Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic tools and concepts
- 3 Minkowski space-time
- 4 de Sitter space-time
- 5 Anti-de Sitter space-time
- 6 Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker space-times
- 7 Electrovacuum and related background space-times
- 8 Schwarzschild space–time
- 9 Space-times related to Schwarzschild
- 10 Static axially symmetric space-times
- 11 Rotating black holes
- 12 Taub–NUT space-time
- 13 Stationary, axially symmetric space-times
- 14 Accelerating black holes
- 15 Further solutions for uniformly accelerating particles
- 16 Plebański–Demiański solutions
- 17 Plane and pp-waves
- 18 Kundt solutions
- 19 Robinson–Trautman solutions
- 20 Impulsive waves
- 21 Colliding plane waves
- 22 A final miscellany
- Appendix A 2-spaces of constant curvature
- Appendix B 3-spaces of constant curvature
- References
- Index
19 - Robinson–Trautman solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic tools and concepts
- 3 Minkowski space-time
- 4 de Sitter space-time
- 5 Anti-de Sitter space-time
- 6 Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker space-times
- 7 Electrovacuum and related background space-times
- 8 Schwarzschild space–time
- 9 Space-times related to Schwarzschild
- 10 Static axially symmetric space-times
- 11 Rotating black holes
- 12 Taub–NUT space-time
- 13 Stationary, axially symmetric space-times
- 14 Accelerating black holes
- 15 Further solutions for uniformly accelerating particles
- 16 Plebański–Demiański solutions
- 17 Plane and pp-waves
- 18 Kundt solutions
- 19 Robinson–Trautman solutions
- 20 Impulsive waves
- 21 Colliding plane waves
- 22 A final miscellany
- Appendix A 2-spaces of constant curvature
- Appendix B 3-spaces of constant curvature
- References
- Index
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- Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity , pp. 361 - 391Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009