Published July 21, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Symmetries in some Newman-Tamburino metrics

  • 1. School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 (Australia)

Description

The Newman-Tamburino spherical metrics are investigated using the homothety formalism of the author's previous work (2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 259) and shown to always admit a homothety. The analysis also reveals that these metrics always admit a Killing vector, correcting a claim by Collinson and French (1967 J. Math. Phys. 8 701). The limit form of the cylindrical Newman-Tamburino metric is also shown to admit a homothety

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/3587/cqg4_14_018.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
14
Journal Page Range
p. 3587-3591
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35080811
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; METRICS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; SYMMETRY; VECTORS
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; FIELD THEORIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TENSORS