Title of article :
Lorentzian Manifolds having the Killing Property
Author/Authors :
Mihai، نويسنده , , Adela، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Abstract :
We deal with a Lorentzian n-dimensional manifold M carrying two skew-symmetric Killing null vector fields ξ1 and ξn. They define a commutative left invariant pairing. The (n – 2)-dimensional spatial distribution orthogonal to ξ1 and ξn is involutive and its leaves are totally geodesic and pseudo-isotropic. If n = 4, then it is shown that the general space-time M is of type D in Petrovʹs classification and the spatial surfaces which foliate M are totally geodesic and pseudo-isotropic. Properties of the congruence of Debever are pointed-out.
Keywords :
complex vectorial formalism , Debever vector field , Petrovיs classification , pseudo-isotropic submanifold
Journal title :
Reports on Mathematical Physics
Journal title :
Reports on Mathematical Physics