A new exact solution for colliding gravitational plane waves.

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Apr 1987

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General Relativity and Gravitation, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp.383-404

Physics

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General Relativity:Gravitational Radiation, Gravitational Radiation:General Relativity

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A new exact solution of the vacuum Einstein equations describing the space-time following the collision of two plane impulsive gravitational waves, each supporting a plane gravitational wave, is obtained. The solution has been extended prior to the instant of collision and the main features of the resulting space-time have been analyzed, using the Newman - Penrose formalism. It is shown that the result of the collision is the development of a singularity of the space-time due to the simultaneous focussing of the two plane waves.

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