Large amplitude gravitational waves

DOI10.1063/1.532742zbMath0948.83022arXivmath/9812030OpenAlexW2016797900MaRDI QIDQ4701903

John K. Hunter, Giuseppe Alì

Publication date: 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9812030

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solution of the Einstein field equationscolliding plane wave equationspropagation of a thin, large amplitude gravitational wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Gravitational waves (83C35) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25)

Cites Work

• Reduction of the characteristic initial value problem to the Cauchy problem and its applications to the Einstein equations
• Exact solutions for gravitational waves with cylindrical, spherical and toroidal wavefronts

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