Locally homogeneous pp-waves

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2016.06.013zbMATH Open1352.53059arXiv1410.3572OpenAlexW1632763279WikidataQ125676092 ScholiaQ125676092MaRDI QIDQ314033FDOQ314033

Authors: Wolfgang Globke, Thomas Leistner 

Publication date: 12 September 2016

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that every n-dimensional locally homogeneous pp-wave is a plane wave, provided it is indecomposable and its curvature operator, when acting on $2$-forms, has rank greater than one. As a consequence we obtain that indecomposable, Ricci-flat locally homogeneous pp-waves are plane waves. This generalises a classical result by Jordan, Ehlers and Kundt in dimension 4. Several examples show that our assumptions on indecomposability and the rank of the curvature are essential.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.3572

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous spacesLorentzian manifoldsplane wavesKilling vector fieldspp-wavesspecial holonomy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20)

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