Separation of variables in Maxwell equations in Plebanski-Demianski spacetime

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作者
Frolov, Valeri P. [1 ,2 ]
Krtous, Pavel [3 ]
Kubiznak, David [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta, Theoret Phys Inst, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
[2] Kyoto Univ, Yukawa Inst Theoret Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[3] Charles Univ Prague, Fac Math & Phys, Inst Theoret Phys, V Holesovickach 2, CR-18000 Prague, Czech Republic
[4] Perimeter Inst, 31 Caroline St North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
STATIONARY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS; BLACK-HOLES; GENERAL-SOLUTIONS; SEPARABILITY; MASS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.101701
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A new method for separating variables in the Maxwell equations in four- and higher-dimensional Kerr-(A)dS spacetimes proposed recently by Lunin is generalized to any off-shell metric that admits a principal Killing-Yano tensor. The key observation is that Lunin's ansatz for the vector potential can be formulated in a covariant form-in terms of the principal tensor. In particular, focusing on the fourdimensional case we demonstrate separability of Maxwell's equations in the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS and the Plebanski-Demianski family of spacetimes. The new method of separation of variables is quite different from the standard approach based on the Newman-Penrose formalism.
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