Double Kerr-Schild spacetimes and the Newman-Penrose map
Abstract
The Newman-Penrose map, which is closely related to the classical double copy, associates certain exact solutions of Einstein's equations with self-dual solutions of the vacuum Maxwell equations. Here we initiate an extension of the Newman-Penrose map to a broader class of spacetimes. As an example, we apply principles from the Newman-Penrose map to associate a self-dual gauge field to the Kerr-Taub-NUT-(A)dS spacetime and we show that the result agrees with previously studied examples of classical double copies. The corresponding field strength exhibits a discrete electric-magnetic duality that is distinct from its (Hodge star) self-dual property.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2023
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2306.16445
- Bibcode:
- 2023JHEP...10..010F
- Keywords:
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- Black Holes;
- Classical Theories of Gravity;
- Duality in Gauge Field Theories;
- Scattering Amplitudes;
- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- Journal version