Quick search Find article
Quick search
Find article

The null and KS limits of the Szekeres model

Charles Hellaby

Show affiliations


We take the null limit of the Szekeres metric, and obtain a generalization of the Kinnersley rocket metric. It may be viewed as being an inhomogeneous assembly of 2-surfaces that have intrisic spherical, planar or pseudo-spherical symmetry. This new metric inherits many properties of the Szekeres metric, so it has no Killing vectors, no quadrupole moment, and emits no gravitational radiation. We also show that the Kantowski - Sachs-type Szekeres metric is a regular limit of the Lemaître - Tolman type, thus unifying the two Szekeres types.


PACS

04.20.Jb Exact solutions

04.40.-b Self-gravitating systems; continuous media and classical fields in curved spacetime

MSC

83C20 Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries

83C15 Exact solutions

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Dates

Issue 9 (September 1996)

Received 22 April 1996, in final form 25 June 1996



  1. The null and KS limits of the Szekeres model

    Charles Hellaby 1996 Class. Quantum Grav. 13 2537

  2. A linear sampling method for the inverse transmission problem in near-field elastodynamics

    Konstantinos Baganas et al 2006 Inverse Problems 22 1835

  3. Fabrication of two-dimensional arrays of microlenses and their applications in photolithography

    Ming-Hsien Wu and George M Whitesides 2002 J. Micromech. Microeng. 12 747

  4. Elliptic islands appearing in near-ergodic flows

    Dmitry Turaev and Vered Rom-Kedar 1998 Nonlinearity 11 575

  5. An exciting experiment for pre-engineering and introductory physics students: creating a DC motor using the Lorentz force

    Wathiq N Abdul-Razzaq et al 2008 Phys. Educ. 43 206

  6. Eight-logic memory cell based on multiferroic junctions

    Feng Yang et al 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 072004

  7. Zn-K edge EXAFS study of human nails

    M Katsikini et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 190 012204

  8. Improvement of luminescence efficiency by electrical annealing in single-layer organic light-emitting diodes based on a conjugated dendrimer

    Dongge Ma et al 2002 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 35 520

  9. Local structure in single crystals of La-based high Tccuprates

    J Tonishi et al 2006 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 51 275

  10. Studies on the effect of grain refinement and thermal processing on shape memory characteristics of Cu–Al–Ni alloys

    V Sampath 2005 Smart Mater. Struct. 14 S253

View by subject




Export








Please login to access our web services, or create an account if you don't yet have one.

You must have cookies enabled in your web browser to be able to login.

Username
Password

Forgotten your password? Get a new one here.