Ambient Metrics for n-Dimensional pp-Waves

作者:Leistner Thomas*; Nurowski Pawel
来源:Communications in Mathematical Physics, 2010, 296(3): 881-898.
DOI:10.1007/s00220-010-0995-x

摘要

We provide an explicit formula for the Fefferman-Graham ambient metric of an n-dimensional conformal pp-wave in those cases where it exists. In even dimensions we calculate the obstruction explicitly. Furthermore, we describe all 4-dimensional pp-waves that are Bach-flat, and give a large class of Bach-flat examples which are conformally Cotton-flat, but not conformally Einstein. Finally, as an application, we use the obtained ambient metric to show that even-dimensional pp-waves have vanishing critical Q-curvature.

  • 出版日期2010-6