A physical application of Kerr-Schild groups (Q1604915)

The generalized groups of metric transformations are used in order to find new solutions of Einstein's equations. This enables a major control on geometrical elements of the final solutions. The method is applied to the Kerr-Schild groups where the basic geometrical object is a null vector field which is analogous to Killing or conformal vector fields. Other generalized groups of metric transformations are also considered. It is shown that signature changes can appear when using such new metric relations. It is suggested that the method presented in the paper could be applied also to the study of energy-matter properties and the approximation to the rigidity problem.