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On the Energy of Rotating Gravitational Waves
Bahram Mashhoon, James C. McClune, Enrique Ramírez Chávez, Hernando Quevedo
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Abstract
A class of solutions of the gravitational field equations describing vacuum spacetimes outside rotating cylindrical sources is presented. A subclass of these solutions corresponds to the exterior gravitational fields of rotating cylindrical systems that emit gravitational radiation. The properties of these rotating gravitational wave spacetimes are investigated. In particular, we discuss the energy density of these waves using the gravitational stress-energy tensor.
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