THIN SHELLS IN GENERAL-RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY - THE LIGHTLIKE LIMIT

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作者
BARRABES, C
ISRAEL, W
机构
[1] OBSERV PARIS,DEPT ASTROPHYS RELATIV & COSMOL,F-92190 MEUDON,FRANCE
[2] UNIV ALBERTA,CANADIAN INST ADV RES COSMOL PROGRAM,INST THEORET PHYS,EDMONTON T6G 2J1,ALBERTA,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1991年 / 43卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.43.1129
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
This paper shows how the structure and dynamics of a thin shell traveling at the speed of light can be obtained from a simple and convenient prescription that is a straightforward extension and continuous limit of the familiar extrinsic-curvature algorithm for subluminal shells. It allows the space-time coordinates to be chosen freely and independently on the two sides of the shell. The prescription is applied to several examples of interest in general relativity and cosmology.
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页码:1129 / 1142
页数:14
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