The sources of the A and B degenerate static vacuum fields

DOI10.1007/BF02109523MaRDI QIDQ674848zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. A. P. Martins

Publication date 14 May 1997

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9404055

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationsaxial symmetryline mass sourcestatic vacuum solutionsWeyl coordinatesWeyl metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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)

Abstract: We attempt to a physical interpretation of some known static vacuum solutions of Einstein's equations, namely, the A and B metrics of Ehlers and Kundt. All of them have axial symmetry, so they can be transformed to the Weyl form. In Weyl coordinates $lnsqrt-g_{44}$ obeys a Laplace equation, and from this a source, called The Newtonian image source can be identified. We use the image sources to interpret the metrics. The procedure is sucessful in some cases. In others it fails because the Weyl transform does not have reasonable properties at infinity.

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