Higher dimensional metrics of colliding gravitational plane waves

M. Gürses, E. O. Kahya, and A. Karasu
Phys. Rev. D 66, 024029 – Published 24 July 2002
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Abstract

We give a higher even dimensional extension of vacuum colliding gravitational plane waves with the combinations of collinear and noncollinear polarized four-dimensional metrics. The singularity structure of space-time depends on the parameters of the solution.

  • Received 24 April 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.024029

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. Gürses*

  • Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Bilkent University, 06533 Ankara, Turkey

E. O. Kahya and A. Karasu

  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey

  • *Email address: gurses@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
  • Email address: kahya@metu.edu.tr
  • Email address: karasu@metu.edu.tr

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Vol. 66, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2002

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