Geometry of flat-space null geodesic congruences

DOI10.1007/S10714-020-02719-6zbMath1461.83003OpenAlexW3040877513MaRDI QIDQ2226049

Eza T. Newman

Publication date: 11 February 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02719-6

zbMATH Keywords

twistnull geodesic congruenceshear-free

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Special relativity (83A05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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