Gravitational waves and the Robinson-Trautman spacetime

• Grant number: 18/23857-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2019
• End date: February 28, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Alberto Vazquez Saa
• Grantee: Paulo Sergio Piva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/09357-9 - Physics and geometry of spacetime, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project consists in some analytical and numerical studies on the so-called Robinson-Trautman spacetimes, which are vacuum non-stationary solutions of the Einstein equations corresponding to compact bodies surrounded by gravitational waves. From Robinson-Trautman spacetimes, one can access the non-linear regime of gravitational waves, a extremely relevant topic nowadays. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PIVA, Paulo Sergio. Ondas gravitacionais e o espaço-tempo de Robinson-Trautman. 2021. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin Campinas, SP.