The shear-free condition in Robinson's theorem

DOI10.1007/BF00760865zbMath0416.53019MaRDI QIDQ754493

Franco Bampi

Publication date: 1978

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

zbMATH Keywords

null congruencesRobinson's theoremshear-free condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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Linked and knotted beams of light, conservation of helicity and the flow of null electromagnetic fields ⋮ When do knots in light stay knotted? ⋮ Lorentzian manifolds with shearfree congruences and Kähler-Sasaki geometry

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• An Approach to Gravitational Radiation by a Method of Spin Coefficients

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