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Some spherical gravitational waves in general relativity
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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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- Authors
- Robinson, I., & Trautman, A.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 1962-02-06
- Volume
- 265
- Issue
- 1323
- Pages
- 463-473
- ISSN
- 0080-4630 (ISSN-L)
- 2053-9169
- OpenAlex
- W1967656590
- Cited by
- 453
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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