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On the superposition of electromagnetic waves in general relativity

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7344131
To investigate the nature of nonlinear gravitational interaction between electromagnetic waves in general relativity, the exact solution of the Einstein--Maxwell field equations describing two interacting null electromagnetic waves was studied. It is shown that, in a region of space--time containing two independent electromagnetic waves propagating in different directions, it is not possible for the two waves to follow simultaneously affinely parameterized shear-free and twist-free null geodesic congruences. (GRA)
Research Organization:
Loughborough Univ. of Technology (UK). Dept. of Mathematics
OSTI ID:
7344131
Report Number(s):
N-75-22565; MATHS-RES-46
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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