On Generating Gravity Waves with Matter and Electromagnetic Waves
arXiv:0804.0833 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.104014
Abstract
If a homogeneous plane light-like shell collides head-on with a homogeneous plane electromagnetic shock wave having a step-function profile then no backscattered gravitational waves are produced. We demonstrate, by explicit calculation, that if the matter is accompanied by a homogeneous plane electromagnetic shock wave with a step-function profile then backscattered gravitational waves appear after the collision.
Latex file, 15 pages, accepted for publication in Physical Review D