Refinements of the Weyl tensor classification in five dimensions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/15/155016MaRDI QIDQ2911102zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alan Coley, Sigbjørn Hervik, Marcello Ortaggio, Lode Wylleman

Publication date 12 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1846, https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/273577

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: We refine the null alignment classification of the Weyl tensor of a five-dimensional spacetime. The paper focusses on the algebraically special alignment types {�f {N}}, {�f {III}}, {�f {II}} and {�f {D}}, while types {�f {I}} and {�f {G}} are briefly discussed. A first refinement is provided by the notion of spin type of the components of highest boost weight. Second, we analyze the Segre types of the Weyl operator acting on bivector space and examine the intersection with the spin type classification. We present a full treatment for types {�f {N}} and {�f {III}}, and illustrate the classification from different viewpoints (Segre type, rank, spin type) for types {�f {II}} and {�f {D}}, paying particular attention to possible nilpotence, which is a new feature of higher dimensions. We also point out other essential differences with the four-dimensional case. In passing, we exemplify the refined classification by mentioning the special subtypes associated to certain important spacetimes, such as Myers-Perry black holes, black strings, Robinson-Trautman spacetimes, and purely electric/magnetic type {�f {D}} spacetimes.

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