Algebraically special solutions in higher dimensions

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Authors Harvey S. Reall

Publication date 5 September 2012

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4057

zbMATH Keywords

algebraically special vacuum spacetimesblack holeGoldberg-Sachs theoremNewman-Penrose formalismprincipal null directionWeyl tensorwormhole

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Black holes (83C57) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Review text

The present paper gives an overview about algebraically special solutions of the Einstein field equation in higher dimensions. It generalizes the analogous work for five dimensions, see [the author et al., Classical Quantum Gravity 30, No. 5, 055004, 21 p. (2013; Zbl 1263.83054)].NEWLINENEWLINEThe main methods applied are the principal null directions of the Weyl tensor, the Goldberg-Sachs theorem and the Newman-Penrose formalism.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1241.83007].

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