CCNV space-times as potential supergravity solutions

DOI10.1155/2018/5861481MaRDI QIDQ1629244zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alan Coley, David McNutt, Nicos Pelavas

Publication date 11 December 2018

Published in Advances in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0707

zbMATH Keywords

covariantly constant null vector (CCNV)Killing spinorKundt classsupergravity solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Supergravity (83E50)

Abstract: It is of interest to study supergravity solutions preserving a non-minimal fraction of supersymmetries. A necessary condition for supersymmetry to be preserved is that the spacetime admits a Killing spinor and hence a null or timelike Killing vector field. Any spacetime admitting a covariantly constant null vector field ($CCNV$) belongs to the Kundt class of metrics, and more importantly admits a null Killing vector field. We investigate the existence of additional non-spacelike isometries in the class of higher-dimensional $CCNV$ Kundt metrics in order to produce potential solutions that preserve some supersymmetries.

Review text

Summary: It is of interest to study supergravity solutions preserving a nonminimal fraction of supersymmetries. A necessary condition for supersymmetry to be preserved is that the space-time admits a Killing spinor and hence a null or time-like Killing vector field. Any space-time admitting a covariantly constant null vector (CCNV) field belongs to the Kundt class of metrics and more importantly admits a null Killing vector field. We investigate the existence of additional non-space-like isometries in the class of higher-dimensional CCNV Kundt metrics in order to produce potential solutions that preserve some supersymmetries.

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• Supersymmetry, holonomy and Kundt spacetimes

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