Exact parallel waves in general relativity

Abstract We conduct a review of the basic definitions and the principal results in the study of wavelike spacetimes, that is spacetimes whose metric models massless radiation moving at the speed of light, focusing in particular on those geometries with parallel rays. In particular, we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roche, Cian, Aazami, Amir B., Cederbaum, Carla
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148129