Behavior of Einstein-Rosen waves at null infinity

Ashtekar, Abhay; Bicak, Jiri; Schmidt, Bernd G.

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Behavior of Einstein-Rosen waves at null infinity

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Schmidt, Bernd G.
Quantum Gravity & Unified Theories, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Ashtekar, A., Bicak, J., & Schmidt, B. G. (1997). Behavior of Einstein-Rosen waves at null infinity. Physical Review D, 55(2), 687-694.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-5ACE-E

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The asymptotic behavior of Einstein-Rosen waves at null infinity in four dimensions is investigated in all directions by exploiting the relation between the four-dimensional space-time and the three-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 three-dimensional perspective.