Symmetrically reduced Galileon equations and solutions

S. Deser and J. Franklin
Phys. Rev. D 86, 047701 – Published 1 August 2012

Abstract

The maximally complicated arbitrary-dimensional “maximal” Galileon field equations simplify dramatically for symmetric configurations. Thus, spherical symmetry reduces the equations from the D- to the two-dimensional (Monge-Ampere) equation, axial symmetry to its cubic extension, etc. We can then obtain explicit solutions, such as spherical or axial waves, and relate them to the (known) general, but highly implicit, lower-D solutions.

  • Received 15 June 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.047701

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

S. Deser*

  • Physics Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
  • Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

J. Franklin

  • Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, USA

  • *deser@brandeis.edu
  • jfrankli@reed.edu

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Vol. 86, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2012

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