English

Einstein-Maxwell fields with vanishing higher-order corrections

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-03-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We obtain a full characterization of Einstein-Maxwell pp-form solutions (g,F)(\boldsymbol{g},\boldsymbol{F}) in DD-dimensions for which all higher-order corrections vanish identically. These thus simultaneously solve a large class of Lagrangian theories including both modified gravities and (possibly non-minimally coupled) modified electrodynamics. Specifically, both g\boldsymbol{g} and F\boldsymbol{F} are fields with vanishing scalar invariants and further satisfy two simple tensorial conditions. They describe a family of gravitational and electromagnetic plane-fronted waves of the Kundt class and of Weyl type III (or more special). The local form of (g,F)(\boldsymbol{g},\boldsymbol{F}) and a few examples are also provided.

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@article{arxiv.1811.08232,
  title  = {Einstein-Maxwell fields with vanishing higher-order corrections},
  author = {Martin Kuchynka and Marcello Ortaggio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.08232},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

v2: a few minor changes in the text and proof of lemma B.6 slightly improved, results unchanged

R2 v1 2026-06-23T05:22:05.910Z