Impulsive gravitational waves in general massive 3D gravity

Ahmet Baykal and Tekin Dereli
Phys. Rev. D 96, 084028 – Published 13 October 2017
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  • INTRODUCTION
  • GEOMETRICAL PRELIMINARY
  • FIELD EQUATIONS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL…
  • THE METRIC ANSATZ
  • THE CURVATURE FORMS
  • THE EQUATION FOR THE PROFILE FUNCTION
  • CONCLUDING COMMENTS
    • References

    Abstract

    Impulsive, nondiverging, Petrov-Segre type-N gravitational wave solutions to a general massive three-dimensional gravity in the de Sitter, anti–de Sitter, and flat Minkowski backgrounds are constructed in a unified manner by using the exterior algebra of differential forms.

    • Received 14 August 2017

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.084028

    © 2017 American Physical Society

    Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

    1. Research Areas
    Gravitational wavesGravity in dimensions other than four
    Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

    Authors & Affiliations

    Ahmet Baykal

    • Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Merkez Yerleşke, 51240 Niğde, Turkey

    Tekin Dereli

    • Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Koç University, 34450 Sarıyer, İstanbul, Turkey

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    Vol. 96, Iss. 8 — 15 October 2017

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