Aichelburg-Sexl boost of an isolated source in general relativity

Details Aichelburg-Sexl boost of an isolated source in general relativity Aichelburg-Sexl boost of an isolated source in general relativity

2001-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0110032v1

Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 044022

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

25 pages, LateX2e

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.64.044022

A study of the Aichelburg--Sexl boost of the Schwarzschild field is described in which the emphasis is placed on the field (curvature tensor) with the metric playing a secondary role. This is motivated by a description of the Coulomb field of a charged particle viewed by an observer whose speed relative to the charge approaches the speed of light. Our approach is exemplified by carrying out an Aichelburg-- Sexl type boost on the Weyl vacuum gravitational field due to an isolated axially symmetric source. Detailed calculations of the boosts transverse and parallel to the symmetry axis are given and the results, which differ significantly, are discussed.

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