On the Robinson theorem and shearfree geodesic null congruences

DOI10.1007/BF00704584zbMATH Open0584.53032MaRDI QIDQ1069477FDOQ1069477

J. Tafel

Publication date: 1985

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

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetic fieldsnull congruencesRobinson theoremtwisting congruences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50)

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• Pure spinors, intrinsic torsion and curvature in even dimensions
• Asymptotically shear-free and twist-free null geodesic congruences
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• Robinson manifolds as the Lorentzian analogs of Hermite manifolds.
• Null electromagnetic fields and relative Cauchy–Riemann embeddings
• An equation satisfied by the tangent to a shear-free, geodesic, null congruence
• Twisting non-shearing congruences of null geodesics, almost CR structures and Einstein metrics in even dimensions
• 3-folds CR-embedded in 5-dimensional real hyperquadrics
• Symmetries of Cauchy-Riemann spaces
• The geometry of marked contact Engel structures
• Almost Robinson geometries
• On the existence of nonclassical symmetries of partial differential equations
• Optical geometries and related structures
• Maxwell fields and shear-free null geodesic congruences
• A generalised Kerr-Robinson theorem
• Cartan's chains and Lorentz geometry
• On the Fefferman class of metrics associated with a three-dimensional CR space
• Null solutions of the Yang-Mills equations
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