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On the uniqueness of the Myers-Perry spacetime as a type II(D) solution in six dimensions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-06-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the class of vacuum (Ricci flat) six-dimensional spacetimes admitting a non-degenerate multiple Weyl aligned null direction l, thus being of Weyl type II or more special. Subject to an additional assumption on the asymptotic fall-off of the Weyl tensor, we prove that these spacetimes can be completely classified in terms of the two eigenvalues of the (asymptotic) twist matrix of l and of a discrete parameter U0=±1/2,0U^0=\pm 1/2, 0. All solutions turn out to be Kerr-Schild spacetimes of type D and reduce to a family of "generalized" Myers-Perry metrics (which include limits and analytic continuations of the original Myers-Perry black hole metric, such as certain NUT spacetimes). A special subcase corresponds to twisting solutions with zero shear. In passing, limits connecting various branches of solutions are briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1610.07750,
  title  = {On the uniqueness of the Myers-Perry spacetime as a type II(D) solution in six dimensions},
  author = {Marcello Ortaggio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07750},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

30 pages. v2: a few typos fixed, added references, minor improvements (results unchanged)