Continuous coordinates for all impulsive pp - waves

Abstract

We present a coordinate system for a general impulsive gravitational pp - wave in vacuum in which the metric is explicitly continuous, synchronous and "transverse". Also, it is more appropriate for investigation of particle motions.

4 pages, LaTeX, no figures, to be published in Phys. Lett. A

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