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Kerr-Schild--Kundt Metrics are Universal

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-03-29 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We define (non-Einsteinian) universal metrics as the metrics that solve the source-free covariant field equations of generic gravity theories. Here, extending the rather scarce family of universal metrics known in the literature, we show that the Kerr-Schild--Kundt class of metrics are universal. Besides being interesting on their own, these metrics can provide consistent backgrounds for quantum field theory at extremely high energies.

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@article{arxiv.1603.06524,
  title  = {Kerr-Schild--Kundt Metrics are Universal},
  author = {Metin Gurses and Tahsin Cagri Sisman and Bayram Tekin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06524},
  year   = {2017}
}

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31 pages, To appear in the Journal of Classical and Quantum Gravity