Published January 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Killing-yano tensors in general relativity

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Aberdeen, Scotland

Description

It is shown that space-times admitting more than one independent Killing-Yano tensor belong to a small collection of highly idealized space-times. A new characterization of Robertson-Walker space-times arises as a corollary of the main theorem

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Int. J. Theor. Phys.
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
1
Series
Int. J. Theor. Phys.
Journal Page Range
71-81
ISSN
0020-7748
CODEN
IJTPB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18086723
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EIGENVALUES; EIGENVECTORS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GEODESICS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; METRICS; SPACE-TIME; TENSORS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES