 1 E ∗ 1−cB 3 cB ∗ 3−cB 2 cB ∗ 2+cB 1 cB ∗ 1−E 3 E ∗ 3−E 2 E ∗ 2,<br />

E 2 E ∗ 1 + cB 1 cB ∗ 2 + E 1 E ∗ 2 + cB 2 cB ∗ 1, E 3 E ∗ 1 + cB 1 cB ∗ 3 + E 1 E ∗ 3 + cB 3 cB ∗ 1]<br />

[E 1 cB ∗ 3 − E 3 cB ∗ 1 + cB 3 E ∗ 1 − cB 1 E ∗ 3, E 2 E ∗ 1 + cB 1 cB ∗ 2 + E 1 E ∗ 2 + cB 2 cB ∗ 1,<br />

E 2 E ∗ 2−cB 3 cB ∗ 3−cB 1 cB ∗ 1+cB 2 cB ∗ 2−E 3 E ∗ 3−E 1 EC 1 , E 3 E ∗ 2+cB 2 cB ∗ 3+E 2 E ∗ 3+cB 3 cB ∗ 2]<br />

[−E 1 cB ∗ 2 + E 2 cB ∗ 1 − cB 2 E ∗ 1 + cB 1 E ∗ 2, E 3 E ∗ 1 + cB 1 cB ∗ 3 + E 1 E ∗ 3 + cB 3 cB ∗ 1,<br />

E 3 E ∗ 2+cB 2 cB ∗ 3+E 2 E ∗ 3+cB 3 cB ∗ 2, E 3 E ∗ 3−cB 2 cB ∗ 2−cB 1 cB ∗ 1+cB 3 cB ∗ 3−E 2 E ∗ 2−E 1 E ∗ 1]<br />

(5.15)<br />

χ Y µν = 1 2<br />

[−cB 1 E ∗ 1−cB 2 E ∗ 2−cB 3 E ∗ 3−E 1 cB ∗ 1−E 2 cB ∗ 2−E 3 cB ∗ 3, −cB 2 cB ∗ 3+cB 3 cB ∗ 2−E 3 E ∗ 2+E 2 E ∗ 3,<br />

cB 1 cB ∗ 3 − cB 3 cB ∗ 1 + E 3 E ∗ 1 − E 1 E ∗ 3, −cB 1 cB ∗ 2 + cB 2 cB ∗ 1 − E 2 E ∗ 1 + E 1 E ∗ 2]<br />

[E 3 E ∗ 2−E 2 E ∗ 3+cB 2 cB ∗ 3−cB 3 cB ∗ 2, cB 1 E ∗ 1+E 3 cB ∗ 3+E 2 cB ∗ 2+E 1 cB ∗ 1+cB 3 E ∗ 3+cB 2 E ∗ 2,<br />

cB 1 E ∗ 2 − E 2 cB ∗ 1 − cB 2 E ∗ 1 + E 1 cB ∗ 2, cB 1 E ∗ 3 − E 3 cB ∗ 1 − cB 3 E ∗ 1 + E 1 cB ∗ 3]<br />

[−E 3 E ∗ 1 + E 1 E ∗ 3 − cB 1 cB ∗ 3 + cB 3 cB ∗ 1, cB 2 E ∗ 1 − E 1 cB ∗ 2 − cB 1 E ∗ 2 + E 2 cB ∗ 1,<br />

cB 1 E ∗ 1+E 3 cB ∗ 3+E 2 cB ∗ 2+E 1 cB ∗ 1+cB 3 E ∗ 3+cB 2 E ∗ 2, cB 2 E ∗ 3−E 3 cB ∗ 2−cB 3 E ∗ 2+E 2 cB ∗ 3]<br />

[E 2 E ∗ 1 − E 1 E ∗ 2 + cB 1 cB ∗ 2 − cB 2 cB ∗ 1, cB 3 E ∗ 1 − E 1 cB ∗ 3 − cB 1 E ∗ 3 + E 3 cB ∗ 1,<br />

cB 3 E ∗ 2−E 2 cB ∗ 3−cB 2 E ∗ 3+E 3 cB ∗ 2, cB 1 E ∗ 1+E 3 cB ∗ 3+E 2 cB ∗ 2+E 1 cB ∗ 1+cB 3 E ∗ 3+cB 2 E ∗ 2]<br />

(5.16)

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