Impulsive waves in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter space-times generated by null particles with an arbitrary multipole structure

Abstract

We describe a class of impulsive gravitational waves which propagate either in a de Sitter or an anti-de Sitter background. They are conformal to impulsive waves of Kundt's class. In a background with positive cosmological constant they are spherical (but non-expanding) waves generated by pairs of particles with arbitrary multipole structure propagating in opposite directions. When the cosmological constant is negative, they are hyperboloidal waves generated by a null particle of the same type. In this case, they are included in the impulsive limit of a class of solutions described by Siklos that are conformal to pp-waves.

12 pages, LaTeX, one eps figure included using graphicx, To appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity

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