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Recoil and Ring--Down Effects in Gravitation

C. Barrabes, P. A. Hogan

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0205114

Abstract

We construct a model of a relativistic fireball or light--like shell of matter by considering a spherically symmetric moving gravitating mass experiencing an impulsive deceleration to rest. We take this event to be followed by the mass undergoing a deformation leading to the emission of gravitational radiation while it returns to a spherically symmetric state. We find that the fireball is accompanied by an impulsive gravitational wave.

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