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Title: Shock waves and Birkhoff's theorem in Lovelock gravity

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. 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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