Strings in Anisotropic Cosmological Spacetimes

We present a general method to reduce the full set of equations of motion and constraints in the conformal gauge for the bosonic string moving in a four-dimensional curved spacetime manifold with two spacelike Killing vector fields, to a set of six coupled first-order partial differential equations in six unknown functions. By an explicit transformation the constraints are solved identically and one ends up with only the equations of motion and integrability conditions. We apply the method to the family of inhomogeneous, non-singular cosmological models of Senovilla possessing two spacelike Killing vector fields, and show how one can extract classes of special exact solutions, even for this highly complicated metric. For the case of the same family of exact cosmological spacetimes, we give an explicit example, not previously encountered, where we have a direct and mutual transfer of energy between the string and the gravitational field.     

Geodesic Motion on Extended Taub-NUT Spinning Space

In this paper we investigate the geodesic motion of the pseudo-classical spinning particle for the extended Taub-NUT metric. The generalized equations for spinning space are investigated and the constants of motion are derived in terms of the solutions of these equations. We find only two types of extended Taub-NUT metrics with Kepler type symmetry admitting Killing-Yano tensors. The solutions for the lowest components of generalized Killing equations are presented for a particular form of extended Taub-NUT metric.     

Lax Pair Tensors and Integrable Spacetimes

The use of Lax pair tensors as a unifying framework for Killing tensors of arbitrary rank is discussed. Some properties of the tensorial Lax pair formulation are stated. A mechanical system with a well-known Lax representation—the three-particle open Toda lattice—is geometrized by a suitable canonical transformation. In this way the Toda lattice is realized as the geodesic system of a certain Riemannian geometry. By using different canonical transformations we obtain two inequivalent geometries which both represent the original system. Adding a timelike dimension gives four-dimensional spacetimes which admit two Killing vector fields and are completely integrable.     

Inheriting Conformal and Special Conformal Killing Vectors in String Cosmology

In this paper we study the consequences of the existence of conformal and special conformal Killing vectors (CKV, SCKV) for string cloud and string fluid in the context of general relativity. The inheritance symmetries of the string cloud and string fluid are discussed. Einstein's field equations have been solved for static spherically symmetric space-time with cloud and fluid of strings source via CKV.     

Review: Aspects of Solution-generating Techniques for Space-times with Two Commuting Killing Vectors

Certain aspects of solution-generatingtechniques for spacetimes with two commuting Killingvectors are reviewed. A brief historical introduction tostationary axisymmetric systems is given. The importance of the Homogeneous Hilbert problem associatedwith the equations, unifying the group-theoretic withthe soliton-theoretic approaches, is emphasized. Theformalism of generating functions is introduced, both for vacuum and electrovacuum.Sibgatullin's technique for electrovacuum solutions isrelated to the Hauser Ernst variables and a method byErnst is briefly discussed. The solitonic methods ofBelinsky-Zakharov and Alekseev are reviewed. Their relation isemphasized by an explicit proof, at the level ofgenerating techniques, that the BZ two soliton with twocomplex conjugate poles is isomorphic to the Alekseev one-soliton (restricted to vacuum) with trivialgauge. The Alekseev non-soliton technique is discussed.Some recent developments are brieflydiscussed.     

Finding Collineations of Kimura Metrics

Kimura investigated static spherically symmetric metrics and found several to have quadratic first integrals. We use REDUCE and the package Dimsym to seek collineations for these metrics. For one metric we find that three proper projective collineations exist, two of which are associated with the two irreducible quadratic first integrals found by Kimura. The third projective collineation is found to have a reducible quadratic first integral. We also find that this metric admits two conformal motions and that the resulting reducible conformal Killing tensors also lead to Kimura's quadratic integrals. We demonstrate that when a Killing tensor is known for a metric we can seek an associated collineation by solving first order equations that give the Killing tensor in terms of the collineation rather than the second order determining equations for collineations. We report less interesting results for other Kimura metrics.     

Hypersurface-Orthogonal Generators of an Orthogonally Transitive G2I, Topological Identifications, and Axially and Cylindrically Symmetric Spacetimes

A criterion given by Castejón-Amenedo and MacCallum for the existence of (locally) hypersurface-orthogonal generators of an orthogonallytransitive two-parameter Abelian group of motions (a G₂I) in spacetime is re-expressed as a test for linear dependence with constant coefficients between the three components of the metric in the orbits in canonical coordinates. In general, it is shown that such a relation implies that the metric is locally diagonalizable in canonical coordinates, or has a null Killing vector, or can locally be written in a generalized form of the windmill solutions characterized by McIntosh. If the orbits of the G₂I have cylindrical or toroidal topology and a periodic coordinate is used, these metric forms cannot in general be realized globally as they would conflict with the topological identification. The geometry then has additional essential parameters, which specify the topological identification. The physical significance of these parameters is shown by their appearance in global holonomy and by examples of exterior solutions where they have been related to characteristics of physical sources. These results lead to some remarks about the definition of cylindrical symmetry.     

Third Rank Killing Tensors in General Relativity. The (1 + 1)-dimensional Case

Third rank Killing tensors in (1 +1)-dimensional geometries are investigated andclassified. It is found that a necessary and sufficientcondition for such a geometry to admit a third rankKilling tensor can always be formulated as a quadratic PDE, oforder three or lower, in a Kahler type potential for themetric. This is in contrast to the case of first andsecond rank Killing tensors for which the integrability condition is a linear PDE. The motivation for studying higher rank Killing tensors in (1 +1)-geometries, is the fact that exact solutions of theEinstein equations are often associated with a first orsecond rank Killing tensor symmetry in the geodesicflow formulation of the dynamics. This is in particulartrue for the many models of interest for which thisformulation is (1 + 1)-dimensional, where just one additional constant of motion suffices forcomplete integrability. We show that new exact solutionscan be found by classifying geometries admitting higherrank Killing tensors.     

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: General Non-Rotating Perfect-Fluid Solution with an Abelian Spacelike C3 Including Only One Isometry

The general solution for non-rotating perfect-fluid spacetimes admitting one Killing vector and two conformal (non-isometric) Killing vectors spanning an abelian three-dimensional conformal algebra (C₃) acting on spacelike hypersurfaces is presented. It is of Petrov type D; some properties of the family such as matter contents are given. This family turns out to be an extension of a solution recently given in [9] using completely different methods. The family contains Friedman-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker particular cases and could be useful as a test for the different FLRW perturbation schemes. There are two very interesting limiting cases, one with a non-abelian G₂ and another with an abelian G₂ acting non-orthogonally transitively on spacelike surfaces and with the fluid velocity non-orthogonal to the group orbits. No examples are known to the authors in these classes.