4D neutral signature VSI and CSI spaces

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2011.04.012zbMATH Open1252.53032arXiv1104.3799OpenAlexW1766959149MaRDI QIDQ764516FDOQ764516

A. MacDougall, Sigbjørn Hervik, Alan Coley, A. Alcolado

Publication date: 13 March 2012

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we present a number of four-dimensional neutral signature exact solutions for which all of the polynomial scalar curvature invariants vanish (VSI spaces) or are all constant (CSI spaces), which are of relevence in current theoretical physics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3799

zbMATH Keywords

neutral signature Einstein metricsvanishing curvature invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20)

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• SUPERGRAVITY SOLUTIONS WITH CONSTANT SCALAR INVARIANTS
• Classification of the Weyl tensor in higher dimensions and applications
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Cited In (3)

• Neutral signature Walker-CSI metrics
• \(\mathcal{I}\)-degenerate pseudo-Riemannian metrics
• Homothety curvature homogeneity and homothety homogeneity

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