A generalization of the Goldberg-Sachs theorem and its consequences

DOI10.1007/s10714-013-1539-4zbMath1271.83022arXiv1205.4666MaRDI QIDQ354738

C. A. S. Batista

Publication date: 19 July 2013

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

Weyl tensor; general relativity; Petrov classification; Einstein-Maxwell equations; Goldberg-Sachs theorem; integrable distributions; Ricci-flat manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83C20: Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory

83C22: Einstein-Maxwell equations

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