On colliding waves that develop time–like singularities: a new class of solutions of the Einstein–Maxwell equations

DOI10.1098/rspa.1987.0041zbMath0621.53068OpenAlexW2164824806MaRDI QIDQ3756957

Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, S. Chandrasekhar

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1987.0041

zbMATH Keywords

horizongravitational wavesEinstein-Maxwell equationsconformally flat space-timetime-like singularitiesBell-Szekeres solutionelectromagnetic shock- waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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