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On the energy of a cosmological field of gravitational radiation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

G. G. Swinerd
G. G. Swinerd
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Kent, and Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee
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Synopsis

A general formalism for the description of high-frequency gravitational radiation is presented, and a justification is provided for the often made assumption that the energy of an isotropic field of gravitational radiation in a cosmological model may be represented by a perfect fluid.

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Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 77 , Issue 1-2 , 1977 , pp. 49 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1977

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