Physics:Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou coordinates

In general relativity, the Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou coordinates are a set of coordinates, used in the solutions to the vacuum region surrounding an axisymmetric distribution of mass–energy. They are named for Hermann Weyl, Thomas Lewis, and Achilles Papapetrou.

Details

The square of the line element is of the form:

[math]\displaystyle{ ds^2 = -e^{2\nu}dt^2 + \rho^2 B^2 e^{-2\nu}(d\phi - \omega dt)^2 + e^{2(\lambda - \nu)}(d\rho^2 + dz^2) }[/math]

where (t, ρ, ϕ, z) are the cylindrical Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou coordinates in 3 + 1 spacetime, and λ, ν, ω, and B, are unknown functions of the spatial non-angular coordinates ρ and z only. Different authors define the functions of the coordinates differently.

See also

• Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity
• Stress–energy tensor
• Metric tensor (general relativity)
• Relativistic angular momentum
• Weyl metrics

Further reading

Selected papers

• J. Marek; A. Sloane (1979). "A finite rotating body in general relativity". Il Nuovo Cimento B 51 (1): 45–52. doi:10.1007/BF02743695. Bibcode: 1979NCimB..51...45M. 
• L. Richterek; J. Novotny; J. Horsky (2002). "Einstein–Maxwell fields generated from the gamma-metric and their limits". Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 52 (9): 1021–1040. doi:10.1023/A:1020581415399. Bibcode: 2002CzJPh..52.1021R. 
• M. Sharif (2007). "Energy-Momentum Distribution of the Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou and the Levi-Civita Metrics". Brazilian Journal of Physics 37 (4): 1292–1300. doi:10.1590/S0103-97332007000800017. Bibcode: 2007BrJPh..37.1292S. http://www.sbfisica.org.br/bjp/files/v37_1292.pdf. 
• A. Sloane (1978). "The axially symmetric stationary vacuum field equations in Einstein's theory of general relativity". Australian Journal of Physics 31 (5): 429. doi:10.1071/PH780427. Bibcode: 1978AuJPh..31..427S. 

Selected books

• J. L. Friedman; N. Stergioulas (2013). Rotating Relativistic Stars. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-052-187-254-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=pv8djXCCwToC&q=Weyl%E2%88%92Lewis%E2%88%92Papapetrou+coordinates&pg=PA151. 
• A. Macías; J. L. Cervantes-Cota; C. Lämmerzahl (2001). Exact Solutions and Scalar Fields in Gravity: Recent Developments. Springer. p. 39. ISBN 030-646-618-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=imA3YuKdFYoC&q=Weyl%E2%88%92Lewis%E2%88%92Papapetrou+coordinates&pg=PA39. 
• A. Das; A. DeBenedictis (2012). The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition. Springer. p. 317. ISBN 978-146-143-658-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=wJR7SmPedWcC&q=Weyl%E2%88%92Lewis%E2%88%92Papapetrou+coordinates&pg=PA678. 
• G. S. Hall; J. R. Pulham (1996). General relativity: proceedings of the forty sixth Scottish Universities summer school in physics, Aberdeen, July 1995. SUSSP proceedings. 46. Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics. pp. 65, 73, 78. ISBN 075-030-395-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=IfhAAQAAIAAJ&q=Weyl%E2%88%92Lewis%E2%88%92Papapetrou+coordinates.