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Behavior of Einstein-Rosen Waves at Null Infinity

Abhay Ashtekar, Jiri Bicak, Bernd G. Schmidt

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9608041

Abstract

The asymptotic behavior of Einstein-Rosen waves at null infinity in 4 dimensions is investigated in all directions by exploiting the relation between the 4-dimensional space-time and the 3-dimensional symmetry reduction thereof. Somewhat surprisingly, the behavior in a generic direction is better than that in directions orthogonal to the symmetry axis. The geometric origin of this difference can be understood most clearly from the 3-dimensional perspective.

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