New backlund-transformations and superposition principle for gravitational-fields with symmetries

Vector Bäcklund transformations which relate solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations having two commuting Killing fields are introduced. Such transformations generalize those found by Pohlmeyer in connection with the nonlinear δ model. A simple algebraic superposition principle, which permits the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Chinea Trujillo, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1983
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/64979
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64979
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:51-73
Physics
Multidisciplinary
Física-Modelos matemáticos
Física matemática
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Sumario:Vector Bäcklund transformations which relate solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations having two commuting Killing fields are introduced. Such transformations generalize those found by Pohlmeyer in connection with the nonlinear δ model. A simple algebraic superposition principle, which permits the combination of Bäcklund transforms in order to get new solutions, is given. The superposition preserves the asymptotic flatness condition, and the whole scheme is manisfestly O(2, 1) invariant.