Uniqueness of the McVittie solution as plane symmetric sourceless electromagnetic field spacetimes

Tooba Feroze*, Asghar Qadir, M. Ziad

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Abstract

It is proved that plane symmetric Lorentzian manifolds representing a sourceless electromagnetic field admit only a four-dimensional maximal symmetry group and consist of only the McVittie5 spacetime and its non-static analogue.4

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)825-828
Number of pages4
JournalModern Physics Letters A
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Apr 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by University Research Fund (URF) of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan. T.F. acknowledges Mrs. Mumtaz Riazuddin and the Higher Education Commission for financial support.

Keywords

  • Electromagnetic spacetimes
  • McVittie solution
  • Plane symmetric

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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