Higher dimensional Kerr–Schild spacetimes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/2/025008zbMATH Open1158.83318arXiv0808.2165OpenAlexW2023505305MaRDI QIDQ3603182FDOQ3603182

Authors: Marcello Ortaggio, V. Pravda, A. Pravdová 

Publication date: 16 February 2009

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

Abstract: We investigate general properties of Kerr-Schild (KS) metrics in n>4 spacetime dimensions. First, we show that the Weyl tensor is of type II or more special if the null KS vector k is geodetic (or, equivalently, if T_{ab}k^ak^b=0). We subsequently specialize to vacuum KS solutions, which naturally split into two families of non-expanding and expanding metrics. After demonstrating that non-expanding solutions are equivalent to the known class of vacuum Kundt solutions of type N, we analyze expanding solutions in detail. We show that they can only be of the type II or D, and we characterize optical properties of the multiple Weyl aligned null direction (WAND) k. In general, k has caustics corresponding to curvature singularities. In addition, it is generically shearing. Nevertheless, we arrive at a possible "weak" n>4 extension of the Goldberg-Sachs theorem, limited to the KS class, which matches previous conclusions for general type III/N solutions. In passing, properties of Myers-Perry black holes and black rings related to our results are also briefly discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2165

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Black holes (83C57) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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