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arxiv: hep-th/0612029 · v1 · pith:ECFUXP66new · submitted 2006-12-05 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Killing-Yano Tensors, Rank-2 Killing Tensors, and Conserved Quantities in Higher Dimensions

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keywords constantskilling-yanotensorshep-thkillingmotiontensorgeodesic
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From the metric and one Killing-Yano tensor of rank D-2 in any D-dimensional spacetime with such a principal Killing-Yano tensor, we show how to generate k=[(D+1)/2] Killing-Yano tensors, of rank D-2j for all j=0,...,k-1, and k rank-2 Killing tensors, giving k constants of geodesic motion that are in involution. For the example of the Kerr-NUT-AdS spacetime (hep-th/0604125) with its principal Killing-Yano tensor (gr-qc/0610144), these constants and the constants from the k Killing vectors give D independent constants in involution, making the geodesic motion completely integrable (hep-th/0611083). The constants of motion are also related to the constants recently obtained in the separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi and Klein-Gordon equations (hep-th/0611245).

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