Non-Riemannian description of Robinson-Trautman spacetimes in Brans-Dicke theory of gravity

DOI10.1142/S0218271819500706zbMATH Open1432.83035arXiv1807.07981OpenAlexW3106345980WikidataQ115245852 ScholiaQ115245852MaRDI QIDQ5220176FDOQ5220176

Tekin Dereli, Muzaffer Adak, Yorgo Şenikoğlu

Publication date: 10 March 2020

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

Abstract: The variational field equations of Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor theory of gravitation are given in a non-Riemannian setting in the language of exterior differential forms over 4-dimensional spacetimes. A conformally re-scaled Robinson-Trautman metric together with the Brans-Dicke scalar field are used to characterise algebraically special Robinson-Trautman spacetimes. All the relevant tensors are worked out in a complex null basis and given explicitly in an appendix for future reference. Some special families of solutions are also given and discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07981

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational aspects of string theorygravitational wavesmodified theories of gravityhigher-dimensional gravity and other theories of gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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