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Complete classification of second-order symmetric spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-05 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

As a difference with the positive-definite Riemannian case, in the Lorentzian case there exists proper second-order symmetric spacetimes, i.e., those with vanishing second covariant derivative of the Riemannian tensor (Rλμνρ;α;β=0R_{\lambda\mu\nu\rho;\alpha;\beta}=0) which are not locally symmetric (Rλμνρ;α0R_{\lambda\mu\nu\rho;\alpha}\neq 0). In fact, they lie in the class of Brinkmann metrics, and include some known plane waves. Our purpose is to classify these spacetimes in the 4 dimensional case.

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@article{arxiv.1001.3629,
  title  = {Complete classification of second-order symmetric spacetimes},
  author = {O F Blanco and M Sánchez and J M M Senovilla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.3629},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, jpconf.cls, to appear in Proceedings of Spanish Relativity Meeting 2009 (ERE 09), Bilbao

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