Solvegeometry gravitational waves

被引:9
作者
Hervik, S
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[1] Univ Cambridge, DAMTP, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Math & Stat, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada
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10.1088/0264-9381/21/17/013
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
In this paper, we construct negatively curved Einstein spaces describing gravitational waves having a solvegeometry wavefront (i.e., the wavefronts are solvable Lie groups equipped with a left-invariant metric). Using the Einstein solvmanifolds (i.e., solvable Lie groups considered as manifolds) constructed in a previous paper as a starting point, we show that there also exist solvegeometry gravitational waves. Some geometric aspects are discussed and examples of spacetimes having additional symmetries are given, for example, spacetimes generalizing the Kaigorodov solution. The solvegeometry gravitational waves are also examples of spacetimes which are indistinguishable by considering the scalar curvature invariants alone.
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页码:4273 / 4281
页数:9
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