Anti-de Sitter-Wave Solutions of Higher Derivative Theories
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol.111, no.10, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 111 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.101101
- Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
We show that the recently found anti-de Sitter (AdS)-plane and AdS-spherical wave solutions of quadratic curvature gravity also solve the most general higher derivative theory in D dimensions. More generally, we show that the field equations of such theories reduce to an equation linear in the Ricci tensor for Kerr-Schild spacetimes having type-N Weyl and type-N traceless Ricci tensors.