Kinetic energy and angular momentum of free particles in the gyratonic pp-waves space-times

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AABD4EzbMATH Open1393.83012arXiv1801.04957OpenAlexW3100767862MaRDI QIDQ4580993FDOQ4580993

Authors: Joseé W. Maluf, J. F. da Rocha-Neto, Fernando L. Lobo B. Carneiro, Sérgio C. Ulhoa 

Publication date: 22 August 2018

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

Abstract: Gyratonic pp-waves are exact solutions of Einstein's equations that represent non-linear gravitational waves endowed with angular momentum. We consider gyratonic pp-waves that travel in the $z$ direction and whose time dependence on the variable $u=1oversqrt2(z-t)$ is given by gaussians, so that the waves represent short bursts of gravitational radiation propagating in the $z$ direction. We evaluate numerically the geodesics and velocities of free particles in the space-time of these waves, and find that after the passage of the waves both the kinetic energy and the angular momentum per unit mass of the particles are changed. Therefore there is a transfer of energy and angular momentum between the gravitational field and the free particles, so that the final values of the energy and angular momentum of the free particles may be smaller or larger in magnitude than the initial values.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.04957

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zbMATH Keywords

non-linear gravitational wavesfree particles in gyratonic pp-waves space-timesgeodesics in pp-waves space-timesgyratonic pp-waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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