Nil-Killing vector fields and type III deformations

DOI10.1063/5.0018773zbMATH Open1455.83006arXiv1912.02809OpenAlexW3113071862MaRDI QIDQ3386495FDOQ3386495

Authors: Matthew Terje Aadne 

Publication date: 4 January 2021

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

Abstract: This paper is concerned with deformations of Kundt metrics in the direction of type $III$ tensors and nil-Killing vector fields whose flows give rise to such deformations. We find various characterizations within the Kundt class in terms of nil-Killing vector fields and obtain a theorem classifying algebraic stability of tensors, which has an application in finding sufficient criteria for a type $III$ deformation of the metric to preserve spi's. This is used in order to specify Lie algebras of nil-Killing vector fields that preserve the spi's, for degenerate Kundt metrics. Using this we discuss the characterization of Kundt-CSI spacetimes in terms of nil-Killing vector fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.02809

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zbMATH Keywords

deformationsKundt metricscalar polynomial curvature invariants (spi's)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25)

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• Differential invariants of Kundt spacetimes
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