Solitonic gravitational waves.
Abstract
A solution of the Einstein gravitational-wave equations is derived which has soliton characteristics. For the gravitational case, a soliton is defined as any solution which is nontrivial, is confined to a finite region of space-time, and has a finite energy. The implications of gravitational solitons for cosmological models and understanding the nonperturbation aspects of quantum gravity are indicated.
- Publication:
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Revista Brasileira de Fisica
- Pub Date:
- June 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983RBrFi..13..369R
- Keywords:
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- Einstein Equations;
- Gravitational Waves;
- Solitary Waves;
- Plane Waves;
- Space-Time Functions;
- Physics (General);
- Gravitational Radiation