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 -form solutions in -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 and 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 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