Deviation of geodesics and particle trajectories in a gravitational wave of the Bianchi type VI universe

Abstract

Abstract For the Bianchi type VI universe, exact solutions of the equation of geodesic deviation in a strong primordial gravitational wave in a privileged coordinate system are obtained. The solutions refer to Shapovalov’s gravitational-wave models of spacetime and allow the existence of complete integrals of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation for test particles. For all the solutions obtained, the analytical form of the tidal acceleration vector in a strong primordial gravitational wave is obtained. An explicit form of the coordinate transformation, an explicit form of the metric of the primordial gravitational wave of the Bianchi type VI universe, and the form of the tidal acceleration vector in the laboratory synchronous coordinate system are obtained. The synchronous coordinate system is associated with a freely falling observer and allows the observer to separate time and spatial coordinates, as well as to synchronize time at different points in space. The presented mathematical approach can be applied both in the general theory of relativity and in modified theories of gravity.