Abstract

The f(R) theories of gravity have been interested in recent years. A considerable amount of work has been devoted to the study of modified field equations with the assumption of constant Ricci scalar which may be zero or nonzero. In this paper, the exact vacuum solutions of plane symmetric spacetime are analyzed in f(R) theory of gravity. The modified field equations are studied not only for R=constant but also for general case R≠constant. In particular, we show that the Novotný-Horský and anti-de Sitter spacetimes are the exact solutions of the field equations with the non-zero constant Ricci scalar. Finally, the family of solutions with R≠constant is obtained explicitly which includes the Novotný-Horský, Kottler-Whittaker, Taub and conformally flat spacetimes.

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