Invariant Formulation of Gravitational Radiation Theory
- 1 February 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 105 (3) , 1089-1099
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.105.1089
Abstract
In this paper, gravitational radiation is defined invariantly within the framework of general relativity theory. The definition is arrived at by assuming (a) that gravitational radiation is characterized by the Riemann tensor, and (b) that it is propagated with the fundamental velocity. Therefore a gravitational wave front should appear as a discontinuity in the Riemann tensor across a null 3-surface; the possible form of this discontinuity is here calculated from Lichnerowicz's continuity conditions.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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