On Boost-Invariant Solutions of Relativistic Field Equations

Abstract

Twistorial algebraic methods to obtain solutions of the vacuum Maxwell equations, with complicated structure of singular loci, are described. The notion of boost-invariant solutions, with the field functions preserving their values under a hyperbolic rotation, is introduced. It is proved that, among the twistor-generated solutions, only the bisingular Born solution and the two its known modifications (with a double-ring and an expanding toroidal singularities) are axisymmetric and boost invariant at the same time.