Spacetimes with a separable Klein-Gordon equation in higher dimensions

Ivan Kolář and Pavel Krtouš
Phys. Rev. D 93, 024053 – Published 29 January 2016

Abstract

We study spacetimes that lead to a separable Klein-Gordon equation in a general number of dimensions. We introduce an ansatz for the metric in higher dimensions motivated by analogical work by Carter in four dimensions and find solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation. For such a metric we solve the Einstein equations and regain the Kerr–NUT–(A)dS spacetime as one of our results. Other solutions lead to the Einstein-Kähler metric of a Euclidean signature. Next we investigate a warped geometry of two Klein-Gordon separable spaces with a properly chosen warped factor. We show that the resulting metric leads also to a separable Klein-Gordon equation and we find the corresponding solutions. Finally, we solve the Einstein equations for the warped geometry and obtain new solutions.

  • Received 20 October 2015
  • Publisher error corrected 29 January 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.024053

© 2016 American Physical Society

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29 January 2016

Authors & Affiliations

Ivan Kolář* and Pavel Krtouš

  • Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic

  • *Ivan.Kolar@utf.mff.cuni.cz
  • Pavel.Krtous@utf.mff.cuni.cz

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Vol. 93, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2016

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