On homothetic Killing vectors in stationary axisymmetric vacuum spacetimes

DOI10.1142/S0219887821501218arXiv2103.15549MaRDI QIDQ6205073FDOQ6205073

Rituparno Goswami, Peter K. S. Dunsby, Abbas Mohamed Sherif, Sunil D. Maharaj

Publication date: 11 April 2024

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

Abstract: In this paper we consider homothetic Killing vectors in the class of stationary axisymmetric vacuum (SAV) spacetimes, where the components of the vectors are functions of the time and radial coordinates. In this case the component of any homothetic Killing vector along the $z$ direction must be constant. Firstly, it is shown that either the component along the radial direction is constant or we have the proportionality $g_{phiphi}propto{g}_{hoho}$, where $g_{phiphi}>0$. In both cases, complete analyses are carried out and the general forms of the homothetic Killing vectors are determined. The associated conformal factors are also obtained. The case of vanishing twist in the metric, i.e., $omega=0$ is considered and the complete forms of the homothetic Killing vectors are determined, as well as the associated conformal factors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.15549

zbMATH Keywords

homothetic Killing vectorsstationary axisymmetric vacuum spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Self-similar solutions to PDEs (35C06) 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)

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