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48 results for pp-wave metric

Study pp-waves with lightlike parallel spinors in vacuum spacetimes.

problem Characterize pp-waves with lightlike parallel spinors in vacuum spacetimes.
method Parametrize pp-wave spacetimes, show correspondence with Riemannian metrics, prove parallel spinor condition.
result A pp-wave spacetime with a lightlike parallel spinor corresponds to a Ricci-flat metric with a parallel spinor.

We provide an explicit formula for the Fefferman-Graham-ambient metric of an nn-dimensional conformal pppp-wave in those cases where it exists. In even dimensions we calculate the obstruction explicitly. Furthermore, we describe all 4-dimensional pppp-waves that are Bach-flat, and give a large class of Bach-flat examp…

2008-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

A classical pp-wave is a 4-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime which admits a nonvanishing parallel spinor field; here the connection is assumed to be Levi-Civita. We generalise this definition to metric compatible spacetimes with torsion and describe basic properties of such spacetimes. We use our generalised pp-waves fo…

2005-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Classifies solutions to vacuum weighted Einstein equations on pr-waves.

problem Classifying solutions to vacuum weighted Einstein field equations on pr-waves.
method Classifying solutions using smooth metric measure spacetimes of dimension 4.
result Provides examples of solutions with special geometric properties.

New representation of field equations for QMAG, presenting new solutions.

problem Finding new explicit solutions for quadratic metric-affine gravity.
method Developed a new explicit representation of field equations without assumptions on torsion properties.
result Presented two conjectures on new types of solutions of QMAG.

We find exact solutions describing Ricci flows of four dimensional pp-waves nonlinearly deformed by two/three dimensional solitons. Such solutions are parametrized by five dimensional metrics with generic off-diagonal terms and connections with nontrivial torsion which can be related, for instance, to antisymmetric ten…

2006-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We address the problem of finding conditions under which a compact Lorentzian manifold is geodesically complete, a property, which always holds for compact Riemannian manifolds. It is known that a compact Lorentzian manifold is geodesically complete if it is homogeneous, or has constant curvature, or admits a time-like…

2013-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that every n-dimensional locally homogeneous pp-wave is a plane wave, provided it is indecomposable and its curvature operator, when acting on 22-forms, has rank greater than one. As a consequence we obtain that indecomposable, Ricci-flat locally homogeneous pp-waves are plane waves. This generalises a classic…

2014-10-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a class of S1S^{1}-bundles whose total space admits a nowhere vanishing recurrent lightlike vector field with respect to a Lorentzian metric. This metric can be modified such that its restricted holonomy group is indecomposable and reducible. We apply Hodge theory to construct examples with Hermitian screen…

2008-03-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Investigates curvature properties of special pure radiation metrics.

problem Analyzes the curvature of specific pure radiation spacetimes.
method Examines curvature properties of special pure radiation metrics using conformal relations and tensor analysis.
result Shows that special pure radiation spacetimes are semisymmetric, Ricci simple, and R-space.

We show that the maximally supersymmetric pp-waves of IIB superstring and M-theories can be obtained as a Penrose limit of the supersymmetric AdS x S solutions. In addition we find that in a certain large tension limit, the geometry seen by a brane probe in an AdS x S background is either Minkowski space or a maximally…

2002-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We define pure radiation metrics with parallel rays to be n-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian metrics that admit a parallel null line bundle K and whose Ricci tensor vanishes on vectors that are orthogonal to K. We give necessary conditions in terms of the Weyl, Cotton and Bach tensors for a pseudo-Riemannian metric to be …

2011-07-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We present three large classes of examples of conformal structures for which the equations for the Fefferman-Graham ambient metric to be Ricci-flat are linear PDEs, which we solve explicitly. These explicit solutions enable us to discuss the holonomy of the corresponding ambient metrics. Our examples include conformal …

2015-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

The classification problem for holonomy of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds is actual and open. In the present paper, holonomy algebras of Lorentz-Kähler manifolds are classified. A simple construction of a metric for each holonomy algebra is given. Complex Walker coordinates are introduced and described using the potential…

2016-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The conformal Fefferman-Graham ambient metric construction is one of the most fundamental constructions in conformal geometry. It embeds a manifold with a conformal structure into a pseudo-Riemannian manifold whose Ricci tensor vanishes up to a certain order along the original manifold. Despite the general existence re…

2016-09-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We classify two-symmetric Lorentzian manifolds using methods of the theory of holonomy groups. These manifolds are exhausted by a special type of pp-waves and, like the symmetric Cahen-Wallach spaces, they have commutative holonomy.

2010-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Third-order symmetric Lorentzian manifolds, i.e. Lorentzian manifold with zero third derivative of the curvature tensor, are classified. These manifolds are exhausted by a special type of pp-waves, they generalize Cahen-Wallach spaces and second-order symmetric Lorentzian spaces.

2014-07-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The study explores highly supersymmetric backgrounds in 11D supergravity.

problem Understanding and constructing highly supersymmetric backgrounds in 11D supergravity.
method Definition of abstract symbols and a strong version of the Reconstruction Theorem, proposing a strategy to construct backgrounds, and providing an example with detailed computation.
result Bijective correspondence between highly supersymmetric backgrounds and abstract symbols, and a classical supersymmetry gap result.

We consider spacetime to be a connected real 4-manifold equipped with a Lorentzian metric and an affine connection. The 10 independent components of the (symmetric) metric tensor and the 64 connection coefficients are the unknowns of our theory. We introduce an action which is quadratic in curvature and study the resul…

2003-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

New insights into Bartnik mass from improvability of dominant energy scalar.

problem Characterizing Bartnik mass minimizing initial data sets.
method Introducing improvability concept, proving non-improvability consequences, and analyzing pp-wave counterexamples.
result Bartnik mass minimizing initial data sets are characterized, advancing conjectures.

Study on metrizability and Ricci-flatness of Finsler spaces with Kropina metrics.

problem Investigating metrizability and Ricci-flatness of Finsler spaces with specific metrics.
method Analyzing the Levi-Civita connection, covariant derivative of 1-forms, and using cohomology groups.
result Explicitly obtained all Ricci-flat, locally metrizable m-Kropina metrics in (3+1)D.