# General Relativity geodesics, killing vector, conserved quantities

1. Jun 26, 2017

### binbagsss

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

2. Relevant equations

3. The attempt at a solution

Let $k^u$ denote the KVF.

We have that along a geodesic $K=k^uV_u$ is constant , where $V^u$ is the tangent vector to some affinely parameterised geodesic.

$k^u=\delta^u_i$ , $V^u=(\dot{t},\vec{\dot{x}})$ so we get

$K= g_{ii}\dot{x^i}=t^{p_i}\dot{x^i}=K$ (1) is conserved.

where dot denotes a derivative with respect to some affine parameter $s$

ATTEMPT AT QUESTION:

I think this is a bad attempt but...

The curves of constant $x^i$ are given by: $\dot{x^i}=0$ , so above if $K=0$ equation (1) is trivially satisfied.

Any help appreciated, thanks .

2. Jul 1, 2017

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