Question: Consider a weak, planar gravitational wave propagating in the z direction, written in a general Lorenz gauge [Eqs. (27.19)]. Show that by appropriate choices of

Consider a weak, planar gravitational wave propagating in the z direction, written in a general Lorenz gauge [Eqs. (27.19)]. Show that by appropriate choices of new gauge-change generators that have the plane-wave form ξμ(t − z), one can 

(i) Keep the metric perturbation in Lorenz gauge; 

(ii) Annul

hxz> hyz, hzz, and h = nh

(iii) Thereby make the only nonzero components of the metric perturbation be


Equation 27.19.

hxz> hyz, hzz, and h = nh

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