The Goldberg–Sachs theorem in linearized gravity
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The Goldberg-Sachs theorem in linearized gravity
The Goldberg-Sachs theorem has been very useful in constructing algebraically special exact solutions of Einstein vacuum equation. Most of the physical meaningful vacuum exact solutions are algebraically special. We show that the Goldberg-Sachs theorem is not true in linearized gravity. This is a remarkable result, which gives light on the understanding of the physical meaning of the linearized...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mathematical Physics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-2488,1089-7658
DOI: 10.1063/1.1288249