COLLIDING WAVES IN METRIC-AFFINE GRAVITY

Authors
GARCIA A LAMMERZAHL C MACIAS A MIELKE EW SOCORRO J
Citation
A. Garcia et al., COLLIDING WAVES IN METRIC-AFFINE GRAVITY, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 57(6), 1998, pp. 3457-3462
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3457 - 3462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1998)57:6<3457:CWIMG>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We generalize the formulation of the colliding gravitational waves to metric-affine theories and present an example of such kind of exact so lution. The plane waves are equipped with five symmetries and the resu lting geometry after the collision possesses two spacelike Killing vec tors.