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The gravitational wave rocket

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 Oct 1997Embargo end date: 01 Jan 1997Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Classical and Quantum Gravity, volume 14, pages 2,895-2,904 (issn: 0264-9381, eissn: 1361-6382,

Authors: M S Piper; W B Bonnor;

doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/14/10/015 , 10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9702005

arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702005

The gravitational wave rocket

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Abstract

Einstein's equations admit solutions corresponding to photon rockets. In these a massive particle recoils because of the anisotropic emission of photons. In this paper we ask whether rocket motion can be powered only by the emission of gravitational waves. We use the double series approximation method and show that this is possible. A loss of mass and gain in momentum arise in the second approximation because of the emission of quadrupole and octupole waves.

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Applications of differential geometry to physics, photon rockets, rocket motion by emission of gravitational waves, FOS: Physical sciences, Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Gravitational waves

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