(Conformal) Killing vectors in the Newman-Penrose formalism (Q1612713)

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    (Conformal) Killing vectors in the Newman-Penrose formalism (English)
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    26 August 2002
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    The paper discusses how to find conformal Killing vectors and homothetic vectors for a given spacetime in the Newman-Penrose formalism. To this end Lie derivatives in a preferred tetrad system are studied. Examples for different Petrov types are discussed.
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    conformal Killing vectors
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    Petrov types
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    Newman-Penrose formalism
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    tetrad system
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