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Killing Symmetry on Finsler Manifold

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-04-19 v1

Abstract

Killing vector fields KK are defined on Finsler manifold. The Killing symmetry is reformulated simply as δK=0\delta K^\flat =0 by using the Killing non-linear 1-form KK^\flat and the spray operator δ\delta with the Finsler non-linear connection. KK^\flat is related to the generalization of Killing tensors on Finsler manifold, and the condition δK=0\delta K^\flat =0 gives an analytical method of finding higher derivative conserved quantities, which may be called hidden conserved quantities. We show two examples: the Carter constant on Kerr spacetime and the Runge-Lentz vectors in Newtonian gravity.

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@article{arxiv.1609.02677,
  title  = {Killing Symmetry on Finsler Manifold},
  author = {Takayoshi Ootsuka and Ryoko Yahagi and Muneyuki Ishida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.02677},
  year   = {2017}
}

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12 pages