Conformal vector fields in general relativity

DOI10.1063/1.529249zbMath0737.53022OpenAlexW2051707864MaRDI QIDQ3980914

Graham S. Hall, John D. Steele

Publication date: 26 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529249

zbMATH Keywords

space-timesconformal vector fieldsplane-wave space-times

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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Cites Work

• Selfsimilar Lorentzian manifolds
• Homothetic transformations with fixed points in spacetime
• Conformal groups and conformally equivalent isometry groups
• Local and global algebraic structures in general relativity
• Conformal symmetries and fixed points in space-time
• Invariants of real low dimension Lie algebras

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