The Bach equations in spin-coefficient form

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AAC1EBMaRDI QIDQ3177434zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Hamish Forbes

Publication date 25 July 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.01537

zbMATH Keywords

pp-waveconformal gravitytwo-spinor calculushigher derivative gravitynull tetrad formalismBach equationsNewman-Penrose spin-coefficient formalismWeyl-squared action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: Conformal gravity theories are defined by field equations that determine only the conformal structure of the spacetime manifold. The Bach equations represent an early example of such a theory, we present them here in component form in terms of spin- and boost-weighted spin-coefficients using the compacted spin-coefficient formalism. These equations can be used as an efficient alternative to the standard tensor form. As a simple application we solve the Bach equations for pp-wave and static spherically symmetric spacetimes.

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