Invariant classification of vacuum pp-waves

DOI10.1063/1.4791691zbMath1284.83032arXiv1209.5081OpenAlexW3102431315MaRDI QIDQ5396294

Alan A. Coley, D. D. McNutt, Robert Milson

Publication date: 5 February 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5081

zbMATH Keywords

equivalence problemCartan invariantinvariant classificationvacuum pp-wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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Congruence convergence in pp-wave space-time ⋮ The equivalence problem for generic four-dimensional metrics with two commuting Killing vectors

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