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Homogeneous symmetry operators in Kerr-NUT-AdS spacetimes

Gray F.; Kubizňák D.

Phys. Rev. D 109(8), 16 (2024)

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Abstract

It is well known that the Kerr-Newmann-Unti-Tamburino-anti -de Sitter spacetimes possess hidden symmetries encoded in the so-called principal Killing-Yano tensor. In this paper, focusing on the fourdimensional case, we obtain a number of symmetry operators for scalar, vector, and tensor perturbations, that are of degree 2 (to be defined below) and homogeneous in the principal tensor. In particular, by considering homogeneous operators that are linear, quadratic, and cubic in the principal tensor, we recover a complete set of four mutually commuting operators for scalar perturbations, underlying the separability of (massive) scalar wave equation. Proceeding to vector and tensor perturbations of the Kerr-Newmann-Unti-Tamburinoanti -de Sitter spacetimes, we find a set of seven and eight commuting operators, respectively. It remains to be seen whether such operators can be used to separate the corresponding spin 1 and spin 2 test field equations in these spacetimes.

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@article{UTF992,
  author        = {Gray F. and Kubizňák D.},
  title         = {{Homogeneous symmetry operators in Kerr-NUT-AdS spacetimes}},
  journal       = {Phys. Rev. D},
  volume        = {109},
  number        = {8},
  pages         = {16},
  year          = {2024},
  month         = {4},
  doi           = {10.1103/PhysRevD.109.084027},
  url           = {https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.084027},
}