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On Waylen's regular axisymmetric similarity solutions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

We review the similarity solutions proposed by Waylen for a regular time-dependent axisymmetric vacuum space-time, and show that the key equation introduced to solve the invariant surface conditions is related by a Baecklund transform to a restriction on the similarity variables. We further show that the vacuum space-times produced via this path automatically possess a (possibly homothetic) Killing vector, which may be time-like.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9809082,
  title  = {On Waylen's regular axisymmetric similarity solutions},
  author = {Edward D. Fackerell and David Hartley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9809082},
  year   = {2015}
}

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