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Weyl double copy in Lifshitz spacetimes

Gökhan Alkaç1,*, Mehmet Kemal Gümüş1,†, and Mehmet Ali Olpak2,‡

  • *Contact author: alkac@mail.com
  • †Contact author: kemal.gumus@metu.edu.tr
  • ‡Contact author: maolpak@thk.edu.tr
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Phys. Rev. D 113, 084053 – Published 27 April, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/wdcz-mrhp

Abstract

Lifshitz black hole solutions pose particular challenges for reconciling the two main formulations of the classical double copy: the Kerr-Schild double copy and the Weyl double copy. Recent work has suggested that consistency between the two can be restored, in certain cases, only by adopting a regularization prescription in the Weyl double copy. In this paper, we test this prescription on three examples from the literature, each with a distinct novel feature, and show that the prescription remains valid in all cases.

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 084053– Published 27 April, 2026
  • Received 17 November 2025
  • Accepted 23 March 2026
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