Newman-Penrose formalism and its application in the general theory of relativity
Journal Article
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· Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6327953
In this review, we give a systematic exposition of the Newman-Penrose formalism in the general theory of relativity and we use this formalism to describe some general properties of gravitational fields that are intimately related to the behavior of null curves and null surfaces in Riemannian space-time. Actual methods of integrating the complete system of Newman-Penrose equations are considered in detail for gravitational fields of some algebraically special types in the Petrov classification in vacuum and in radiation-filled space-time. A separate section is devoted to applications of the spin coefficient formalism to the description of the propagation of gravitational and electromagnetic waves of small amplitude in a given external gravitational field, in particular, in the field of a black hole.
- Research Organization:
- V. A. Steklov Mathematics Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- OSTI ID:
- 6327953
- Journal Information:
- Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 9:5; ISSN SJPNA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BLACK HOLES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FIELD THEORIES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
RADIATIONS
RIEMANN SPACE
SPACE
SPINORS
TENSORS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BLACK HOLES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FIELD THEORIES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
RADIATIONS
RIEMANN SPACE
SPACE
SPINORS
TENSORS