Chaos in p p wave space-times

May, 1998
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 58 (1998) 081501
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Report number:
  • KTF-MFF-UK-JP4

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We demonstrate chaotic behavior of timelike, null and spacelike geodesics in non-homogeneous vacuum pp-wave solutions. This seems to be the first known example of a chaotic motion in exact radiative spacetime.
  • space-time
  • gravitational radiation
  • chaos
  • fractal
  • numerical calculations