General Kerr–NUT–AdS metrics in all dimensions

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Abstract: The Kerr-AdS metric in dimension D has cohomogeneity [D/2]; the metric components depend on the radial coordinate r and [D/2] latitude variables mu_i that are subject to the constraint sum_i mu_i^2=1. We find a coordinate reparameterisation in which the mu_i variables are replaced by [D/2]-1 unconstrained coordinates y_alpha, and having the remarkable property that the Kerr-AdS metric becomes diagonal in the coordinate differentials dy_alpha. The coordinates r and y_alpha now appear in a very symmetrical way in the metric, leading to an immediate generalisation in which we can introduce [D/2]-1 NUT parameters. We find that (D-5)/2 are non-trivial in odd dimensions, whilst (D-2)/2 are non-trivial in even dimensions. This gives the most general Kerr-NUT-AdS metric in D dimensions. We find that in all dimensions Dge4 there exist discrete symmetries that involve inverting a rotation parameter through the AdS radius. These symmetries imply that Kerr-NUT-AdS metrics with over-rotating parameters are equivalent to under-rotating metrics. We also consider the BPS limit of the Kerr-NUT-AdS metrics, and thereby obtain, in odd dimensions and after Euclideanisation, new families of Einstein-Sasaki metrics.




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