Colliding plane gravitational waves
Mustafa Halil
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Mustafa Halil
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New exact solutions of the vacuum Einstein field equations are constructed which describe the collision of plane gravitational waves. These solutions generalize those of Szekeres by relaxing the requirement of collinear polarization.
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New exact solutions of the vacuum Einstein field equations are constructed which describe the collision of plane gravitational waves. These solutions generalize those of Szekeres by relaxing the requirement of collinear polarization.
Key concepts: Gravitational wave, Physics, Einstein field equations, Gravitational field, Classical mechanics, Polarization (electrochemistry), Einstein, Gravitation