Emission and absorption of plane impulsive gravitational waves.
Abstract
Emission and absorption of plane impulsive waves of radiation by a thin shell of dust are studied. At the moment of interaction local conservation laws apply. An impulsive gravitational wave does not participate in the energy balance. Rather, it is associated with a change in isotropy of the source (absorber). Changes in the kinetic energy of the source exactly match the changes in its rest mass.
- Publication:
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General Relativity and Gravitation
- Pub Date:
- November 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00758936
- Bibcode:
- 1988GReGr..20.1155B
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity:Gravitational Radiation;
- Gravitational Radiation:General Relativity