Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Inverse scattering technique in gravity; 2 General properties of gravitational solitons; 3 Einstein ... Maxwell fields; 4 Cosmology: diagonal metrics from Kasner; 5 Cosmology: nondiagonal metrics and perturbed FLRW; 6 Cylindrical symmetry; 7 Plane waves and colliding plane waves; 8 Axial symmetry; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This is the first book to give a self-contained exposition of the theory of gravitational solitons and provide a comprehensive review of exact soliton solutions to Einstein's equations. A valuable reference for researchers and graduate students
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252) and index
