Kerr–Schild metrics in teleparallel gravity

Abstract We show that the Kerr–Schild ansatz can be extended from the metric to the tetrad, and then to teleparallel gravity where curvature vanishes but torsion does not. We derive the equations of motion for the Kerr–Schild null vector, and describe the solution for a rotating black hole in this f...

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Main Author: Markus B. Fröb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-08-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09551-5
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Summary:Abstract We show that the Kerr–Schild ansatz can be extended from the metric to the tetrad, and then to teleparallel gravity where curvature vanishes but torsion does not. We derive the equations of motion for the Kerr–Schild null vector, and describe the solution for a rotating black hole in this framework. It is shown that the solution depends on the chosen tetrad in a non-trivial way if the spin connection is fixed to be the one of the flat background spacetime. We show furthermore that any Kerr–Schild solution with a flat background is also a solution of $$f({\mathcal {T}})$$ f ( T ) gravity.
ISSN:1434-6044
1434-6052