view Abstract Citations (27) References (15) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Interacting gravitational shocks in vacuum plane-symmetric cosmologies Centrella, J. Abstract A numerical study of gravitational shocks in vacuum cosmological models is presented; the initial data set is evolved using a computer code to solve the Einstein equations. It is shown that shocks can leave tails behind them as they travel into regions of homogeneous cosmology. Although they collide with one another without disruption, the shocks can exhibit changes of shape in their Fourier spectra. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: November 1980 DOI: 10.1086/158400 Bibcode: 1980ApJ...241..875C Keywords: Astronomical Models; Cosmology; Gravitational Effects; Relativity; Shock Wave Interaction; Vacuum Systems; Computer Programs; Einstein Equations; Fourier Transformation; Shock Wave Propagation; Space-Time Functions; Wave Equations; Astrophysics full text sources ADS |