Jerry Griffiths

My main research interests have been both in the physical interpretation of exact solutions of Einstein's equations of general relativity, and in the analysis of solutions of specific physical significance. In fact, with Jirí Podolský, I have just written a book "Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity", which was published by Cambridge University Press in October 2009.

I have been particularly interested in the colliding plane wave problem, and in the interpretation of exact solutions describing the propagation of gravitational waves in backgrounds of cosmological significance. My initial research was in neutrino fields. I have also considered space-times with torsion.

From October 2009, I am hoping to spend more time travelling.

The rotation and translation of cylinders in general relativity.
J. B. Griffiths and N. O. Santos,   Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, to appear, (2009).

On the parameters of the Kerr-NUT-(anti-)de Sitter space-time.
J. B. Griffiths and J. Podolský,   Class. Quantum Grav., 24, 1687-1689, (2007).   (gr-qc/0702042)

The C-metric as a colliding plane wave space-time.
J. B. Griffiths and R. G. Halburd,   Class. Quantum Grav., 24, 1049-1054, (2007).   (gr-qc/0701061)

Interpreting the C-metric.
J. B. Griffiths, P. Krtous and J. Podolský,   Class. Quantum Grav., 23, 6745-6766, (2006).   (pdf version with high-resolution figures)   (gr-qc/0609056)

Accelerating Kerr-Newman black holes in (anti-) de Sitter space-time.
J. Podolský and J. B. Griffiths,   Phys. Rev. D, 73, 044018, 1-5, (2006).   (gr-qc/0601130)

A new look at the Plebanski-Demianski family of solutions.
J. B. Griffiths and J. Podolský,   Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, 15, 335-369, (2006).   (gr-qc/0511091)

Global aspects of accelerating and rotating black hole space-times.
J. B. Griffiths and J. Podolský,   Class. Quantum Grav., 23, 555-568, (2006).   (gr-qc/0511122)

Accelerating and rotating black holes.
J. B. Griffiths and J. Podolský,   Class. Quantum Grav., 22, 3467-3479, (2005).   (gr-qc/0507021)

The stability of Killing-Cauchy horizons in colliding plane wave space-times.
J. B. Griffiths,   Gen. Rel. Grav., 37, 1119-1128, (2005).   (gr-qc/0501010)

Collision of plane gravitational and electromagnetic waves in a Minkowski background: solution of the characteristic initial value problem.
G. A. Alekseev and J. B. Griffiths,   Class. Quantum Grav., 21, 5623-5654, (2004).   (gr-qc/0410047)

A snapping cosmic string in a de Sitter or anti-de Sitter universe.
J. Podolský and J. B. Griffiths,   Class. Quantum Grav., 21, 2537-2547, (2004).   (gr-qc/0403089)

Generalized Kundt waves and their physical interpretation.
J. B. Griffiths, P. Docherty, and J. Podolský,   Class. Quantum Grav., 21, 207-222, (2004).   (gr-qc/0310083)

An interpretation of Robinson-Trautman type N solutions.
J. B. Griffiths, J. Podolský and P. Docherty,   Class. Quantum Grav., 19, 4649-4662, (2002).   (gr-qc/0208022)

The characteristic initial value problem for colliding plane waves: The linear case.
J. B. Griffiths and M. Santano-Roco,   Class. Quantum Grav., 19, 4273-4286, (2002).   (gr-qc/0206075)

A disintegrating cosmic string.
J. B. Griffiths and P. Docherty,   Class. Quantum Grav., 19, L109-112, (2002).   (gr-qc/0204085)

Solving the characteristic initial value problem for colliding plane gravitational and electromagnetic waves.
G. A. Alekseev and J. B. Griffiths,   Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, 221101, (2001).   (gr-qc/0105029)

Uniformly accelerating black holes in a de Sitter universe.
J. Podolský and J. B. Griffiths,   Phys. Rev. D, 63, 024006, 1-6, (2001).   (gr-qc/0010109)

Null limits of the C-metric.
J. Podolský and J. B. Griffiths,   Gen. Rel. Grav., 33, 59-64, (2001).   (gr-qc/0006093)

Null limits of generalised Bonnor-Swaminarayan solutions.
J. Podolský and J. B. Griffiths,   Gen. Rel. Grav., 33, 37-57, (2001).   (gr-qc/0006092)

Infinite hierarchies of exact solutions of the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell equations for interacting waves and inhomogeneous cosmologies.
G. A. Alekseev and J. B. Griffiths,   Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 5247-5250, (2000).   (gr-qc/0004034)

The collision and snapping of cosmic strings generating spherical impulsive gravitational waves.
J. Podolský and J. B. Griffiths,   Class. Quantum Grav., 17, 1401-1413, (2000).   (gr-qc/0001049)

Exact solutions for impulsive gravitational waves.
J. B. Griffiths and J. Podolský,   Annalen der Physik, 9, SI 59-62, (2000).

Soliton solutions with real poles in the Alekseev formulation of the inverse-scattering method.
S. Miccichè and J. B. Griffiths,   Class. Quantum Grav., 17, 1-9, (2000).   (gr-qc/9909074)

• "Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity" , by J. B. Griffiths and J. Podolský
  Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  This is aimed at the level of new research students and describes and interprets the most important exact solutions of Einstein's field equations and those that have the most physical significance.

• "Colliding Plane Waves in General Relativity" , by J. B. Griffiths
  Oxford Mathematical Monographs, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991. (Out of print)
  [ Complete text. ]   [ List of errata. ]
  
  Bibliography of Colliding Plane Waves. This is a complete list of all publications on the subject of Colliding Plane Waves. It is intended to keep this bibliography up-to-date. Please inform me of any relevant references that are not included.

• "The Theory of Classical Dynamics" , by J. B. Griffiths
  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985. (Now available in paperback.)

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