Rainich conditions in (2 + 1)-dimensional gravity

DOI10.1063/1.4974091zbMATH Open1359.83017arXiv1611.04143OpenAlexW2551622817WikidataQ125604973 ScholiaQ125604973MaRDI QIDQ2963293FDOQ2963293

Authors: D. S. Krongos, C. G. Torre 

Publication date: 13 February 2017

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

Abstract: In (3 + 1) spacetime dimensions the Rainich conditions are a set of equations expressed solely in terms of the metric tensor which are equivalent to the Einstein-Maxwell equations for non-null electromagnetic fields. Here we provide the analogous conditions for (2 + 1)-dimensional gravity coupled to electromagnetism. Both the non-null and null cases are treated. The construction of these conditions is based upon reducing the problem to that of gravity coupled to a scalar field, which we have treated elsewhere. These conditions can be easily extended to other theories of (2 + 1)-dimensional gravity. For example, we apply the geometrization conditions to topologically massive gravity coupled to the electromagnetic field and obtain a family of plane-fronted wave solutions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04143

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zbMATH Keywords

Einstein-Maxwell equationselectromagnetic fieldtopologically massive gravityRainich conditions\((2 + 1)\)-dimensional gravitygeometrization conditionsgravity coupled to a scalar fieldother theories of \((2 + 1)\)-dimensional gravityplane-fronted wave solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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