Published 1985 | Version v1
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On the Bell-Szekeres solution for colliding electromagnetic waves

Creators

  • 1. Loughborough Univ. of Technology (UK). Dept. of Mathematics

Description

The Bell-Szekeres solution for the collision of plane electromagnetic waves is described and its structure is analysed. The solution is also extended to the case in which the polarization of the approaching electromagnetic waves is nonaligned. (author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press.
Imprint Place
Cambridge (UK)
ISBN
0 521 30812 7
Imprint Title
Galaxies, axisymmetric systems and relativity
Imprint Pagination
320 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 199-207.

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
17055851
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; COLLISIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; METRICS; POLARIZATION; SINGULARITY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; RADIATIONS

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Notes
Imprint:Price Pound27.50.