Kerr-Schild Rides Again

Authors

Mark E. Fels, Utah State UniversityFollow
A. Held

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volume

21

Issue

1

Publication Date

1989

First Page

61

Last Page

68

Abstract

It is shown that the necessary and sufficient condition that an algebraically special vacuum solution be of the (generalized) Kerr-Schild form is that it have a preferred Killing vector. The transformation is applied to a known type-III solution to obtain a type-II vacuum solution of Einstein's equations.

Recommended Citation

Kerr-Schild rides again, M.E.Fels, A. Held, General Relativity and Grav- itation, 21(1), 1989, 61-68.