Gravitational waves with distinct wavefronts

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/10/013MaRDI QIDQ4378167zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. A. Alekseev, Jerry B. Griffiths

Publication date 25 February 1998

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9707049

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationsEinstein's vacuumelectromagnetic wavesgravitational waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Gravitational waves (83C35) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50)

Abstract: 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.

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