Colliding gravitational plane waves with noncollinear polarization. I

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527427· OSTI ID:6459133

Ernst, F J; Garcia D, A; Hauser, I

An Ehlers transformation on the Ernst potential for the Nutku--Halil solution (Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 1379 (1977)) provides a new solution of the Einstein field equations describing colliding gravitational plane waves with noncollinear polarization, the first of an infinite sequence of solutions that can be generated using techniques described in this paper.

• Research Organization: Department of Mathematics, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13676
• OSTI ID: 6459133
• Journal Information: J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 28:9; ISSN JMAPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
G CODES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
POLARIZATION
POTENTIALS
TENSORS
TRANSFORMATIONS
WAVE PROPAGATION