Gravitational waves and massless particle fields
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
These notes address the planar gravitational wave solutions of general relativity in empty space-time, and analyze the motion of test particles in the gravitational wave field. Next we consider related solutions of the Einstein equations for the gravitational field accompanied by long-range wave fields of scalar, spinor and vector type, corresponding to particles of spin s=(0,1/2,1). The motion of test masses in the combined gravitational and scalar, spinor or vector wave fields is discussed.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9906026,
title = {Gravitational waves and massless particle fields},
author = {J. W. van Holten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9906026},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, no figures, Contr. to Proceedings XXXVth Karpacz Winterschool of Theoretical Physics; update: typos corrected