Properties of gravitational "solitons"

Patricia T. Boyd; Joan M. Centrella; Scott A. Klasky

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.43.379

Properties of gravitational "solitons"

Patricia T. Boyd, Joan M. Centrella, Scott A. Klasky

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We study the four-soliton metrics of Ibañez and Verdaguer using numerical and graphical representations of the solutions. We compare the properties of these signals with those of classical solitons such as are found in the Korteweg-de Vries and sine-Gordon equations. We find that the gravitational "solitons" do not suffer a time delay and behave generally like linear waves under collisions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	379-390
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.43.379
State	Published - 1991
Externally published	Yes

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