Symmetries of pp-Waves with Distributional Profile
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-28 v2
Abstract
We generalize the classification of (non-vacuum) pp-waves \cite{JEK} based on the Killing-algebra of the space-time by admitting distribution-valued profile functions. Our approach is based on the analysis of the (infinite-dimensional) group of ``normal-form-preserving'' diffeomorphisms.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9509025,
title = {Symmetries of pp-Waves with Distributional Profile},
author = {P. C. Aichelburg and H. Balasin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9509025},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, latex2e, no figures, statement about the combination of symmetry classes of impulsive waves corrected