The Mei Symmetries for the Lagrangian Corresponding to the Schwarzschild Metric and the Kerr Black Hole Metric

Abstract

In this paper, the Mei symmetries for the Lagrangians corresponding to the spherically and axially symmetric metrics are investigated. For this purpose, the Schwarzschild and Kerr black hole metrics are considered. Using the Mei symmetries criterion, we obtained four Mei symmetries for the Lagrangian of Schwarzschild and Kerr black hole metrics. The results reveal that, in the case of the Schwarzschild metric, the obtained Mei symmetries are a subset of the Lie point symmetries of equations of motion (geodesic equations), while in the case of the Kerr black hole metric, the Noether symmetry set is a subset of the Mei symmetry set and that Mei symmetries and the Lie point symmetries of the equations of motion are same.