J Podolský and J B Griffiths 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 2537 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/11/002
J Podolský1 and J B Griffiths2
Show affiliationsWe present and describe an exact solution of Einstein's equations which represents a snapping cosmic string in a vacuum background with a cosmological constant Λ. The snapping of the string generates an impulsive spherical gravitational wave which is a particular member of a known family of such waves. The global solution for all values of Λ is presented in various metric forms and interpreted geometrically. It is shown to represent the limit of a family of sandwich type N Robinson–Trautman waves. It is also derived as a limit of the C-metric with Λ, in which the acceleration of the pair of black holes becomes unbounded while their masses are scaled to zero.
Issue 11 (7 June 2004)
Received 6 February 2004
Published 24 April 2004
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