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Classification of $\Lambda \neq 0$-vacuum algebraically special spacetimes with conformally flat $\mathscr I$ from Weyl tensor expansion

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-07-30 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We introduce a general algebraic decomposition of Riemann-like and Weyl-like tensors with respect to a non-null vector uu. We derive Gauss, Codazzi and Ricci-type identities for the Weyl tensor, that allow to relate the components of the spacetime Weyl tensor with intrinsic quantities of the hypersurfaces orthogonal to uu. Restricting to the case of Λ\Lambda-vacuum spacetimes (with Λ0\Lambda \neq 0 and any dimension) admiting a conformal compactification, we then study the behaviour of the Weyl tensor near I\mathscr I by means of an asymptotic expansion {\it \`a la} Fefferman-Graham, where the first terms are explicitly computed. We use these tools to characterize four dimensional algebraically special spacetimes with locally conformally flat I\mathscr{I}, showing they match exactly the so-called {\it Kerr-de Sitter-like class with conformally flat \scri\scri}, thus providing a geometric characterization of this class of spacetimes.

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@article{arxiv.2507.21292,
  title  = {Classification of $\Lambda \neq 0$-vacuum algebraically special spacetimes with conformally flat $\mathscr I$ from Weyl tensor expansion},
  author = {Marc Mars and Carlos Peón-Nieto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.21292},
  year   = {2025}
}

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35 pages, 1 appendix