Dirac equation in Kerr-NUT-(A)dS spacetimes: Intrinsic characterization of separability in all dimensions

Marco Cariglia, Pavel Krtouš, and David Kubizňák
Phys. Rev. D 84, 024008 – Published 6 July 2011

Abstract

We intrinsically characterize separability of the Dirac equation in Kerr-NUT-(A)dS spacetimes in all dimensions. Namely, we explicitly demonstrate that, in such spacetimes, there exists a complete set of first-order mutually commuting operators, one of which is the Dirac operator, that allows for common eigenfunctions which can be found in a separated form and correspond precisely to the general solution of the Dirac equation found by Oota and Yasui [Phys. Lett. B 659, 688 (2008)]. Since all the operators in the set can be generated from the principal conformal Killing-Yano tensor, this establishes the (up-to-now) missing link among the existence of hidden symmetry, presence of a complete set of commuting operators, and separability of the Dirac equation in these spacetimes.

  • Received 28 April 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.024008

© 2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Marco Cariglia*

  • Departamento de Física, ICEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000 - Ouro Preto, MG - Brasil

Pavel Krtouš

  • Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, Prague, Czech Republic

David Kubizňák

  • DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom

  • *marco@iceb.ufop.br
  • Pavel.Krtous@utf.mff.cuni.cz
  • D.Kubiznak@damtp.cam.ac.uk

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Vol. 84, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2011

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