Principal null directions of perturbed black holes

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/24/001zbMATH Open1053.83018arXivgr-qc/0310022OpenAlexW3124361860MaRDI QIDQ4453749FDOQ4453749

Mátyás Vasúth, Zoltán Perjés

Publication date: 7 March 2004

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

Abstract: The properties of principal null directions of a perturbed black hole are investigated. It shown that principal null directions are directly observable quantities characterizing the space-time. A definition of a perturbed space-time, generalizing that given by Stewart and Walker is proposed. This more general framework allows one to include descriptions of a given space-time other than by a pair (M,g) where M is a four-dimensional differential manifold and g a Lorentz metric. Examples of alternative characterizations are the curvature representation of Karlhede and others, the Newman-Penrose representation or observable quantities involving principal null directions. The conditions are studied under which the various alternative choices of observables provide equivalent descriptions of the space-time.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0310022




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