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| author | Khavkine, Igor McNutt, David Wylleman, Lode |
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| contents | An IDEAL characterization of a particular spacetime metric, $g_0$, consists of a set of tensorial equations $T[g] = 0$ arising from expressions constructed from the metric, $g$, its curvature tensor and its covariant derivatives and which are satisfied if and only if $g$ is locally isometric to the original metric $g_0$. Earlier applications of the IDEAL classification of spacetimes relied on the construction of particular scalar polynomial curvature invariants as an important step in the procedure.
In this paper we investigate the well-known class of vacuum pp-wave spacetimes, where all scalar polynomial curvature invariants vanish, and determine the applicability of an IDEAL classification for these spacetimes. We consider a modification of the IDEAL approach which permits a corresponding extension of the Stewart-Walker lemma. With this change, we are able to construct invariants and IDEAL-ly classify all of the vacuum pp-wave solutions which admit a two- or higher-dimensional isometry group, with the exception of one case. |
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| spellingShingle | IDEAL characterization of vacuum pp-waves Khavkine, Igor McNutt, David Wylleman, Lode General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics An IDEAL characterization of a particular spacetime metric, $g_0$, consists of a set of tensorial equations $T[g] = 0$ arising from expressions constructed from the metric, $g$, its curvature tensor and its covariant derivatives and which are satisfied if and only if $g$ is locally isometric to the original metric $g_0$. Earlier applications of the IDEAL classification of spacetimes relied on the construction of particular scalar polynomial curvature invariants as an important step in the procedure. In this paper we investigate the well-known class of vacuum pp-wave spacetimes, where all scalar polynomial curvature invariants vanish, and determine the applicability of an IDEAL classification for these spacetimes. We consider a modification of the IDEAL approach which permits a corresponding extension of the Stewart-Walker lemma. With this change, we are able to construct invariants and IDEAL-ly classify all of the vacuum pp-wave solutions which admit a two- or higher-dimensional isometry group, with the exception of one case. |
| title | IDEAL characterization of vacuum pp-waves |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18410 |