Focusing process in the collision of gravitational plane waves
- 15 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 37 (10) , 3061-3064
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.37.3061
Abstract
In this paper it is shown how the amplitude of colliding plane-fronted gravitational waves and their mutual polarization determine the time scale of the process of focusing and of the consequent creation of singularities.Keywords
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