The Bell-Szekeres Solution and Related Solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell Equations
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
A novel technique for solving some head-on collisions of plane homogeneous light-like signals in Einstein-Maxwell theory is described. The technique is a by-product of a re-examination of the fundamental Bell-Szekeres solution in this field of study. Extensions of the Bell-Szekeres collision problem to include light-like shells and gravitational waves are described and a family of solutions having geometrical and topological properties in common with the Bell-Szekeres solution is derived.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0608087,
title = {The Bell-Szekeres Solution and Related Solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell Equations},
author = {C. Barrabes and P. A. Hogan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0608087},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, Latex file