4D neutral signature VSI and CSI spaces

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2011.04.012MaRDI QIDQ764516zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

Publication date 13 March 2012

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

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)

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.

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