Colliding Plane Waves in General Relativity

Colliding Plane Waves in General Relativity by J.B. GRIFFITHS


ISBN
9780486801216
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
256
Dimensions
156 x 234mm

This monograph surveys recent research on the collision and interaction of gravitational and electromagnetic waves. ""This is a particularly important topic in general relativity,"" the author notes, ""since the theory predicts that there will be a nonlinear interaction between such waves."" Geared toward graduate students and researchers in general relativity, the text offers a comprehensive and unified review of the vast literature on the subject.The first eight chapters offer background, presenting the field equations and discussing some qualitative aspects of their solution. Subsequent chapters explore further exact solutions for colliding plane gravitational waves and the collision and interaction of electromagnetic waves. The final chapters summarize all related results for the collision of plane waves of different types and in non-flat backgrounds. A new postscript updates developments since the book's initial 1991 publication.
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