Plebański-Demiański solution of general relativity and its expressions quadratic and cubic in curvature: Analogies to electromagnetism

DOI10.1142/S0218271815500790zbMATH Open1341.83006arXiv1412.1958OpenAlexW1500341821MaRDI QIDQ2809481FDOQ2809481

Jens Boos

Publication date: 30 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Analogies between gravitation and electromagnetism have been known since the 1950s. Here, we examine a fairly general type D solution---the exact seven parameter solution of Pleba'nski--Demia'nski (PD)---to demonstrate these analogies for a physically meaningful spacetime: The two quadratic curvature invariants $$ and $$ are evaluated analytically. In the asymptotically flat case, the leading terms of $$ and $$ can be interpreted as gravitoelectric mass and gravitoelectric current of the PD solution, respectively, if there are no gravitomagnetic monopoles present. Furthermore, the square of the Bel--Robinson tensor reads $(mathbf{B}^2+mathbf{E}^2{)}^2$ for the PD solution, reminiscent of the square of the energy density in electrodynamics. By analogy to the energy-momentum 3-form of the electromagnetic field, we provide an alternative way to derive the recently introduced Bel--Robinson 3-form, from which the Bel--Robinson tensor can be calculated. We also determine the Kummer tensor, a tensor cubic in curvature, for a general type D solution for the first time, and calculate the pieces of its irreducible decomposition. The calculations are carried out in two coordinate systems: in the original polynomial PD coordinates, and in a modified Boyer--Lindquist-like version introduced by Griffiths and Podolsk'y (GP) allowing for a more straightforward physical interpretation of the free parameters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.1958

zbMATH Keywords

Kummer tensorcurvature invariantsBel-Robinson tensorBel-Robinson 3-formPlebański-Demiański solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40)

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• Foundations of classical electrodynamics. Charge, flux, and metric
• A magnetic-monopole-type solution in the Poincaré gauge field theory of gravity

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