Transparency of strong gravitational waves

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2014.02.004MaRDI QIDQ2442609zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 4 April 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.7251

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein's field equationsgeneral relativitygravitational solitonsgravitational wavesintegrable systemsstability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: This paper studies diagonal spacetime metrics. It is shown that the overdetermined Einstein vacuum equations are compatible if one Killing vector exists. The stability of plane gravitational waves of the Robinson type is studied. This stability problem bares a fantastic mathematical resemblance to the stability of the Schwarzschild black hole studied by Regge and Wheeler. Just like for the Schwarzschild black hole, the Robinson gravitational waves are proven to be stable with respect to small perturbations. We conjecture that a bigger class of vacuum solutions are stable, among which are all gravitational solitons. Moreover, the stability analysis reveals a surprising fact: a wave barrier will be transparent to the Robinson waves, which therefore passes through the barrier freely. This is a hint of integrability of the 1+2 vacuum Einstein equations for diagonal metrics.

Review text

This paper studies diagonal spacetime metrics. It is shown that the overdetermined Einstein vacuum equations are compatible if one Killing vector exists. The stability of plane gravitational waves of the Robinson type is studied. This stability problem bares a mathematical resemblance to the stability of the Schwarzschild black hole studied by Tulio Regge and John Archibald Wheeler. Just like for the Schwarzschild black hole, the Robinson gravitational waves are proven to be stable with respect to small perturbations. The authors conjecture that a bigger class of vacuum solutions are stable, among which are all gravitational solitons. Moreover, the stability analysis reveals a surprising fact: A wave barrier will be transparent to the Robinson waves, which therefore passes through the barrier freely. This is a hint of integrability of the \(1+2\) vacuum Einstein equations for diagonal metrics, the authors conclude.

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