Killing–Yano tensors and variable separation in Kerr geometry
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 30 (10) , 2360-2365
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528565
Abstract
A complete analysis of the free-field massless spin-s equations (s=0, (1)/(2) ,1) in Kerr geometry is given. It is shown that in each case the separation constants occurring in the solutions obtained from a potential function can be characterized in an invariant way. This invariant characterization is given in terms of the Killing–Yano tensor admitted by Kerr geometry.Keywords
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