Continuous coordinates for all impulsive pp-waves

Article

Continuous coordinates for all impulsive pp-waves

Podolský, J; Veselý, K.

Phys. Lett. A 241(0), 145-147 (1998)

Abstract

We present a coordinate system for a general impulsive gravitational pp - wave in vacuum in which the metric is explicitly continuous, synchronous and "transverse". Also, it is more appropriate for investigation of particle motions.

Keywords

IMPULSIVE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, PP-WAVES, CONTINUOUS COORDINATES

Institute authors

Podolský, Jiří

Supported by

GACR 202/96/0206 — Relativistic physics and astrophysics
GAUK 230/1996 — Relativistická teorie gravitace, astrofyzika a kosmologie

BibTeX

@article{UTF143,
  author        = {Podolský, J and Veselý, K.},
  title         = {{Continuous coordinates for all impulsive pp-waves}},
  journal       = {Phys. Lett. A},
  volume        = {241},
  number        = {0},
  pages         = {145-147},
  year          = {1998},
  doi           = {10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00162-5},
  eprint        = {gr-qc/9803016},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url           = {http://arxiv.org/PS\_cache/gr-qc/pdf/9803/9803016v1.pdf},
}