Colliding gravitational plane waves with noncollinear polarization. I

DOI10.1063/1.527427zbMath0638.58030OpenAlexW2089620536MaRDI QIDQ3779485

F. J. Ernst, Alberto García D., Isidore Hauser

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527427

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein field equationsErnst potentialEhlers transformationNutku-Halil solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) General relativity (83C99)

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• On the collision of gravitational plane waves: A class of soliton solutions
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• On the Nutku—Halil solution for colliding impulsive gravitational waves
• The initial value problem for colliding gravitational and hydrodynamic waves
• Gravitational Field of a Spinning Mass as an Example of Algebraically Special Metrics

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