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Flat subspaces of the $SL(n,\mathbb{R})$ chiral equations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-03-10 v1

Abstract

In this work, we introduce a method for finding exact solutions to the vacuum Einstein field equations in higher dimensions from a given solution to the chiral equation. When considering a n+2n + 2-dimensional spacetime with nn commutative Killing vectors, the metric tensor can take the form g^=f(ρ,ζ)(dρ2+dζ2)+gμν(ρ,ζ)dxμdxν\hat g = f ( \rho, \zeta ) ( d \rho^2 + d \zeta^2 ) + g_{\mu \nu} ( \rho, \zeta ) d x^\mu d x^\nu. Then, the Einstein field equations in vacuum reduce to a chiral equation, (ρg,zg1),zˉ+(ρg,zˉg1),z=0( \rho g_{, z} g ^{-1} )_{, \bar z} + ( \rho g_{, \bar z} g ^{-1} )_{, z} = 0, and two differential equations, (lnfρ11/n),Z=ρ2tr(g,Zg1)2( \ln f \rho ^{1-1/n} )_{, Z} = \frac{\rho}{2} \operatorname{tr} ( g_{, _Z} g^{-1} )^2, where gSL(n,R)g \in SL( n, \mathbb{R} ) is the normalized matrix representation of gμνg_{\mu \nu}, z=ρ+iζz = \rho + i \zeta and Z=z,zˉZ = z, \bar z. We use the ansatz g=g(ξa)g = g ( \xi^a ), where the parameters ξa\xi^a depend on zz and zˉ\bar z and satisfy a generalized Laplace equation, (ρξ,za),zˉ+(ρξ,zˉa),z=0( \rho \xi^a _{, z} )_{, \bar z} + ( \rho \xi^a _{, \bar z} )_{, z} = 0. The chiral equation to the Killing equation, Aa,ξb+Ab,ξa=0A_{a , \xi^b} + A_{b , \xi^a} = 0, where Aa=g,ξag1A_a = g_{, \xi^a} g^{-1}. Furthermore, we assume that the matrices AaA_a commute with each other; in this way, they fulfill the Killing equation.

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@article{arxiv.2603.07385,
  title  = {Flat subspaces of the $SL(n,\mathbb{R})$ chiral equations},
  author = {I. A. Sarmiento-Alvarado and P. Wiederhold and T. Matos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.07385},
  year   = {2026}
}
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