From the conformal self-duality equations to the Manakov-Santini system
Abstract
Under two separate symmetry assumptions, we demonstrate explicitly how the equations governing a general anti-self-dual conformal structure in four dimensions can be reduced to the Manakov-Santini system, which determines the three-dimensional Einstein-Weyl structure on the space of orbits of symmetry. The two symmetries investigated are a non-null translation and a homothety, which are previously known to reduce the second heavenly equation to the Laplace's equation and the hyper-CR system, respectively. Reductions on the anti-self-dual null-Kähler condition are also explored in both cases.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geometry and Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 2019
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1902.07844
- Bibcode:
- 2019JGP...14503468P
- Keywords:
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- Self-dual conformal equations;
- Einstein-Weyl equations;
- Manakov-Santini system;
- Nonlinear Sciences - Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Mathematical Physics
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1016/j.geomphys.2019.06.019