Symmetries of pp-waves with distributional profile

被引:15
作者
Aichelburg, PC [1 ]
Balasin, H [1 ]
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[1] VIENNA TECH UNIV,INST THEORET PHYS,A-1040 VIENNA,AUSTRIA
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10.1088/0264-9381/13/4/012
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We generalize the classification of (non-vacuum) pp-waves [1] based on the Killing algebra of the spacetime by admitting distribution-valued profile functions. Our approach is based on the analysis of the (infinite-dimensional) group of 'normal-form-preserving' diffeomorphisms.
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