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MP: Fachverband Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik

MP 4: Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetime

MP 4.3: Talk

Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 15:50–16:15, JUR H

Analytical solutions of the geodesic equation in axially symmetric space-times — •Eva Hackmann and Claus Lämmerzahl — ZARM, Universität Bremen

In recent years, the theory of elliptic and hyperelliptic functions was rediscovered for the purpose of analytically solving geodesic equations in various space-times. In this talk we will present the general mathematical methods and illustrate the procedure for the example of the geodesic equation in Kerr and Kerr-de Sitter space-times, which can then easily be adapted to all type-D space-times.