Separation of variables and symmetry operators for the conformally invariant Klein-Gordon equation on curved spacetime

DOI10.1007/BF00398553zbMATH Open0576.53051MaRDI QIDQ1065375FDOQ1065375

Authors: Niky Kamran, Raymond G. Mclenaghan 

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Klein-Gordon equationLaplace-Beltrami equationseparability propertiesconformally invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application (35Q99) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Cites Work

• Separable systems of Stäckel
• Global Structure of the Kerr Family of Gravitational Fields
• Symmetry operators for neutrino and Dirac fields on curved spacetime
• Separable coordinates for four-dimensional Riemannian spaces
• Separation of variables and quantum numbers for Weyl neutrino fields on curved space-time
• Orthogonal transitivity, invertibility, and null geodesic separability in type D electrovac solutions of Einstein’s field equations with cosmological constant
• Separation of variables and symmetry operators for the neutrino and Dirac equations in the space-times admitting a two-parameter abelian orthogonally transitive isometry group and a pair of shearfree geodesic null congruences

Cited In (4)

• Symmetry operators for Maxwell’s equations on curved space-time
• The geometric origin of Lie point symmetries of the Schrödinger and the Klein–Gordon equations
• \(R\)-separation of variables for the conformally invariant Laplace-Beltrami equation
• Closed-form solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in a scalar-vector field cosmological model by Lie symmetries

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