On the relationship between Killing-Yano tensors and electromagnetic fields on curved spaces

DOI10.1023/A:1000391922854MaRDI QIDQ1372367zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Ng. Ibohal

Publication date 13 November 1997

Published in Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000391922854

zbMATH Keywords

bivector symmetryconserved quantityKilling-Yano tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50)

Review text

In this article the author discusses Killing-Yano tensors (of order two) (skew symmetric tensors \(F_{ab}\) satisfying \(F_{ab;c} +F_{ac;b} =0)\) on spacetimes in general relativity. The paper starts with a nice review of the literature and discussion of the structure of Killing-Yano tensors and their integrability conditions in Newman-Penrose formalism. The author then continues to derive some general theorems and examples of metrics which admit such tensors. Unfortunately, most of these theorems (and more) and several of the examples are known [\textit{G. S. Hall}, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 26, 71-81 (1987; Zbl 0624.53042)]. The reviewer feels that, although the author has covered a wide range in his paper, a more geometrical approach would have made the study simpler. The examples of metrics given contain electrovac, perfect fluid, Bertotti-Robinson, Robertson-Walker, Kerr-Newman, Kantowski-Sachs and generalised \(pp\)-wave metrics. An extensive appendix on these metrics is provided.

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