A NEWMAN–PENROSE CALCULATOR FOR INSTANTON METRICS

DOI10.1142/S0129183108012807zbMATH Open1159.83346arXiv0711.0613WikidataQ125975486 ScholiaQ125975486MaRDI QIDQ3607475FDOQ3607475

Authors: Tolga Birkandan 

Publication date: 2 March 2009

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics C (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a Maple11+GRTensorII based symbolic calculator for instanton metrics using Newman-Penrose formalism. Gravitational instantons are exact solutions of Einstein's vacuum field equations with Euclidean signature. The Newman-Penrose formalism, which supplies a toolbox for studying the exact solutions of Einstein's field equations, was adopted to the instanton case and our code translates it for the computational use.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0613

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zbMATH Keywords

symbolic computationNewman-Penrose formalismgravitational instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-04)

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Cited In (3)

• Solutions of a charged scalar field in five-dimensional helicoid solution with electromagnetic field
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• Symbolic and numerical analysis in general relativity with open source computer algebra systems

Uses Software

• GRTensorII

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