A solution of Weyl-Lanczos equations for arbitrary Petrov type D vacuum spacetimes

DOI10.1007/S10773-010-0464-5zbMath1204.83080OpenAlexW2085476018MaRDI QIDQ613632

Mohd Bilal, Zafar Ahsan

Publication date: 21 December 2010

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-010-0464-5

zbMATH Keywords

Lanczos potentialPetrov type D fieldsWeyl-Lanczos equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15)

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