Abstract
We prove that given a solution of the Einstein equations gab for the matter field Tab, an autoparallel null vector field la and a solution (lalc, \U0001d4afac) of the linearized Einstein equation on the given background, the Kerr–Schild metric gac + λlalc (λ arbitrary constant) is an exact solution of the Einstein equation for the energy–momentum tensor Tac + λ\U0001d4afac + λ2l(a\U0001d4afc)blb. The mixed form of the Einstein equation for Kerr–Schild metrics with autoparallel null congruence is also linear. Some more technical conditions hold when the null congruence is not autoparallel. These results generalize previous theorems for vacuum due to Xanthopoulos and for flat seed spacetime due to Gürses and Gürsey.
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