Published January 19, 2006
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Journal article
A note on particles and scalar fields in higher-dimensional nutty spacetimes
Creators
- 1. Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1 (Canada)
Description
In this note, we study the integrability of geodesic flow in the background of a very general class of spacetimes with NUT-charge(s) in higher dimensions. This broad set encompasses multiply NUT-charged solutions, electrically and magnetically charged solutions, solutions with a cosmological constant, and time-dependant bubble-like solutions. We also derive first-order equations of motion for particles in these backgrounds. Separability turns out to be possible due to the existence of non-trivial irreducible Killing tensors. Finally, we also examine the Klein-Gordon equation for a scalar field in these spacetimes and demonstrate complete separability
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2005.10.076;
- arXiv
- arXiv:gr-qc/0511028v1;
- PII
- S0370-2693(05)01582-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 632
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 532-536
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38019684
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; TENSORS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.