Electromagnetic fields with vanishing scalar invariants

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/11/115010MaRDI QIDQ5741278zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marcello Ortaggio, V. Pravda

Publication date 22 July 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.04538

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein-Maxwell spacetimesexact solutionshigher dimensionsKundt spacetimesvanishing scalar invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: We determine the class of $p$-forms $F$ which possess vanishing scalar invariants (VSI) at arbitrary order in a $n$-dimensional spacetime. Namely, we prove that $F$ is VSI if and only if it is of type N, its multiple null direction $l$ is "degenerate Kundt", and $abl{a}_{l}F=0$. The result is theory-independent. Next, we discuss the special case of Maxwell fields, both at the level of test fields and of the full Einstein-Maxwell equations. These describe electromagnetic non-expanding waves propagating in various Kundt spacetimes. We further point out that a subset of these solutions possesses a universal property, i.e., they also solve (virtually) any generalized (non-linear and with higher derivatives) electrodynamics, possibly also coupled to Einstein's gravity.

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