Abstract
Einstein spacetimes (that is vacuum spacetimes possibly with a non-zero cosmological constant A) with constant non-zero Weyl eigenvalues are considered. For type Petrov II & D this assumption allows one to prove that the non-repeated eigenvalue necessarily has the value 2A/3 and it turns out that the only possible spacetimes are some Kundt-waves considered by Lewandowski which are type II and a Robinson-Bertotti solution of type D.
For Petrov type I the only solution turns out to be a homogeneous pure vacuum solution found long ago by Petrov using group theoretic methods. These results can be summarised by the statement that the only vacuum spacetimes with constant Weyl eigenvalues are either homogeneous or are Kundt spacetimes. This result is similar to that of Coley et al. who proved their result for general spacetimes under the assumption that all scalar invariants constructed from the curvature tensor and all its derivatives were constant.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 012067 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 600 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Apr 2015 |
| Event | Spanish Relativity Meeting 2014: Almost 100 years after Einstein's revolution - Valencia, Spain Duration: 1 Sept 2014 → 5 Sept 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Conference Series, Volume 600, conference 1: Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE 2014): almost 100 years after Einstein's revolution, 1–5 September 2014, Valencia, Spain.Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence . Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.