Refraction index analysis of light propagation in a colliding gravitational wave spacetime

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Bini, Donato ^a,b,c   Geralico, Andrea ^b   Haney, Maria ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colliding gravitational waves; Light propagation; Optical medium analogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889820876     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-013-1644-4     Document Type: Article

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