Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-3-2013
Abstract
In this second of two worksheets I continue describing local Rainich-type conditions which are necessary and sufficient for the metric to define a null electrovacuum. In other words, these conditions, which I will call the null electrovacuum conditions, guarantee the existence of a null electromagnetic field such that the metric and electromagnetic field satisfy the Einstein-Maxwell equations. When it exists, the electromagnetic field is easily constructed from the metric. In this worksheet I consider the null electrovacuum conditions which apply when a certain null geodesic congruence determined by the metric is twisting. I shall illustrate the these conditions using a couple of pure radiation spacetimes taken from the literature.
Recommended Citation
Torre, Charles G., "Rainich-Type Conditions For Null Electrovacuum Spacetimes II" (2013). Research Vignettes. Paper 6.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/dg_applications/6
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RainichConditionsForNullElectrovac2.mw (508 kB)Maple Worksheet
RainichConditionsForNullElectrovac2.pdf (532 kB)
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