A Lanczos Potential for Plane Gravitational Waves

We exhibit explicitly a Lanczos generator for the conformal tensor associated with plane gravitational waves.     

The Lanczos Potential for Weyl-Candidate Tensors Exists Only in Four Dimensions

We prove that a Lanczos potential L _abc for the Weyl candidate tensor W _abcd does not generally exist for dimensions higher than four. The technique is simply to assume the existence of such a potential in dimension n, and then check the integrability conditions for the assumed system of differential equations; if the integrability conditions yield another non-trivial differential system for L _abc and W _abcd, then this system's integrability conditions should be checked, and so on. When we find a non-trivial condition involving only W _abcd and its derivatives, then clearly Weyl candidate tensors failing to satisfy that condition cannot be written in terms of a Lanczos potential L _abc.     

Letter: The Non-Existence of a Lanczos Potential for the Weyl Curvature Tensor in Dimensions n ≥ 7

In this paper it is shown that a Lanczos potential for the Weyl curvature tensor does not exist for all spaces of dimension n 7.     

Integration in the GHP Formalism IV: A New Lie Derivative Operator Leading to an Efficient Treatment of Killing Vectors

In order to achieve efficient calculations and easy interpretations of symmetries, a strategy for investigations in tetrad formalisms is outlined: work in an intrinsic tetrad using intrinsic coordinates. The key result is that a vector field is a Killing vector field if and only if there exists a tetrad which is Lie derived with respect to ; this result is translated into the GHP formalism using a new generalised Lie derivative operator with respect to a vector field . We identify a class of it intrinsic GHP tetrads, which belongs to the class of GHP tetrads which is generalised Lie derived by this new generalised Lie derivative operator in the presence of a Killing vector field . This new operator also has the important property that, with respect to an intrinsic GHP tetrad, it commutes with the usual GHP operators if and only if is a Killing vector field. Practically, this means, for any spacetime obtained by integration in the GHP formalism using an intrinsic GHP tetrad, that the Killing vector properties can be deduced from the tetrad or metric using the Lie-GHP commutator equations, without a detailed additional analysis. Killing vectors are found in this manner for a number of special spaces.     

Lanczos Potential for the van Stockung Space-Time

The Lanczos Potential is a theoretical useful tool to find the conformal Weyl curvature tensor C _abcd of a given relativistic metric. In this paper we find the Lanczos potential L _abc for the van Stockung vacuum gravitational field. Also, we show how the wave equation can be combined with spinor methods in order to find this important three covariant index tensor.     

Letter: A Potential for the Lanczos Spintensor in Kerr Geometry

We show a generator of the Lanczos spintensorfor a rotating black hole.     

Gauss quadrature based finite temperature Lanczos method

The finite temperature Lanczos method (FTLM), which is an exact diagonalization method intensively used in quantum many-body calculations, is formulated in the framework of orthogonal polynomials and Gauss quadrature. The main idea is to reduce finite temperature static and dynamic quantities into weighted summations related to one- and two-dimensional Gauss quadratures. Then lower order Gauss quadrature, which is generated from Lanczos iteration, can be applied to approximate the initial weighted summation. This framework fills the conceptual gap between FTLM and kernel polynomial method, and makes it easy to apply orthogonal polynomial techniques in the FTLM calculation.     

Letter: A Solution of the Weyl–Lanczos Equations for the Schwarzschild Space-Time

The spin coefficient form of the Weyl–Lanczos equations is analysed for the Schwarzschild space-time. The solution obtained yields an alternative form of Lanczos coefficients to the one currently known for this particular metric.     

Letter: Note on Invariants of the Weyl Tensor

Algebraically special gravitational fields are described using algebraic and differential invariants of the Weyl tensor. A type III invariant is also given and calculated for Robinson-Trautman spaces.     

Hamiltonian Formalism of mKdV Equation with Non-vanishing Boundary Values

Hamiltonian formalism of the mKdV equation with non-vanishing boundary value is re-examined by a revised form of the standard procedure. It is known that the previous papers did not give the final results and involved some questionable points [T.C. Au Yeung and P.C.W. Fung, J. Phys. A 21 （1988） 3575]. In this note, simple results are obtained in terms of an affine parameter and a Galileo transformation is introduced to ensure the results compatible with those derived from the inverse scattering transform.     

Two-Dimensional Supergravity in the Canonical Exterior Formalism

The main features of the different linear gravity theories are reviewed. In particular, the supersymmetric extension of the Jackiw–Teitelboim (1+1) linear gravity is considered in detail within the canonical exterior formalism. In this context, the role of the several fields are analyzed. The constraints and the field equation are found. Finally, this supergravity model is treated in the second-order formalism.Member of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.     

Some potentials for the curvature tensor on three-dimensional manifolds

We study equations of Riemann–Lanczos type on three dimensional manifolds. Obstructions to global existence for global Lanczos potentials are pointed out. We check that the imposition of the original Lanczos symmetries on the potential leads to equations which do not have a determined type, leading to problems when trying to prove global existence. We show that elliptic equations can be obtained by relaxing those symmetry requirements in at least two different ways, leading to global existence of potentials under natural conditions. A second order potential for the Ricci tensor is introduced.     

The GHP Formalism and a Type N Twisting Vacuum Metric with Killing Vector

It is shown that the formalism introduced byGeroch, Held and Penrose has a geometrical basis. Withthe help of the resulting insight a canonical splittingof the complex function which appears in the standard form of the Algebraically Special metrics isrealized. The results of this splitting are applied tothe problem of a (special) Type N vacuum metric with atwisting principle null direction. It is demonstrated that it is possible (but not feasable) to findthe metric without the use of differential equations. Anestimate of the size of the metric is given.     

First-Order Formalism for the Quintom Model of Dark Energy

The present paper deals to the quintom model of dark energy. We introduce a first-order formalism, which shows how to relate the potential that specifies the scalar field model to Hubble’s parameter. Reviewing briefly the quintom scenario of dark energy, we present a general procedure to solve the equations of motion for quintom model driven by a couple scalar fields with first-order differential equations.     

Transverse Frames for Petrov Type I Spacetimes: A General Algebraic Procedure

We develop an algebraic procedure to rotate a general Newman-Penrose tetrad in a Petrov type I spacetime into a frame with Weyl scalars ₁ and ₃ equal to zero, assuming that initially all the Weyl scalars are non vanishing. The new frame highlights the physical properties of the spacetime. In particular, in a Petrov type I spacetime, setting ₁ and ₃ to zero makes apparent the superposition of a Coulomb-type effect ₂ with transverse degrees of freedom ₀ and ₄.     

Nonconcave Entropies in Multifractals and the Thermodynamic Formalism

We discuss a subtlety involved in the calculation of multifractal spectra when these are expressed as Legendre-Fenchel transforms of functions analogous to free energy functions. We show that the Legendre-Fenchel transform of a free energy function yields the correct multifractal spectrum only when the latter is wholly concave. If the spectrum has no definite concavity, then the transform yields the concave envelope of the spectrum rather than the spectrum itself. Some mathematical and physical examples are given to illustrate this result, which lies at the root of the nonequivalence of the microcanonical and canonical ensembles. On a more positive note, we also show that the impossibility of expressing nonconcave multifractal spectra through Legendre-Fenchel transforms of free energies can be circumvented with the help of a generalized free energy function, which relates to a recently introduced generalized canonical ensemble. Analogies with the calculation of rate functions in large deviation theory are finally discussed. PACS numbers: 05.45.Df, 64.60.Ak, 65.40.Gr     

Letter: String Cosmology in Brane World Scenarios

We present exact solutions of the gravitational field equations in the generalized Randall-Sundrum model for an anisotropic brane with Bianchi I & V geometry and string dust as the matter source. We assume the Weyl tensor in the bulk has vanishing projection on the brane and examine the different equations of state, for the string dust system. Exact analytic solutions are possible only in few cases.