Collision of plane gravitational and electromagnetic waves in a Minkowski background: solution of the characteristic initial value problem

We consider the collisions of plane gravitational and electromagnetic waves with distinct wavefronts and of arbitrary polarizations in a Minkowski background. We first present a new, completely geometric formulation of the characteristic initial value problem for solutions in the wave interaction re...

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Main Authors:	G.A. Alekseev, Jerry Griffiths
Format:	Default Preprint
Published:	2004
Subjects:	Other mathematical sciences not elsewhere classified mathematics waves Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/191
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