%0 Journal Article %T Zeros of Pairs of Quadratic Forms %A D. R. Heath-Brown %J Mathematics %D 2013 %I arXiv %X We prove the Hasse principle and weak approximation for varieties defined over number fields by the nonsingular intersection of pairs of quadratic forms in 8 variables. The argument develops work of Colliot-Thelene, Sansuc and Swinnerton-Dyer, and centres on a purely local problem about forms which split off 3 hyperbolic planes. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3894v1