A null tetrad analysis of the Ernst metric
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 22 (12) , 3006-3009
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.524866
Abstract
The Ernst metric is analyzed in terms of the null tetrad formalism of Newman and Penrose. Some applications of the formalism are also given.Keywords
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