On conformally Killing vector fields on a 2-symmetric indecomposable Lorentzian manifold (Q6117489)

Conformal Killing vector fields are generalizations of Killing vector fields that play an important role in the study of the group of conformal transformations of manifolds and of Ricci flows, and in the theory of Ricci solitons. In this paper, the authors study conformal Killing vector fields on \(2\)-symmetric indecomposable Lorentzian manifolds. They prove that the conformal factor of the conformal analogue of the Killing equation depends on the behavior of the Weyl tensor. In addition, in the case when the Weyl tensor is equal to zero, they give nontrivial examples of conformally Killing vector fields with a variable conformal factor.