Smooth sandwich gravitational waves.

Article

Smooth sandwich gravitational waves.

Podolský, J.

Czech. J. Phys. 49(0), 981-984 (1999)

Abstract

Gravitational waves which are smooth and contain two asymptotically flat regions are constructed from the homogeneous pp-waves vacuum solution. Motion of free test particles is calculated explicitly and the limit to an impulsive wave is also considered.

Keywords

Gravitational Radiation

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{UTF296,
  author        = {Podolský, J.},
  title         = {{Smooth sandwich gravitational waves.}},
  journal       = {Czech. J. Phys.},
  volume        = {49},
  number        = {0},
  pages         = {981-984},
  year          = {1999},
  doi           = {10.1023/A:1021433204211},
  eprint        = {gr-qc/9805098},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url           = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/p488040172765t4u/fulltext.pdf},
}