The Bell–Szekeres solution and related solutions of the Einstein–Maxwell equations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/17/010zbMATH Open1111.83012arXivgr-qc/0608087OpenAlexW2070907681MaRDI QIDQ5489746FDOQ5489746

P. A. Hogan, C. Barrabès

Publication date: 28 September 2006

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

Abstract: A novel technique for solving some head-on collisions of plane homogeneous light-like signals in Einstein-Maxwell theory is described. The technique is a by-product of a re-examination of the fundamental Bell-Szekeres solution in this field of study. Extensions of the Bell-Szekeres collision problem to include light-like shells and gravitational waves are described and a family of solutions having geometrical and topological properties in common with the Bell-Szekeres solution is derived.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0608087

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational waveselectromagnetic wavesEinstein-Maxwell theoryBell-Szekeres solutioncollision of plane homogeneous light-like waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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