Higher dimensional conformal metrics from PDEs and null-surface formulation of GR

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/14/145004MaRDI QIDQ2902295zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emanuel Gallo

Publication date 17 August 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3232

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: We analyze the relationship between $n$-dimensional conformal metrics and a certain class of partial differential equations (PDEs) that are in duality with the eikonal equation. In particular, we extend the Null Surface Formulation of General Relativity to higher dimensions and give explicit expressions for the components of the metric and the generalized W"{u}nschmann-like metricity conditions. We also compute the equation that the conformal factor must satisfy in order the metric be a solution of the Einstein equations.

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