Physics:Gowdy solution

Gowdy universes or, alternatively, Gowdy solutions of Einstein's equations are simple model spacetimes in general relativity which represent an expanding universe filled with a regular pattern of gravitational waves.

External links

• Gowdy, Robert (2014). "Gowdy Spacetimes". Scholarpedia 9 (3): 31673. doi:10.4249/scholarpedia.31673. Bibcode: 2014SchpJ...931673G. 
• Gowdy, Robert H. (2007). "Of gravitational waves and spherical chickens". Einstein Online. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics. http://www.einstein-online.info/en/spotlights/gowdy_st/index.html. Retrieved 2007-07-30.  – a description of the different types of Gowdy universes suitable for a general audience