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Symmetrically reduced Galileon equations and solutions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-08-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The maximally complicated arbitrary-dimensional "maximal" Galileon field equations simplify dramatically for symmetric configurations. Thus, spherical symmetry reduces the equations from the D- to the two-dimensional Monge-Ampere equation, axial symmetry to its cubic extension etc. We can then obtain explicit solutions, such as spherical or axial waves, and relate them to the (known) general, but highly implicit, lower-D solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3217,
  title  = {Symmetrically reduced Galileon equations and solutions},
  author = {S. Deser and J. Franklin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3217},
  year   = {2012}
}

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