Kundt spacetimes as solutions of topologically massive gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/10/105002zbMATH Open1190.83022arXiv0912.3438OpenAlexW2058545817MaRDI QIDQ3570086FDOQ3570086

Christopher N. Pope, Ergin Sezgin, David D. K. Chow

Publication date: 24 June 2010

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain new solutions of topologically massive gravity. We find the general Kundt solutions, which in three dimensions are spacetimes admitting an expansion-free null geodesic congruence. The solutions are generically of algebraic type II, but special cases are types III, N or D. Those of type D are the known spacelike-squashed AdS_3 solutions, and of type N are the known AdS pp-waves or new solutions. Those of types II and III are the first known solutions of these algebraic types. We present explicitly the Kundt solutions that are CSI spacetimes, for which all scalar polynomial curvature invariants are constant, whereas for the general case we reduce the field equations to a series of ordinary differential equations. The CSI solutions of types II and III are deformations of spacelike-squashed AdS_3 and the round AdS_3, respectively.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3438

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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