On the Gravitational field of a massless particle

Aichelburg, P.C.; Sexl, R.U.

doi:10.1007/BF00758149

On the Gravitational field of a massless particle

P.C. Aichelburg
(
- Vienna U.
)
,
R.U. Sexl
(
- Vienna U.
)

May, 1970

10 pages

Published in:

Gen.Rel.Grav. 2 (1971) 303-312

DOI:

10.1007/BF00758149

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The gravitational field of a massless point particle is first calculated using the linearized field equations. The result is identical with the exact solution, obtained from the Schwarzschild metric by means of a singular Lorentz transformation. The gravitational field of the particle is nonvanishing only on a plane containing the particle and orthogonal to the direction of motion. On this plane the Riemann tensor has a δ-like singularity and is exactly of Petrov typeN.

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