Static spherically symmetric Kundt vacuum solutions of higher-derivative gravities
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| author | Giacchini, Breno L. Kolář, Ivan Pravda, Vojtěch Pravdová, Alena |
| author_facet | Giacchini, Breno L. Kolář, Ivan Pravda, Vojtěch Pravdová, Alena |
| contents | We study static spherically symmetric Kundt solutions to the vacuum field equations of quadratic gravity with a cosmological constant, as well as specific models of six-derivative gravity. In quadratic gravity, we identify all solutions for coupling constants satisfying ${α\neq3β}$, while the case ${α=3β}$ is studied using the Frobenius method, where we derive the recurrence relations for the power series. In contrast, in six-derivative gravity, we focus on selected models to illustrate the variety of closed-form solutions; we also analyze possible indicial families of Frobenius solutions. For all solutions, we analyze curvature singularities and their accessibility to geodesic observers.
We then construct exact gravitational-wave solutions propagating on some of these backgrounds in quadratic and six-derivative gravity. It is known that in Einstein gravity, gravitational waves on the Nariai background unavoidably contain singularities, which are interpreted as physical sources generating these gravitational waves. In contrast, in addition to singular solutions, for appropriate values of the coupling constants, higher-order gravities allow for globally smooth solutions representing gravitational waves. |
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| spellingShingle | Static spherically symmetric Kundt vacuum solutions of higher-derivative gravities Giacchini, Breno L. Kolář, Ivan Pravda, Vojtěch Pravdová, Alena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology We study static spherically symmetric Kundt solutions to the vacuum field equations of quadratic gravity with a cosmological constant, as well as specific models of six-derivative gravity. In quadratic gravity, we identify all solutions for coupling constants satisfying ${α\neq3β}$, while the case ${α=3β}$ is studied using the Frobenius method, where we derive the recurrence relations for the power series. In contrast, in six-derivative gravity, we focus on selected models to illustrate the variety of closed-form solutions; we also analyze possible indicial families of Frobenius solutions. For all solutions, we analyze curvature singularities and their accessibility to geodesic observers. We then construct exact gravitational-wave solutions propagating on some of these backgrounds in quadratic and six-derivative gravity. It is known that in Einstein gravity, gravitational waves on the Nariai background unavoidably contain singularities, which are interpreted as physical sources generating these gravitational waves. In contrast, in addition to singular solutions, for appropriate values of the coupling constants, higher-order gravities allow for globally smooth solutions representing gravitational waves. |
| title | Static spherically symmetric Kundt vacuum solutions of higher-derivative gravities |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14658 |