Continuous coordinates for all impulsive pp - waves
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We present a coordinate system for a general impulsive gravitational pp - wave in vacuum in which the metric is explicitly continuous, synchronous and "transverse". Also, it is more appropriate for investigation of particle motions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9803016,
title = {Continuous coordinates for all impulsive pp - waves},
author = {J. Podolsky and K. Vesely},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9803016},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, LaTeX, no figures, to be published in Phys. Lett. A