Abstract:
The Newman–Penrose spin coefficient formalism is used to obtain in explicit form all solUtions of the Einstein–Maxwell equations with thermodynamic radiation (i.e., radiation of Isaacson type) under the conditions that: 1) the radiation propagates along a geodesic congruence determined by the principal isotropic direction of the Maxwell tensor; 2) this congruence is a non-twisting, shear-free diverging congruence; 3) the spacetime has no angular singuiarities or background (low-frequency) gravitational waves.