DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/F5Q5-E447
Defense Date
1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Robert H. Gowdy
Abstract
Einstein's equations in vacuum spacetimes with two spacelike killing vectors are explored using affine projection tensor geometry. By doing a semi-conformal transformation on the metric, a new "fiducial" geometry is constructed using a projection tensor fields. This fiducial geometry provides coordinate independent information about the underlying structure of the spacetime without the use of an explicit form of the metric tensor.
Rights
© The Author
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
June 2008