Penrose limits of homogeneous spaces

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.08.002zbMath1104.83020arXivmath/0405506OpenAlexW1979749943MaRDI QIDQ2496755

Simon Philip

Publication date: 20 July 2006

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0405506

zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous Lorentzian manifoldsPenrose limitplane wave spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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