Linear Einstein equations and KerrndashSchild maps

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/9/313MaRDI QIDQ4548098zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors László Á. Gergely

Publication date 8 February 2003

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0203101

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationexact solutionKerr-Schild formlinearizationnull vector

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20)

Abstract: We prove that given a solution of the Einstein equations $g_{ab}$ for the matter field $T_{ab}$, an autoparallel null vector field $l^a$ and a solution $(l_a{l}_c,mathcal{T}_{ac})$ of the linearized Einstein equation on the given background, the Kerr-Schild metric $g_{ac}+lambda{l}_a{l}_c$ ($lambda$ arbitrary constant) is an exact solution of the Einstein equation for the energy-momentum tensor $T_{ac}+lambdamathcal{T}_{ac}+lambd{a}^2{l}_{(a}mathcal{T}_{c)b}{l}^b$. The mixed form of the Einstein equation for Kerr-Schild metrics with autoparallel null congruence is also linear. Some more technical conditions hold when the null congruence is not autoparallel. These results generalize previous theorems for vacuum due to Xanthopoulos and for flat seed space-time due to G"{u}rses and G"{u}rsey.

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