Twisting null geodesic congruences and the Einstein–Maxwell equations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/1/005zbMath1096.83012arXivgr-qc/0509086OpenAlexW3098920646MaRDI QIDQ3376118

Ezra T. Newman, Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza

Publication date: 20 March 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0509086

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein-Maxwell equationsKerr metricnull geodesic congruencesBondi shearcomplex worldline

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22)

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