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Energy and momentum of cylindrical gravitational waves

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It was found manyyears ago that in cylindrical polar coordinates the energy and momentum densities of gravitational waves, calculated with the help of a pseudo-tensor, vanish. However, using cartesian coordinates, one finds them to be finite and reasonable.

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  1. Department of Physics, Technion, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Nathan Rosen

  2. Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, 380 009, Ahmedabad, India

    K. S. Virbhadra

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Rosen, N., Virbhadra, K.S. Energy and momentum of cylindrical gravitational waves. Gen Relat Gravit 25, 429–433 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757123

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