A group-theoretic characterisation of Taub-Nut spacetime
Mathematical Physics
2021-02-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
math.MP
Abstract
We prove that any symmetric spacetime that is Ricci flat (i.e. solves the matter-free Einstein equations) with non-null -orbits is locally isometric to some maximally extended generalised Taub-NUT spacetime.
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@article{arxiv.2102.08496,
title = {A group-theoretic characterisation of Taub-Nut spacetime},
author = {Schiden Yohannes and Domenico Giulini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.08496},
year = {2021}
}
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