Published September 22, 2011 | Version v1
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A new special class of Petrov type D vacuum space-times in dimension five

Creators

  • 1. Centro de Matematica, Universidade do Minho. 4710-057 Braga (Portugal)
  • 2. Utrecht University, Department of Mathematics, Budapestlaan 6, 3584 CD Utrecht (Netherlands)

Description

Using extensions of the Newman-Penrose and Geroch-Held-Penrose formalisms to five dimensions, we invariantly classify all Petrov type D vacuum solutions for which the Riemann tensor is isotropic in a plane orthogonal to a pair of Weyl aligned null directions.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/314/1/012024

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/314/1/012024;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
314
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Spanish relativity meeting: Gravity as a crossroad in physics
Acronym
ERE 2010
Dates
6-10 Sep 2010
Place
Granada (Spain)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43085500
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE-TIME; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES