2017/01/31 by Harold Erbin · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.3390/universe3010019
published as Universe 2017, 3(1), 19 · 68 pages, invited review for Universe; v2: sec. 1-4, 6 and app. B match published version, sec. 5, 7, 8 and app. A, C are specific to arxiv version
arxiv created 2017/03/07 · arxiv updated 2017/03/08
In this review we present the most general form of the Janis--Newman algorithm. This extension allows to generate configurations which contain all bosonic fields with spin less than or equal to two (real and complex scalar fields, gauge fields, metric field) and with five of the six parameters of the Plebański-Demiański metric (mass, electric charge, magnetic charge, NUT charge and angular momentum). Several examples are included to illustrate the algorithm. We also discuss the extension of the algorithm to other dimensions.