Solutions of the spherically symmetric wave equation in p+q dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.531313zbMATH Open0847.35077arXivhep-th/9402065OpenAlexW3104497652MaRDI QIDQ4837359FDOQ4837359

Authors: W. Bietenholz, J. J. Giambiagi 

Publication date: 3 July 1995

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

Abstract: We discuss solutions of the spherically symmetric wave equation and Klein Gordon equation in an arbitrary number of spatial and temporal dimensions. Starting from a given solution, we present various procedures to generate futher solutions in the same or in different dimensions. The transition from odd to even or non integer dimensions can be performed by fractional derivation or integration. The dimensional shift, however, can also be interpreted simply as a modification of the dynamics. We also discuss the analytic continuation to arbitrary real powers of the D'Alembert operator. There, particular peculiarities in the pole structure show up when $p$ and $q$ are both even. Finally we give operators which transform a time into a space coordinate and v.v. and comment on their possible relation to black holes. In this context, we describe a few aspects of the extension of our discussion to a curved metrics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9402065

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zbMATH Keywords

ultra-hyperbolic equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Second-order hyperbolic equations (35L10)

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• Maximal Extension of Schwarzschild Metric
• The Einstein Tensor and Its Generalizations
• Arbitrary powers of D’Alembertians and the Huygens’ principle

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