Kerr-Schild-Kundt metrics are universal

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GÜRSES, METİN
Sisman, Tahsin Cagri
Tekin, Bayram

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We define (non-Einsteinian) universal metrics as the metrics that solve the source-free covariant field equations of generic gravity theories. Here, extending the rather scarce family of universal metrics known in the literature, we show that the Kerr-Schild-Kundt class of metrics are universal. Besides being interesting on their own, these metrics can provide consistent backgrounds for quantum field theory at extremely high energies.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34979

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CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa60f1

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M. GÜRSES, T. C. Sisman, and B. Tekin, “Kerr-Schild-Kundt metrics are universal,” CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY, pp. 0–0, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34979.