1. Double Kerr-Schild spacetimes and the Newman-Penrose map
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Kara Farnsworth, Michael L. Graesser, and Gabriel Herczeg
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Black Holes ,Classical Theories of Gravity ,Duality in Gauge Field Theories ,Scattering Amplitudes ,Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity ,QC770-798 - Abstract
Abstract The Newman-Penrose map, which is closely related to the classical double copy, associates certain exact solutions of Einstein’s equations with self-dual solutions of the vacuum Maxwell equations. Here we initiate an extension of the Newman-Penrose map to a broader class of spacetimes. As an example, we apply principles from the Newman-Penrose map to associate a self-dual gauge field to the Kerr-Taub-NUT-(A)dS spacetime and we show that the result agrees with previously studied examples of classical double copies. The corresponding field strength exhibits a discrete electric-magnetic duality that is distinct from its (Hodge star) self-dual property.
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- 2023
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