On space-times admitting shear-free, irrotational, geodesic null congruences

2000/05/16 by A. M. Sintes, A. A. Coley, Sintes, A. M. +4
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0005064

Latex, 4 pages. Published in "Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Relativity: Sources of Gravitational Radiation". Edts. C. Bona, J. Carot, L. Mas and J. Stela; U.I.B. Mallorca, pp. 266-270 (1998)

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Abstract

Space-times admitting a shear-free, irrotational, geodesic null congruence are studied. Attention is focused on those space-times in which the gravitational field is a combination of a perfect fluid and null radiation.

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