Exact parallel waves in general relativity

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03083-XzbMATH Open1528.83156arXiv2207.03591OpenAlexW4321114032MaRDI QIDQ6132950FDOQ6132950

Carla Cederbaum, Amir B. Aazami, Cian Roche

Publication date: 15 July 2023

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We conduct a review of the basic definitions and the principal results in the study of wavelike spacetimes, that is spacetimes whose metric models massless radiation moving at the speed of light, focusing in particular on those geometries with parallel rays. In particular, we motivate and connect their various definitions, outline their coordinate descriptions and present some classical results in their study in a language more accessible to modern readers, including the existence of "null coordinates" and the construction of Penrose limits. We also present a thorough summary of recent work on causality in pp-waves, and describe progress in addressing an open question in the field - the Ehlers-Kundt conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.03591

zbMATH Keywords

plane wavespp wavesEhlers-Kundt conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Causal inference from observational studies (62D20) Traveling wave solutions (35C07) Dynamical aspects of measure-preserving transformations (37A05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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