A group-theoretic characterisation of Taub-Nut spacetime

Abstract

We prove that any G=SU(2)× U(1) symmetric spacetime that is Ricci flat (i.e. solves the matter-free =0 Einstein equations) with non-null G-orbits is locally isometric to some maximally extended generalised Taub-NUT spacetime.

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