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A family of solutions to Einstein's field equations representing collisions between plane gravitational waves with variable polarization is presented. The boundary conditions on the null hypersurfaces and the behaviour of the solutions near the focussing surface are analysed.
On leave from Depto. de Física, CINVESTAV del IPN, Mexico
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Breton, N. (1993). Colliding gravitational waves with variable polarization. In: Chinea, F.J., González-Romero, L.M. (eds) Rotating Objects and Relativistic Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 423. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57364-X_219
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