Generalized plane-fronted gravitational waves in any dimension
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Generalized plane-fronted gravitational waves in any dimension
We study the gravitational waves in spacetimes of arbitrary dimension. They generalize the pp-waves and the Kundt waves, obtained earlier in four dimensions. Explicit solutions of the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell equations are derived for an arbitrary cosmological constant. PACS: 04.50.+h, 04.30.-w.
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review D
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1550-7998,1550-2368
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.69.024013