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Volume 25: Pages 573-575, 2012

Metric of a class of gravitational plane-wave packets

Karl De Paepea)

Box 1174, Virden, Manitoba, R0M 2C0, Canada

We consider a class of gravitational plane-wave packets with a metric having several properties, including the property that signals cannot travel faster than light. We show that elements of this class must be flat.

Nous étudions une classe de paquets d'ondes gravitationnelles planes avec une métrique possédant plusieurs caractéristiques dont la propriété que les signaux ne peuvent voyager plus vite que la lumière. Nous montrons que les éléments de cette classe doivent être plans.

Key words : Metric, Lorentz Transformation, Faster Than Light, Curvature

Received: March 27, 2012; Accepted: September 25, 2012; Published Online: November 29, 2012

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