Phys. Rev. D 29, 1575–1583 (1984)Metaphysics of colliding self-gravitating plane wavesReceived 6 May 1983; published in the issue dated 15 April 1984 We discuss certain global features of colliding plane-wave solutions to Einstein's equations. In particular, we show that the apparently local curvature singularities both in the Khan-Penrose solution and in the Bell-Szekeres solution are actually global. These global singularities are associated with the breakdown of nondegenerate planar symmetry in the characteristic initial data sets. © 1984 The American Physical Society URL:
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