Some spherical gravitational waves in general relativity

The Royal Society - Tập 265 Số 1323 - Trang 463-473 - 1962
Isaac Robinson1, Andrzej Trautman2
1Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw†

Tóm tắt

Einstein's equations for empty space are solved for the class of metrics which admit a family of hypersurface-orthogonal, non-shearing, diverging null curves. Some of these metrics may be considered as representing a simple kind of spherical, outgoing radiation. (Among them are solutions admitting no Killing field whatsoever.) Examples of solutions to the Maxwell-Einstein equations with a similar geometry are also given.

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