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Gravitational Shock Waves for Schwarzschild and Kerr Black Holes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-09-09 v1

Abstract

The metrics of gravitational shock waves for a Schwarzschild black hole in ordinary coordinates and for a Kerr black hole in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates are derived. The Kerr metric is discussed for two cases: the case of a Kerr black hole moving parallel to the rotational axis, and moving perpendicular to the rotational axis. Then, two properties from the derived metrics are investigated: the shift of a null coordinate and the refraction angle crossing the gravitational shock wave. Astrophysical applications for these metrics are discussed in short.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9404027,
  title  = {Gravitational Shock Waves for Schwarzschild and Kerr Black Holes},
  author = {Koichi HAYASHI and Toshiharu SAMURA},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9404027},
  year   = {2011}
}

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24 Pages, KOBE--FHD--93--03, {\LaTeX}