Skew-symmetric endomorphisms in M1,3 : a unified canonical form with applications to conformal geometry

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABC18AzbMATH Open1479.83011arXiv2006.10425OpenAlexW3114596367MaRDI QIDQ5162502FDOQ5162502

Authors: Marc Mars, Carlos Peón-Nieto 

Publication date: 2 November 2021

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

Abstract: We derive a canonical form for skew-symmetric endomorphisms $F$ in Lorentzian vector spaces of dimension three and four which covers all non-trivial cases at once. We analyze its invariance group, as well as the connection of this canonical form with duality rotations of two-forms. After reviewing the relation between these endomorphisms and the algebra of conformal Killing vectors of $mathbb{S}^2$, $mathrmCKill(mathbb{S}^2)$, we are able to also give a canonical form for an arbitrary element $xiinmathrmCKill(mathbb{S}^2)$ along with its invariance group. The construction allows us to obtain explicitly the change of basis that transforms any given $F$ into its canonical form. For any non-trivial $xi$ we construct, via its canonical form, adapted coordinates that allow us to study its properties in depth. Two applications are worked out: we determine explicitly for which metrics, among a natural class of spaces of constant curvature, a given $xi$ is a Killing vector and solve all local TT (traceless and transverse) tensors that satisfy the Killing Initial Data equation for $xi$. In addition to their own interest, the present results will be a basic ingredient for a subsequent generalization to arbitrary dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.10425

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zbMATH Keywords

conformalskew-symmetriccanonicalTT tensorconformal KillingKID equations at scri

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear operators on spaces with an indefinite metric (47B50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18)

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