Shortcuts to high symmetry solutions in gravitational theories

Details Shortcuts to high symmetry solutions in gravitational theories Shortcuts to high symmetry solutions in gravitational theories

2003-06-26

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0306114v1

Class.Quant.Grav.20:4877-4884,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

10 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/20/22/011

We apply the Weyl method, as sanctioned by Palais' symmetric criticality theorems, to obtain those -highly symmetric -geometries amenable to explicit solution, in generic gravitational models and dimension. The technique consists of judiciously violating the rules of variational principles by inserting highly symmetric, and seemingly gauge fixed, metrics into the action, then varying it directly to arrive at a small number of transparent, indexless, field equations. Illustrations include spherically and axially symmetric solutions in a wide range of models beyond D=4 Einstein theory; already at D=4, novel results emerge such as exclusion of Schwarzschild solutions in cubic curvature models and restrictions on ``independent'' integration parameters in quadratic ones. Another application of Weyl's method is an easy derivation of Birkhoff's theorem in systems with only tensor modes. Other uses are also suggested.

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