Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 311 2 a Solution 2026-09-28
Every metric coefficient is independent of and . The corresponding coordinate flows therefore preserve the metric, sosatisfy the Killing equation and are Killing vector fields. They generate stationarity and axial symmetry respectively.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 311 2 e i Solution 2026-09-28
Differentiate along the worldline. The symmetric contraction vanishes by the Killing equation. Using the Lorentz force and , the remaining force term cancels . Hence
Killing equation is . For the stress-energy current from a Killing vector ,The first term vanishes on shell, while the second contracts the symmetric tensor with the antisymmetric derivative selected by Killing's equation. Thus .