Shock waves and Birkhoff's theorem in Lovelock gravity
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Akropoleos 1, Nicosia 2101 (Cyprus)
Spherically symmetric shock waves are shown to exist in Lovelock gravity. They amount to a change of branch of the spherically symmetric solutions across a null hypersurface. The implications of their existence for the status of Birkhoff's theorem in the theory is discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 21503631
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 82, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.104024; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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