Published September 7, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Cartan normal conformal connections from pairs of second-order PDEs

  • 1. FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, 5000 Cordoba (Argentina)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (United States)

Description

We explore the different geometric structures that can be constructed from the class of pairs of second-order PDEs that satisfy the condition of a vanishing generalized Wuenschmann invariant. This condition arises naturally from the requirement of a vanishing torsion tensor. In particular, we find that from this class of PDEs we can obtain all four-dimensional conformal Lorentzian metrics as well as all Cartan normal conformal O(4, 2) connections. To conclude, we briefly discuss how the conformal Einstein equations can be imposed by further restricting our class of PDEs to those satisfying additional differential conditions

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/4063/cqg4_17_004.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
17
Journal Page Range
p. 4063-4086
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36029617
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; METRICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TENSORS; TORSION
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; TRANSFORMATIONS