COLLIDING GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES IN A CLOSED FRIEDMANN-ROBERTSON-WALKER BACKGROUND

Authors
FEINSTEIN A GRIFFITHS JB
Citation
A. Feinstein et Jb. Griffiths, COLLIDING GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES IN A CLOSED FRIEDMANN-ROBERTSON-WALKER BACKGROUND, Classical and quantum gravity, 11(8), 1994, pp. 120000109-120000113
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
11
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
120000109 - 120000113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1994)11:8<120000109:CGIACF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A solution is presented which describes the collision of gravitational waves in a closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background. The matter f ield present is taken to be that of a stiff perfect fluid. It is shown that, unlike the situations in which the background is open or spatia lly flat, the solution in this case contains a future space-like curva ture singularity.