The Petrov type of the BMPV metric
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We show that the BMPV metric has Petrov type 22. This means that the BMPV metric is less algebraically special than the five-dimensional Schwarzschild metric, which has Petrov type \underline{22}.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0401033,
title = {The Petrov type of the BMPV metric},
author = {Pieter-Jan De Smet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0401033},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures