Gravitational waves with distinct wavefronts
| dc.creator | Alekseev, G A | |
| dc.creator | Griffiths, J B | |
| dc.date | 1997-07-22 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:57:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:57:56Z | |
| dc.description | Exact solutions of Einstein's vacuum equations are considered which describe gravitational waves with distinct wavefronts. A family of such solutions presented recently in which the wavefronts have various geometries and which propagate into a number of physically significant backgrounds is here related to an integral representation which is a generalisation of the Rosen pulse solution for cylindrical waves. A nondiagonal solution is also constructed which is a generalisation of the Rosen pulse, being a cylindrical pulse wave with two states of polarization propagating into a Minkowski background. The solution is given in a complete and explicit form. A further generalisation to include electromagnetic waves with a distinct wavefront of the same type is also discussed. | |
| dc.description | 14 pages, Plain TeX, no figures. To appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9707049 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9707049 | |
| dc.identifier | Class.Quant.Grav.14:2869-2880,1997 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/0264-9381/14/10/013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186929 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Gravitational waves with distinct wavefronts | |
| dc.type | text |