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On the superposition of gravitational waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. B. Griffiths
J. B. Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Loughborough
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Abstract

The nature of the non-linear interaction between two gravitational waves in the general theory of relativity is considered. A new exact solution of the vacuum field equations describing this case is given. It describes two gravitational waves with both transverse and longitudinal components, propagating in opposite directions along ‘shearing’ and ‘twisting’ geodesic congruences with zero contraction

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , May 1975 , pp. 559 - 565
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1975

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