Colliding impulsive waves in succession

Journal Article · Mon Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.42.2922· OSTI ID:6311661

Halilsoy, M ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, EMU, G. Magosa, Mersin (Turkey)

We formulate the initial-value problem for two colliding trains of impulsive gravitational waves. In the absence of a global, exact solution we show that in a region lying between the singularity {ital u}{sup 2}+{ital v}{sup 2}=1 and the wave trains, the solution is still the well-known Khan-Penrose solution.

• OSTI ID: 6311661
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 42:8; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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