Can a gravitational wave and a magnetic monopole coexist?
arXiv:hep-th/9708028 · doi:10.1142/S0217732397003137
Abstract
We investigate the behavior of small perturbations around the Kaluza-Klein monopole in the five dimensional space-time. We find that the even parity gravitational wave does not propagate in the five dimensional space-time with Kaluza-Klein monopole provided that the gravitational wave is constant in the fifth direction. We conclude that a gravitational wave and a U(1) magnetic monopole do not coexist in five dimensional Kaluza-Klein spacetime.
arXiv comment10 pages, LaTeX. To appear in Modern Physics Letters A