Spinor classification of the Weyl tensor in five dimensions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/24/245013MaRDI QIDQ3069474zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mahdi Godazgar

Publication date 26 January 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2955

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

Abstract: We investigate the spinor classification of the Weyl tensor in five dimensions due to De Smet. We show that a previously overlooked reality condition reduces the number of possible types in the classification. We classify all vacuum solutions belonging to the most special algebraic type. The connection between this spinor and the tensor classification due to Coley, Milson, Pravda and Pravdov'a is investigated and the relation between most of the types in each of the classifications is given. We show that the black ring is algebraically general in the spinor classification.

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