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Matter tensor for a freely falling oscillating bar in a gravitational wave

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Matter tensor and motion of a test body is obtained. The test body is an oscillating bar; the background metric is a Bondi plane wave. Amplitude and frequency of bar and wave are arbitrary and not necessarily constant.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

    Edgar Pechlaner

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Pechlaner, E. Matter tensor for a freely falling oscillating bar in a gravitational wave. Gen Relat Gravit 16, 387–392 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762197

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