NULL MULTIPOLE PARTICLES AS SOURCES OF PP-WAVES

Citation
Jb. Griffiths et J. Podolsky, NULL MULTIPOLE PARTICLES AS SOURCES OF PP-WAVES, Physics letters. A, 236(1-2), 1997, pp. 8-10
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
236
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
8 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)236:1-2<8:NMPASO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We describe a class of impulsive gravitational pp-waves generated by n ull particles, each of which have an arbitrary multipole structure. Th e nature of each point source is described for all possible modes. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.