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Robinson-Trautman equations and Chandrasekhar's special perturbation of the Schwarzschild metric

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A perturbation wave solution of the Robinson-Trautman equations is proved to be a perturbation of the Schwarzschild black hole which describes an outgoing axial gravitational wave and corresponds to a special case of Chandrasekhar's algebraically special perturbation of the Schwarzschild metric.

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Qi, G., Schutz, B.F. Robinson-Trautman equations and Chandrasekhar's special perturbation of the Schwarzschild metric. Gen Relat Gravit 25, 1185–1188 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00763761

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