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On the energy density of linearly polarized, plane gravitational wave

Department of Applied Science, National Taitung University, Taitung 95002, Taiwan

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732322500407Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this paper, the energy density of plane gravitational wave is studied by using Einstein and Møller’s prescription of energy–momentum pseudotensors. The linearly polarized plane gravitational wave solution of Einstein field equation, which has been defined by Bondi et al., is represented by four kinds of different coordinates. The energy distributions of gravitational wave solution in Einstein and Møller’s prescription are obtained. Particularly, the energy component is zero in null coordinates.

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PACS: 04.20.Cv, 04.30.Nk

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