• Title of article

    Lorentzian Manifolds having the Killing Property

  • Author/Authors

    Mihai، نويسنده , , Adela، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    321
  • To page
    329
  • 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
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Reports on Mathematical Physics
  • Record number

    1990506