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The connection between the deformed twistor space of Penrose and Plebanski's form for the general right-flat metric is explored. A Hamiltonian formalism for obtaining the twistor surfaces in a right-flat space with Plebanski's Ω-function as Hamiltonian is obtained.
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Newman, E.T., Porter, J.R. & Tod, K.P. Twistor surfaces and right-flat spaces. Gen Relat Gravit 9, 1129–1142 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756579
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