A generalization of the Goldberg-Sachs theorem and its consequences

DOI10.1007/S10714-013-1539-4zbMATH Open1271.83022arXiv1205.4666OpenAlexW2128467391MaRDI QIDQ354738FDOQ354738

Authors: C. A. S. Batista 

Publication date: 19 July 2013

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Goldberg-Sachs theorem is generalized for all four-dimensional manifolds endowed with torsion-free connection compatible with the metric, the treatment includes all signatures as well as complex manifolds. It is shown that when the Weyl tensor is algebraically special severe geometric restrictions are imposed. In particular it is demonstrated that the simple self-dual eigenbivectors of the Weyl tensor generate integrable isotropic planes. Another result obtained here is that if the self-dual part of the Weyl tensor vanishes in a Ricci-flat manifold of (2,2) signature the manifold must be Calabi-Yau or symplectic and admits a solution for the source-free Einstein-Maxwell equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4666

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zbMATH Keywords

Einstein-Maxwell equationsgeneral relativityWeyl tensorGoldberg-Sachs theoremintegrable distributionsPetrov classificationRicci-flat manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22)

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