Colliding impulsive gravitational waves

Journal Article · Mon Nov 28 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.1379· OSTI ID:5154827

Nutku, Y; Halil, M

We formulate the problem of colliding plane gravitational waves with two polarizations as the harmonic mappings of Riemannian manifolds and construct an exact solution of the vacuum Einstein field equations describing the interaction of colliding impulsive gravitational waves which in the limit of collinear polarization reduces to the solution of Khan and Penrose.

• Research Organization: Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
• OSTI ID: 5154827
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 39:22; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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657003* -- Theoretical & Mathematical Physics-- Relativity & Gravitation
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
MINKOWSKI SPACE
POLARIZATION
RIEMANN SPACE
SPACE