Gravitational waves and massless particle fields
Abstract
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These notes address the planar gravitational wave solutions of general relativity in empty space-time, and analyze the motion of test particles in the gravitational wave field. Next we consider related solutions of the Einstein equations for the gravitational field accompanied by long-range wave fields of scalar, spinor and vector type, corresponding to particles of spin s=(0,1/2,1). The motion of test masses in the combined gravitational and scalar, spinor or vector wave fields is discussed.
10 pages, no figures, Contr. to Proceedings XXXVth Karpacz Winterschool of Theoretical Physics; update: typos corrected
10 pages, no figures, Contr. to Proceedings XXXVth Karpacz Winterschool of Theoretical Physics; update: typos corrected