From pp-Waves to Galilean Spacetimes

Jose Figueroa-O'Farrill, Ross Grassie, Stefan Prohazka

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Abstract

We exhibit all spatially isotropic homogeneous Galilean spacetimes of dimension (n + 1) ≥ 4, including the novel torsional ones, as null reductions of homogeneous pp-wave spacetimes. We also show that the pp-waves are sourced by pure radiation fields and analyse their global properties.
Original languageEnglish
Article number035
Number of pages16
JournalSymmetry, Integrability and Geometry : Methods and Applications
Volume19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2023

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