Twisting null geodesic congruences, scri, H-space and spin-angular momentum
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Twisting Null Geodesic Congruences, Scri, H-Space and Spin-Angular Momentum
The purpose of this work is to return, with a new observation and rather unconventional point of view, to the study of asymptotically flat solutions of Einstein equations. The essential observation is that from a given asymptotically flat spacetime with a given Bondi shear, one can find (by integrating a partial differential equation) a class of asymptotically shear-free (but, in general, twist...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Classical and Quantum Gravity
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0264-9381,1361-6382
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/22/22/003