Generalized symmetries of impulsive gravitational waves

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/1A/004zbMATH Open0871.53069arXivgr-qc/9607045OpenAlexW3098636280MaRDI QIDQ4332334FDOQ4332334

Authors: Peter C. Aichelburg, Herbert Balasin 

Publication date: 13 February 1997

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

Abstract: We generalize previous cite{AiBa2} work on the classification of ($C^{i}nfty$) symmetries of plane-fronted waves with an impulsive profile. Due to the specific form of the profile it is possible to extend the group of normal-form-preserving diffeomorphisms to include non-smooth transformations. This extension entails a richer structure of the symmetry algebra generated by the (non-smooth) Killing vectors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9607045

zbMATH Keywords

symmetriesimpulsive gravitational waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Black holes (83C57) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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