Memory, Penrose limits and the geometry of gravitational shockwaves and gyratons

DOI10.1007/JHEP12(2018)133zbMath1405.83008arXiv1811.08827OpenAlexW2901429533MaRDI QIDQ1712377

Graham M. Shore

Publication date: 21 January 2019

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08827

zbMATH Keywords

classical theories of gravitymodels of quantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Gravitational waves (83C35) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

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