Weyl-Lewis-Papapetrou coordinates, self-dual Yang-Mills equations and the single copy

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Main Authors: Cardoso, Gabriel Lopes, Mahapatra, Swapna, Nagy, Silvia
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author Cardoso, Gabriel Lopes
Mahapatra, Swapna
Nagy, Silvia
author_facet Cardoso, Gabriel Lopes
Mahapatra, Swapna
Nagy, Silvia
contents We consider the dimensional reduction to two dimensions of certain gravitational theories in $D \geq 4$ dimensions at the two-derivative level. It is known that the resulting field equations describe an integrable system in two dimensions which can also be obtained by a dimensional reduction of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations in four dimensions. We use this relation to construct a single copy prescription for classes of gravitational solutions in Weyl-Lewis-Papapetrou coordinates. In contrast with previous proposals, we find that the gauge group of the Yang-Mills single copy carries non-trivial information about the gravitational solution. We illustrate our single copy prescription with various examples that include the extremal Reissner-Nordstrom solution, the Kaluza-Klein rotating attractor solution, the Einstein-Rosen wave solution and the self-dual Kleinian Taub-NUT solution.
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spellingShingle Weyl-Lewis-Papapetrou coordinates, self-dual Yang-Mills equations and the single copy
Cardoso, Gabriel Lopes
Mahapatra, Swapna
Nagy, Silvia
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We consider the dimensional reduction to two dimensions of certain gravitational theories in $D \geq 4$ dimensions at the two-derivative level. It is known that the resulting field equations describe an integrable system in two dimensions which can also be obtained by a dimensional reduction of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations in four dimensions. We use this relation to construct a single copy prescription for classes of gravitational solutions in Weyl-Lewis-Papapetrou coordinates. In contrast with previous proposals, we find that the gauge group of the Yang-Mills single copy carries non-trivial information about the gravitational solution. We illustrate our single copy prescription with various examples that include the extremal Reissner-Nordstrom solution, the Kaluza-Klein rotating attractor solution, the Einstein-Rosen wave solution and the self-dual Kleinian Taub-NUT solution.
title Weyl-Lewis-Papapetrou coordinates, self-dual Yang-Mills equations and the single copy
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14392