English

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