1997/05/31 by B. V. Ivanov, Б. В. Иванов
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.57.3378
published as Phys.Rev. D57 (1998) 3378-3381 · 6 pages, REVTeX, some misprints are corrected
arxiv created 1997/10/21 · openalex publication_date 1998/03/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
An exact solution is found describing the collision of a class of axisymmetric pp waves. They are impulsive in character and their coordinate singularities become point curvature singularities at the boundaries of the interaction region. The solution is conformally flat. Concrete examples are given involving an ultrarelativistic black hole against a burst of pure radiation or two colliding beamlike waves.