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1502.00287
Michael Kunzinger
Michael Kunzinger, Roland Steinbauer, James A. Vickers
The Penrose singularity theorem in regularity $C^{1,1}$
13 pages. Final version
Classical Quantum Gravity 32 (2015), no. 15, 155010, 12 pp
10.1088/0264-9381/32/15/155010
null
gr-qc math.DG
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We extend the validity of the Penrose singularity theorem to spacetime metrics of regularity $C^{1,1}$. The proof is based on regularisation techniques, combined with recent results in low regularity causality theory.
[ { "created": "Sun, 1 Feb 2015 17:09:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 May 2015 20:20:10 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-09-15
[ [ "Kunzinger", "Michael", "" ], [ "Steinbauer", "Roland", "" ], [ "Vickers", "James A.", "" ] ]
We extend the validity of the Penrose singularity theorem to spacetime metrics of regularity $C^{1,1}$. The proof is based on regularisation techniques, combined with recent results in low regularity causality theory.
gr-qc/0512140
H Mohseni Sadjadi
H. Mohseni Sadjadi
Generalized second law in phantom dominated universe
8 pages, 2 figures. Typos corrected. References added. GSL in the transition time (from quintessence to phantom phase) discussed. To be published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D73 (2006) 063525
null
null
gr-qc
null
We study the conditions of validity of generalized second law in phantom dominated era.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:43:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:42:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Sadjadi", "H. Mohseni", "" ] ]
We study the conditions of validity of generalized second law in phantom dominated era.
gr-qc/0410110
Lorenzo Iorio
Lorenzo Iorio
Some comments about a recent paper on the measurement of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect in the gravitational field of the Earth with the laser-ranged LAGEOS and LAGEOS II satellites
Latex2e, 8 pages, no tables, no figures, 17 references. It refers to the Letter to Nature I. Ciufolini and E.C. Pavlis, Nature, 431, 958-960, 2004. Scientific criticisms on the released error budget presented
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph physics.geo-ph physics.space-ph
null
In this brief note some comments about the observable used in a recently published paper on the measurement of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring in the gravitational field of the Earth are presented. It turns out that, among other things, the authors might have yielded an optimistic evaluation of the error budget because of an underestimation of the impact of the secular variations of the even zonal harmonics of the geopotential. More realistic evaluations point towards a 15-45% error at 1-3sigma level, respectively.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:22:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:56:42 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:47:47 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:14:04 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Iorio", "Lorenzo", "" ] ]
In this brief note some comments about the observable used in a recently published paper on the measurement of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring in the gravitational field of the Earth are presented. It turns out that, among other things, the authors might have yielded an optimistic evaluation of the error budget because of an underestimation of the impact of the secular variations of the even zonal harmonics of the geopotential. More realistic evaluations point towards a 15-45% error at 1-3sigma level, respectively.
gr-qc/9908066
Richard F. Stark
Leonardo Sigalotti and Richard F. Stark
Test Evolution of Non-Axisymmetric Gravitational Waves
23 pages including 11 ps figures, TeX, submitted to Class.Quantum Grav
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We give a preliminary report on one of the tests we have performed of a full non-axisymmetric general relativistic code. The test considered here concerns the numerical evolution of vacuum non-axisymmetric gravitational waves and their comparison at low amplitudes with theoretical waveforms obtained from linearised theory.
[ { "created": "Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:44:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-08-31
[ [ "Sigalotti", "Leonardo", "" ], [ "Stark", "Richard F.", "" ] ]
We give a preliminary report on one of the tests we have performed of a full non-axisymmetric general relativistic code. The test considered here concerns the numerical evolution of vacuum non-axisymmetric gravitational waves and their comparison at low amplitudes with theoretical waveforms obtained from linearised theory.
gr-qc/0011097
Luis Anchordoqui
Luis A. Anchordoqui, S. Capozziello, G. Lambiase, and Diego F. Torres
Radiation from a uniformly accelerated charge in the outskirts of a wormhole throat
6 pages revtex, 1 eps figure. To be published in Modern Physics Letters A
Mod.Phys.Lett.A15:2219-2228,2000
10.1142/S0217732300002516
null
gr-qc
null
Using traversable wormholes as theoretical background, we revisit a deep question of general relativity: Does a uniformly accelerated charged particle radiate? We particularize to the recently proposed gravitational \v{C}erenkov radiation, that happens when the spatial part of the Ricci tensor is negative. If $^{^{(3+1)}}R^i_{\phantom{i}i}< 0$, the matter threading the gravitational field violates the weak energy condition. In this case, the effective refractive index for light is bigger than 1, i.e. particles propagates, in that medium, faster than photons. This leads to a violation of the equivalence principle.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:20:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-09-12
[ [ "Anchordoqui", "Luis A.", "" ], [ "Capozziello", "S.", "" ], [ "Lambiase", "G.", "" ], [ "Torres", "Diego F.", "" ] ]
Using traversable wormholes as theoretical background, we revisit a deep question of general relativity: Does a uniformly accelerated charged particle radiate? We particularize to the recently proposed gravitational \v{C}erenkov radiation, that happens when the spatial part of the Ricci tensor is negative. If $^{^{(3+1)}}R^i_{\phantom{i}i}< 0$, the matter threading the gravitational field violates the weak energy condition. In this case, the effective refractive index for light is bigger than 1, i.e. particles propagates, in that medium, faster than photons. This leads to a violation of the equivalence principle.
gr-qc/0406026
Anzhong Wang
R. Chan, M. F. A. da Silva, J. F. Villas da Rocha, and Anzhong Wang
Collapsing Scalar Field with Kinematic Self-Similarity of the Second Kind in 2+1 Gravity
latex, two figure. To appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D14:1049-1062,2005
10.1142/S0218271805006882
CASPER-04-06
gr-qc
null
All the 2+1-dimensional circularly symmetric solutions with kinematic self-similarity of the second kind to the Einstein-massless-scalar field equations are found and their local and global properties are studied. It is found that some of them represent gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field, in which black holes are always formed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 Jun 2004 02:21:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-07-07
[ [ "Chan", "R.", "" ], [ "da Silva", "M. F. A.", "" ], [ "da Rocha", "J. F. Villas", "" ], [ "Wang", "Anzhong", "" ] ]
All the 2+1-dimensional circularly symmetric solutions with kinematic self-similarity of the second kind to the Einstein-massless-scalar field equations are found and their local and global properties are studied. It is found that some of them represent gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field, in which black holes are always formed.
1107.1250
Alexandre Yale
Alexandre Yale
Simple counterterms for asymptotically AdS spacetimes in Lovelock gravity
16 pages. v3: title and presentation updated to match published version. Explicit expressions for 4th-order Lovelock Lagrangians and Gibbons-Hawking terms can be found in v2
Phys. Rev. D 84, 104036 (2011)
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.104036
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Although gravitational actions diverge in asymptotically AdS spacetimes, boundary counterterms can be added in order to cancel out those divergences; such counterterms are known in general to third order in the Riemann tensor for the Einstein-Hilbert action. Considering foliations of AdS with an $S^m \times H^{d-m}$ boundary, we discuss a simple algorithm which we use to generate counterterms up to sixth order in the Riemann tensor, for the Einstein-Hilbert, Gauss-Bonnet and third-order-Lovelock Lagrangians. We also comment on other theories such as $F(R)$ gravity.
[ { "created": "Wed, 6 Jul 2011 20:29:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:46:14 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:41:45 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2011-12-01
[ [ "Yale", "Alexandre", "" ] ]
Although gravitational actions diverge in asymptotically AdS spacetimes, boundary counterterms can be added in order to cancel out those divergences; such counterterms are known in general to third order in the Riemann tensor for the Einstein-Hilbert action. Considering foliations of AdS with an $S^m \times H^{d-m}$ boundary, we discuss a simple algorithm which we use to generate counterterms up to sixth order in the Riemann tensor, for the Einstein-Hilbert, Gauss-Bonnet and third-order-Lovelock Lagrangians. We also comment on other theories such as $F(R)$ gravity.
2204.02138
Fethi M. Ramazanoglu
Semih Tuna, K{\i}van\c{c} \.I. \"Unl\"ut\"urk, Fethi M. Ramazano\u{g}lu
Constraining scalar-tensor theories using neutron star mass and radius measurements
18 pages, 14 figures. Published version
Phys. Rev. D 105, 124070 (2022)
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.124070
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We use neutron star mass and radius measurements to constrain the spontaneous scalarization phenomenon in scalar-tensor theories using Bayesian analysis. Neutron star structures in this scenario can be significantly different from the case of general relativity, which can be used to constrain the theory parameters. We utilize this idea to obtain lower bounds on the coupling parameter $\beta$ for the case of massless scalars. These constraints are currently weaker than the ones coming from binary observations, and they have relatively low precision due to the approximations in our method. Nevertheless, our results clearly demonstrate the power of the mass-radius data in testing gravity, and can be further improved with future observations. The picture is different for massive scalars, for which the same data is considerably less effective in constraining the theory parameters in an unexpected manner. We identify the main reason for this to be a large high-likelihood region in the parameter space where deviations from general relativity are relatively small. We hope this initial study to be an invitation to use neutron star structure measurements more commonly to test alternative theories in general.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Apr 2022 12:03:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 4 Jul 2022 19:22:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-07-06
[ [ "Tuna", "Semih", "" ], [ "Ünlütürk", "Kıvanç İ.", "" ], [ "Ramazanoğlu", "Fethi M.", "" ] ]
We use neutron star mass and radius measurements to constrain the spontaneous scalarization phenomenon in scalar-tensor theories using Bayesian analysis. Neutron star structures in this scenario can be significantly different from the case of general relativity, which can be used to constrain the theory parameters. We utilize this idea to obtain lower bounds on the coupling parameter $\beta$ for the case of massless scalars. These constraints are currently weaker than the ones coming from binary observations, and they have relatively low precision due to the approximations in our method. Nevertheless, our results clearly demonstrate the power of the mass-radius data in testing gravity, and can be further improved with future observations. The picture is different for massive scalars, for which the same data is considerably less effective in constraining the theory parameters in an unexpected manner. We identify the main reason for this to be a large high-likelihood region in the parameter space where deviations from general relativity are relatively small. We hope this initial study to be an invitation to use neutron star structure measurements more commonly to test alternative theories in general.
1804.06070
Sajal Mukherjee
Sajal Mukherjee and Rajesh Kumble Nayak
Off-equatorial stable circular orbits for spinning particles
17 pages, 11 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Phys. Rev. D 98, 084023 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.084023
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article, we investigate the motion of a spinning particle at a constant inclination, different from the equatorial plane, around a Kerr black hole. We mainly explore the possibilities of stable circular orbits for different spin supplementary conditions. The Mathission-Papapetrau's equations are extensively applied and solved within the framework of linear spin approximation. We explicitly show that for a given spin vector of the form $S^{a} = \left(0,S^r,S^{\theta},0\right)$ , there exists an unique circular orbit at $(r_c,\theta_c)$ defined by the simultaneous minima of energy, angular momentum and Carter constant. This corresponds to the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) which is located on a non-equatorial plane. We further establish that the location ($r_c,\theta_c$) of the ISCO for a given spinning particle depends on the radial component of the spin vector ($S^r$) as well as the angular momentum of the black hole ($J$). The implications of using different spin supplementary conditions are investigated.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:47:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 20 Sep 2018 04:58:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-10-24
[ [ "Mukherjee", "Sajal", "" ], [ "Nayak", "Rajesh Kumble", "" ] ]
In this article, we investigate the motion of a spinning particle at a constant inclination, different from the equatorial plane, around a Kerr black hole. We mainly explore the possibilities of stable circular orbits for different spin supplementary conditions. The Mathission-Papapetrau's equations are extensively applied and solved within the framework of linear spin approximation. We explicitly show that for a given spin vector of the form $S^{a} = \left(0,S^r,S^{\theta},0\right)$ , there exists an unique circular orbit at $(r_c,\theta_c)$ defined by the simultaneous minima of energy, angular momentum and Carter constant. This corresponds to the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) which is located on a non-equatorial plane. We further establish that the location ($r_c,\theta_c$) of the ISCO for a given spinning particle depends on the radial component of the spin vector ($S^r$) as well as the angular momentum of the black hole ($J$). The implications of using different spin supplementary conditions are investigated.
0710.4902
Robert T. Jantzen
Donato Bini, Christian Cherubini, Robert T. Jantzen
The Lifshitz-Khalatnikov Kasner index parametrization and the Weyl Tensor
16 page Latex cimento.cls formatted document with 6 EPS figures annd 2 PicTeX figures; to appear in the Proceedings of the First Italian-Pakistan Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics which will be published as a special issue of Nuovo Cimento B
Nuovo Cim.B122:521-536,2007
10.1393/ncb/i2007-10396-4
null
gr-qc
null
The scale invariant Petrov classification of the Weyl tensor is linked to the scale invariant combination of the Kasner index constraints, and the Lifshitz-Khalatnikov Kasner index parametrization scheme turns out to be a natural way of adapting to this symmetry, while hiding the permutation symmetry that is instead made manifest by the Misner parametrization scheme. While not so interesting for the Kasner spacetime by itself, it gives a geometrical meaning to the famous Kasner map transitioning between Kasner epochs and Kasner eras, equivalently bouncing between curvature walls, in the BLK-Mixmaster dynamics exhibited by spatially homogeneous cosmologies approaching the initial cosmological singularity and the inhomogeneous generalization of this dynamics.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:55:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-11-11
[ [ "Bini", "Donato", "" ], [ "Cherubini", "Christian", "" ], [ "Jantzen", "Robert T.", "" ] ]
The scale invariant Petrov classification of the Weyl tensor is linked to the scale invariant combination of the Kasner index constraints, and the Lifshitz-Khalatnikov Kasner index parametrization scheme turns out to be a natural way of adapting to this symmetry, while hiding the permutation symmetry that is instead made manifest by the Misner parametrization scheme. While not so interesting for the Kasner spacetime by itself, it gives a geometrical meaning to the famous Kasner map transitioning between Kasner epochs and Kasner eras, equivalently bouncing between curvature walls, in the BLK-Mixmaster dynamics exhibited by spatially homogeneous cosmologies approaching the initial cosmological singularity and the inhomogeneous generalization of this dynamics.
1707.07542
Cl\'ementine Hauret
Hauret Clementine, Magain Pierre and Biernaux Judith
Cosmological Time, Entropy and Infinity
11 pages, 5 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1505.02052
Entropy, 19, 357 (2017)
10.3390/e19070357
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Time is a parameter playing a central role in our most fundamental modelling of natural laws. Relativity theory shows that the comparison of times measured by different clocks depends on their relative motion and on the strength of the gravitational field in which they are embedded. In standard cosmology, the time parameter is the one measured by fundamental clocks (i.e., clocks at rest with respect to the expanding space). This proper time is assumed to flow at a constant rate throughout the whole history of the universe. We make the alternative hypothesis that the rate at which the cosmological time flows depends on the dynamical state of the universe. In thermodynamics, the arrow of time is strongly related to the second law, which states that the entropy of an isolated system will always increase with time or, at best, stay constant. Hence, we assume that the time measured by fundamental clocks is proportional to the entropy of the region of the universe that is causally connected to them. Under that simple assumption, we find it possible to build toy cosmological models that present an acceleration of their expansion without any need for dark energy while being spatially closed and finite, avoiding the need to deal with infinite values.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:30:32 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-07-25
[ [ "Clementine", "Hauret", "" ], [ "Pierre", "Magain", "" ], [ "Judith", "Biernaux", "" ] ]
Time is a parameter playing a central role in our most fundamental modelling of natural laws. Relativity theory shows that the comparison of times measured by different clocks depends on their relative motion and on the strength of the gravitational field in which they are embedded. In standard cosmology, the time parameter is the one measured by fundamental clocks (i.e., clocks at rest with respect to the expanding space). This proper time is assumed to flow at a constant rate throughout the whole history of the universe. We make the alternative hypothesis that the rate at which the cosmological time flows depends on the dynamical state of the universe. In thermodynamics, the arrow of time is strongly related to the second law, which states that the entropy of an isolated system will always increase with time or, at best, stay constant. Hence, we assume that the time measured by fundamental clocks is proportional to the entropy of the region of the universe that is causally connected to them. Under that simple assumption, we find it possible to build toy cosmological models that present an acceleration of their expansion without any need for dark energy while being spatially closed and finite, avoiding the need to deal with infinite values.
2304.05609
Swastik Bhattacharya
Anamika Avinash Pathak, Konka Raviteja, Swastik Bhattacharya, Sashideep Gutti
Surface Gravity of Dynamical Horizons: A Causal Perspective
9 pages, no figures, comments welcome
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We consider marginally trapped surfaces in a spherically symmetric spacetime evolving due to the presence of a perfect fluid in D-dimensions and look at the various definitions of the surface gravity for these marginally trapped surfaces. We show that using Einstein equations it is possible to simplify and obtain general formulae for the surface gravity in terms of invariant quantities defined at these marginally trapped surfaces like area radius, cosmological constant and principal values of the energy-momentum tensor \r{ho}, p. We then correlate these expressions of surface gravity to the cases of dynamical horizons and timelike tubes and find which proposals of surface gravity are causally sensitive as these surfaces undergo causal transitions from spacelike to timelike and vice versa.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:01:26 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-04-13
[ [ "Pathak", "Anamika Avinash", "" ], [ "Raviteja", "Konka", "" ], [ "Bhattacharya", "Swastik", "" ], [ "Gutti", "Sashideep", "" ] ]
We consider marginally trapped surfaces in a spherically symmetric spacetime evolving due to the presence of a perfect fluid in D-dimensions and look at the various definitions of the surface gravity for these marginally trapped surfaces. We show that using Einstein equations it is possible to simplify and obtain general formulae for the surface gravity in terms of invariant quantities defined at these marginally trapped surfaces like area radius, cosmological constant and principal values of the energy-momentum tensor \r{ho}, p. We then correlate these expressions of surface gravity to the cases of dynamical horizons and timelike tubes and find which proposals of surface gravity are causally sensitive as these surfaces undergo causal transitions from spacelike to timelike and vice versa.
0709.3314
Zhong Chao Wu
Zhong Chao Wu
The Cosmological Constant is Probably Zero, and a Proof is Possibly Right
6 pages, modified version
Phys.Lett.B659:891-893,2008
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.12.019
ZJUT07-09
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
null
Hawking proposed that the cosmological constant is probably zero in quantum cosmology. Duff claimed that Hawking's proof is invalidated. Using the right configuration for the wave function of the universe, we provide a complete proof.
[ { "created": "Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:07:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:17:18 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:24:43 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Wu", "Zhong Chao", "" ] ]
Hawking proposed that the cosmological constant is probably zero in quantum cosmology. Duff claimed that Hawking's proof is invalidated. Using the right configuration for the wave function of the universe, we provide a complete proof.
1509.02535
Andrey Shoom A
Andrey A. Shoom
Synchrotron Radiation From Weakly Magnetized Schwarzschild Black Hole
7 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.124066
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider a synchrotron radiation from a charged particle moving in a bound orbit around a weakly magnetized Schwarzschild black hole (a static black hole immersed into a constant uniform magnetic field) in its equatorial plane, perpendicular to the magnetic field. In particular, we study the case when the Lorentz force acting on the charged particle is directed outward from the black hole. The particle is initially moving in a nongeodesic bound orbit which due to synchrotron radiation decays to a nongeodesic circular orbit. We study this transition and calculate the radiated power and energy loss of the particle.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 Sep 2015 20:13:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-01-20
[ [ "Shoom", "Andrey A.", "" ] ]
We consider a synchrotron radiation from a charged particle moving in a bound orbit around a weakly magnetized Schwarzschild black hole (a static black hole immersed into a constant uniform magnetic field) in its equatorial plane, perpendicular to the magnetic field. In particular, we study the case when the Lorentz force acting on the charged particle is directed outward from the black hole. The particle is initially moving in a nongeodesic bound orbit which due to synchrotron radiation decays to a nongeodesic circular orbit. We study this transition and calculate the radiated power and energy loss of the particle.
1906.00802
Jos\'e Crespo
J. A. Crespo and H. P. de Oliveira
Aspects of wave turbulence in preheating III: The case of the two-fields models
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The present work is the continuation of the investigation of aspects of wave turbulence in preheating we have started in Refs. [1, 2] but considering several classes of inflationary two-fields models. We exhibit the main elements of the wave turbulence phase imprinted in the power spectra of relevant quantities in the time and space domains. As a general feature, the power spectra resemble in their structure to those obtained using the single nonminimally coupled scalar field of the previous work. As a consequence, we obtained an estimate of the temperature corresponding to the thermalized phase from the power spectrum of the total energy density. Another feature allowed by the simulations was the determination of the effective equation of state after taking into account the backreaction of the produced particles.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Jun 2019 13:41:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-06-04
[ [ "Crespo", "J. A.", "" ], [ "de Oliveira", "H. P.", "" ] ]
The present work is the continuation of the investigation of aspects of wave turbulence in preheating we have started in Refs. [1, 2] but considering several classes of inflationary two-fields models. We exhibit the main elements of the wave turbulence phase imprinted in the power spectra of relevant quantities in the time and space domains. As a general feature, the power spectra resemble in their structure to those obtained using the single nonminimally coupled scalar field of the previous work. As a consequence, we obtained an estimate of the temperature corresponding to the thermalized phase from the power spectrum of the total energy density. Another feature allowed by the simulations was the determination of the effective equation of state after taking into account the backreaction of the produced particles.
1402.4779
Yousef Bisabr
Yousef Bisabr
Notes on the Chameleon Brans-Dicke Gravity
9 pages, no figure. To appear in Astrophysics and Space Science. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0907.3838, arXiv:1005.5670, arXiv:1212.2709
Astrophys Space Sci (2014) 350:407-411
10.1007/s10509-013-1751-4
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider a generalized Brans-Dicke model in which the scalar field has a potential function and is also allowed to couple non-minimally with the matter sector. This anomalous gravitational coupling can in principle avoid the model to pass local gravity experiments. One then usually assumes that the scalar field has a chameleon behavior in the sense that it acquires a density-dependent effective mass. While it can take a small effective mass in cosmological (low-density environment) scale, it has a sufficiently heavy mass in Solar System (large-density environment) and then hides gravity tests. We will argue that such a chameleon behavior can not be generally realized and depends significantly on the forms attributed to the potential and the coupling functions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:33:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-18
[ [ "Bisabr", "Yousef", "" ] ]
We consider a generalized Brans-Dicke model in which the scalar field has a potential function and is also allowed to couple non-minimally with the matter sector. This anomalous gravitational coupling can in principle avoid the model to pass local gravity experiments. One then usually assumes that the scalar field has a chameleon behavior in the sense that it acquires a density-dependent effective mass. While it can take a small effective mass in cosmological (low-density environment) scale, it has a sufficiently heavy mass in Solar System (large-density environment) and then hides gravity tests. We will argue that such a chameleon behavior can not be generally realized and depends significantly on the forms attributed to the potential and the coupling functions.
2103.06771
Dirk Puetzfeld
Peter A. Hogan, Dirk Puetzfeld
Gravitational Waves with Colliding or Non--Colliding Wave Fronts
8 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Rev. D 103, 124064 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.124064
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The known exact solutions of Einstein's vacuum field equations modeling the gravitational fields of pure gravitational radiation involve wave fronts which are either planar or roughly spherical. We describe a scheme designed to check explicitly whether or not the wave fronts collide. From the spacetime point of view the scheme determines whether or not the null hypersurface histories of the wave fronts intersect and, in particular, allows easy identification of the cases in which the null hypersurfaces do not intersect.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:31:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 1 Jul 2021 14:30:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-07-02
[ [ "Hogan", "Peter A.", "" ], [ "Puetzfeld", "Dirk", "" ] ]
The known exact solutions of Einstein's vacuum field equations modeling the gravitational fields of pure gravitational radiation involve wave fronts which are either planar or roughly spherical. We describe a scheme designed to check explicitly whether or not the wave fronts collide. From the spacetime point of view the scheme determines whether or not the null hypersurface histories of the wave fronts intersect and, in particular, allows easy identification of the cases in which the null hypersurfaces do not intersect.
gr-qc/0506003
Yasushi Mino
Yasushi Mino
Self-Force in the Radiation Reaction Formula -- Adiabatic Approximation of a Metric Perturbation and an Orbit --
published in Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol.113 No.4 pp.733
Prog.Theor.Phys. 113 (2005) 733-761
10.1143/PTP.113.733
null
gr-qc
null
We propose a new metric perturbation scheme under a possible constraint of the gauge conditions in which we obtain a physically expected prediction of the orbital evolution caused by the MiSaTaQuWa self-force. In this new scheme of a metric perturbation, an adiabatic approximation is applied to both the metric perturbation and the orbit. As a result, we are able to predict the gravitational evolution of the system in the so-called radiation reaction time scale, which is longer than the dephasing time scale. However, for gravitational wave detection by LISA, this may still be insufficient. We further consider a gauge transformation in this new metric perturbation scheme, and find a special gauge condition with which we can calculate the gravitational waveform of a time scale long enough for gravitational wave detection by LISA.
[ { "created": "Tue, 31 May 2005 23:12:03 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Mino", "Yasushi", "" ] ]
We propose a new metric perturbation scheme under a possible constraint of the gauge conditions in which we obtain a physically expected prediction of the orbital evolution caused by the MiSaTaQuWa self-force. In this new scheme of a metric perturbation, an adiabatic approximation is applied to both the metric perturbation and the orbit. As a result, we are able to predict the gravitational evolution of the system in the so-called radiation reaction time scale, which is longer than the dephasing time scale. However, for gravitational wave detection by LISA, this may still be insufficient. We further consider a gauge transformation in this new metric perturbation scheme, and find a special gauge condition with which we can calculate the gravitational waveform of a time scale long enough for gravitational wave detection by LISA.
1711.05695
Klaus Liegener Dr
Thorsten Lang, Klaus Liegener, Thomas Thiemann
Hamiltonian Renormalisation IV. Renormalisation Flow of D+1 dimensional free scalar fields and Rotation Invariance
28 pages
Class.Quant.Grav. 35 (2018) no.24, 245014
10.1088/1361-6382/aaec43
null
gr-qc hep-lat hep-th math-ph math.MP quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article we extend the test of Hamiltonian Renormalisation proposed in this series of articles to the D-dimensional case using a massive free scalar field. The concepts we introduce are explicitly computed for the D=2 case but transfer immediately to higher dimensions. In this article we define and verify a criterion that monitors, at finite resolution defined by a cubic lattice, whether the flow approaches a rotationally invariant fixed point.
[ { "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:42:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 6 Jul 2019 15:48:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-07-09
[ [ "Lang", "Thorsten", "" ], [ "Liegener", "Klaus", "" ], [ "Thiemann", "Thomas", "" ] ]
In this article we extend the test of Hamiltonian Renormalisation proposed in this series of articles to the D-dimensional case using a massive free scalar field. The concepts we introduce are explicitly computed for the D=2 case but transfer immediately to higher dimensions. In this article we define and verify a criterion that monitors, at finite resolution defined by a cubic lattice, whether the flow approaches a rotationally invariant fixed point.
1510.08471
Kenneth Nordtvedt
Kenneth Nordtvedt
Constructing metric gravity's N-body non-linear Lagrangian from iterative, linear algebraic scaling equations
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A method for constructing metric gravity's N-body Lagrangian is developed which uses iterative, liner algebraic euqations which enforce invariance properties of gravity --- exterior effacement, interior effacement, and the time dilation and Lorentz contraction of matter under boosts. The method is demonstrated by obtaining the full 1/c^4 order Lagrangian, and a combination of exterior and interior effacement enforcement permits construction of the full Schwarzschild temporal and spatial metric potentials.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:19:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-10-30
[ [ "Nordtvedt", "Kenneth", "" ] ]
A method for constructing metric gravity's N-body Lagrangian is developed which uses iterative, liner algebraic euqations which enforce invariance properties of gravity --- exterior effacement, interior effacement, and the time dilation and Lorentz contraction of matter under boosts. The method is demonstrated by obtaining the full 1/c^4 order Lagrangian, and a combination of exterior and interior effacement enforcement permits construction of the full Schwarzschild temporal and spatial metric potentials.
2206.05839
Georgios Fanaras
Georgios Fanaras, Alexander Vilenkin
The tunneling wavefunction in Kantowski-Sachs quantum cosmology
31 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2022/08/069
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We use a path-integral approach to study the tunneling wave function in quantum cosmology with spatial topology $S^{1}\times S^{2}$ and positive cosmological constant (the Kantowski-Sachs model). If the initial scale factors of both $S^1$ and $S^2$ are set equal to zero, the wave function describes (semiclassically) a universe originating at a singularity. This may be interpreted as indicating that an $S^1\times S^2$ universe cannot nucleate out of nothing in a non-singular way. Here we explore an alternative suggestion by Halliwell and Louko that creation from nothing corresponds in this model to setting the initial volume to zero. We find that the only acceptable version of this proposal is to fix the radius of $S^1$ to zero, supplementing this with the condition of smooth closure (absence of a conical singularity). The resulting wave function predicts an inflating universe of high anisotropy, which however becomes locally isotropic at late times. Unlike the de Sitter model, the total nucleation probability is not exponentially suppressed, unless a Gauss-Bonnet term is added to the action.
[ { "created": "Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:02:55 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-09-07
[ [ "Fanaras", "Georgios", "" ], [ "Vilenkin", "Alexander", "" ] ]
We use a path-integral approach to study the tunneling wave function in quantum cosmology with spatial topology $S^{1}\times S^{2}$ and positive cosmological constant (the Kantowski-Sachs model). If the initial scale factors of both $S^1$ and $S^2$ are set equal to zero, the wave function describes (semiclassically) a universe originating at a singularity. This may be interpreted as indicating that an $S^1\times S^2$ universe cannot nucleate out of nothing in a non-singular way. Here we explore an alternative suggestion by Halliwell and Louko that creation from nothing corresponds in this model to setting the initial volume to zero. We find that the only acceptable version of this proposal is to fix the radius of $S^1$ to zero, supplementing this with the condition of smooth closure (absence of a conical singularity). The resulting wave function predicts an inflating universe of high anisotropy, which however becomes locally isotropic at late times. Unlike the de Sitter model, the total nucleation probability is not exponentially suppressed, unless a Gauss-Bonnet term is added to the action.
2008.04066
Sourabh Nampalliwar
Sourabh Nampalliwar, Arthur G. Suvorov, Kostas D. Kokkotas
Testing horizon topology with electromagnetic observations
15 pages, 9 figures. Comments welcome
Phys. Rev. D 102, 104035 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.104035
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In general relativity without a cosmological constant, a classical theorem due to Hawking states that stationary black holes must be topologically spherical. This result is one of the several ingredients that collectively imply the uniqueness of the Kerr metric. If, however, general relativity describes gravity inexactly at high energies or over cosmological scales, Hawking's result may not apply, and black holes with non-trivial topology may be, at least mathematically, permissible. While tests involving electromagnetic and gravitational-wave data have been used to place tight constraints on various theoretical departures from a Kerr description of astrophysical black holes, relatively little attention has been paid to topological alternatives. In this paper, we derive a new exact solution in an $f(R)$ theory of gravity which admits topologically non-trivial black holes, and calculate observables like fluorescent K$\alpha$ iron-line profiles and black hole images from hypothetical astrophysical systems which house these objects, to provide a theoretical basis for new tests of black hole nature. On the basis of qualitative comparisons, we show that topologically non-trivial objects would leave a strong imprint on electromagnetic observables and can be easily distinguished from general-relativistic black holes in nearly all cases.
[ { "created": "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:43:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-11-18
[ [ "Nampalliwar", "Sourabh", "" ], [ "Suvorov", "Arthur G.", "" ], [ "Kokkotas", "Kostas D.", "" ] ]
In general relativity without a cosmological constant, a classical theorem due to Hawking states that stationary black holes must be topologically spherical. This result is one of the several ingredients that collectively imply the uniqueness of the Kerr metric. If, however, general relativity describes gravity inexactly at high energies or over cosmological scales, Hawking's result may not apply, and black holes with non-trivial topology may be, at least mathematically, permissible. While tests involving electromagnetic and gravitational-wave data have been used to place tight constraints on various theoretical departures from a Kerr description of astrophysical black holes, relatively little attention has been paid to topological alternatives. In this paper, we derive a new exact solution in an $f(R)$ theory of gravity which admits topologically non-trivial black holes, and calculate observables like fluorescent K$\alpha$ iron-line profiles and black hole images from hypothetical astrophysical systems which house these objects, to provide a theoretical basis for new tests of black hole nature. On the basis of qualitative comparisons, we show that topologically non-trivial objects would leave a strong imprint on electromagnetic observables and can be easily distinguished from general-relativistic black holes in nearly all cases.
1104.1908
Taeyoon Moon
Taeyoon Moon, Yun Soo Myung, and Edwin J. Son
Stability analysis of f(R)-AdS black holes
17 pages, 1 figure, version to appear in EPJC
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1777-0
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the stability of f(R)-AdS (Schwarzschild-AdS) black hole obtained from f(R) gravity. In order to resolve the difficulty of solving fourth order linearized equations, we transform f(R) gravity into the scalar-tensor theory by introducing two auxiliary scalars. In this case, the linearized curvature scalar becomes a dynamical scalaron, showing that all linearized equations are second order. Using the positivity of gravitational potentials and S-deformed technique allows us to guarantee the stability of f(R)-AdS black hole if the scalaron mass squared satisfies the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound. This is confirmed by computing quasinormal frequencies of the scalaron for large f(R)-AdS black hole.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:25:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 6 Oct 2011 04:10:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-27
[ [ "Moon", "Taeyoon", "" ], [ "Myung", "Yun Soo", "" ], [ "Son", "Edwin J.", "" ] ]
We study the stability of f(R)-AdS (Schwarzschild-AdS) black hole obtained from f(R) gravity. In order to resolve the difficulty of solving fourth order linearized equations, we transform f(R) gravity into the scalar-tensor theory by introducing two auxiliary scalars. In this case, the linearized curvature scalar becomes a dynamical scalaron, showing that all linearized equations are second order. Using the positivity of gravitational potentials and S-deformed technique allows us to guarantee the stability of f(R)-AdS black hole if the scalaron mass squared satisfies the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound. This is confirmed by computing quasinormal frequencies of the scalaron for large f(R)-AdS black hole.
1401.6862
Taeyoon Moon
Yun Soo Myung and Taeyoon Moon
Black hole stability in Jordan and Einstein frames
1+15 pages, 1 figure, version to appear in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 89, 104009 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.89.104009
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the classical stability of Schwarzschild black hole in Jordan and Einstein frames which are related by the conformal transformations. For this purpose, we introduce two models of the Brans-Dicke theory and Brans-Dicke-Weyl gravity in Jordan frame and two corresponding models in the Einstein frame. The former model is suitable for studying the massless spin-2 graviton propagating around the Schwarzschild black hole, while the later is designed for the massive spin-2 graviton propagating around the black hole. It turns out that the black hole (in)stability is independent of the frame which shows that the two frames are equivalent to each other.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:21:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:36:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-05-14
[ [ "Myung", "Yun Soo", "" ], [ "Moon", "Taeyoon", "" ] ]
We investigate the classical stability of Schwarzschild black hole in Jordan and Einstein frames which are related by the conformal transformations. For this purpose, we introduce two models of the Brans-Dicke theory and Brans-Dicke-Weyl gravity in Jordan frame and two corresponding models in the Einstein frame. The former model is suitable for studying the massless spin-2 graviton propagating around the Schwarzschild black hole, while the later is designed for the massive spin-2 graviton propagating around the black hole. It turns out that the black hole (in)stability is independent of the frame which shows that the two frames are equivalent to each other.
gr-qc/0202025
Fernando P. Devecchi
G.M. Kremer and F.P. Devecchi
Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory of Relativistic Gases in 2-D Cosmological Models
23 pages, accepted in PRD
Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 083515
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.083515
null
gr-qc
null
A kinetic theory of relativistic gases in a two-dimensional space is developed in order to obtain the equilibrium distribution function and the expressions for the fields of energy per particle, pressure, entropy per particle and heat capacities in equilibrium. Furthermore, by using the method of Chapman and Enskog for a kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation the non-equilibrium energy-momentum tensor and the entropy production rate are determined for a universe described by a two-dimensional Robertson-Walker metric. The solutions of the gravitational field equations that consider the non-equilibrium energy-momentum tensor - associated with the coefficient of bulk viscosity - show that opposed to the four-dimensional case, the cosmic scale factor attains a maximum value at a finite time decreasing to a "big crunch" and that there exists a solution of the gravitational field equations corresponding to a "false vacuum". The evolution of the fields of pressure, energy density and entropy production rate with the time is also discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:56:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Kremer", "G. M.", "" ], [ "Devecchi", "F. P.", "" ] ]
A kinetic theory of relativistic gases in a two-dimensional space is developed in order to obtain the equilibrium distribution function and the expressions for the fields of energy per particle, pressure, entropy per particle and heat capacities in equilibrium. Furthermore, by using the method of Chapman and Enskog for a kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation the non-equilibrium energy-momentum tensor and the entropy production rate are determined for a universe described by a two-dimensional Robertson-Walker metric. The solutions of the gravitational field equations that consider the non-equilibrium energy-momentum tensor - associated with the coefficient of bulk viscosity - show that opposed to the four-dimensional case, the cosmic scale factor attains a maximum value at a finite time decreasing to a "big crunch" and that there exists a solution of the gravitational field equations corresponding to a "false vacuum". The evolution of the fields of pressure, energy density and entropy production rate with the time is also discussed.
2105.07313
Liu Zhao
Xin Hao, Shaofan Liu and Liu Zhao
Relativistic transformation of thermodynamic parameters and refined Saha equation
v4: BIG change: the transformation rules in previous versions are flawed because they were based on the assumption that the form of the first law remain unchanged under the change of observers, which proves to be false. The new rules are based on the invariance of Gibbs-Duhem relation
null
null
null
gr-qc cond-mat.stat-mech hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The relativistic transformation rule for temperature is a subject under debate for more than 110 years. Several incompatible proposals exist in the literature, but a final resolution is still missing. In this work, we reconsider the problem of relativistic transformation rules for a number of thermodynamic parameters, including temperature, chemical potential, pressure, entropy and enthalpy densities for a relativistic perfect fluid using relativistic kinetic theory. The analysis is carried out in a fully relativistic covariant manner, and the explicit transformation rules for the above quantities are obtained in both Minkowski and Rindler spacetimes. Our results suggest that the temperature of a moving fluid appears to be colder, supporting the proposal by de Broglie, Einstein and Planck in contrast to other proposals. Moreover, in the case of Rindler fluid, our work indicates that, the total number of particles and the total entropy of a perfect fluid in a box whose bottom is parallel to the Rindler horizon are proportional to the area of the bottom, but are independent of the height of the box, provided the bottom of the box is sufficiently close to the Rindler horizon. The area dependence of the particle number implies that the particles tend to be gathered toward the bottom of the box and hence implicitly determines the distribution of chemical potential of the system, whereas the area dependence of the entropy indicates that the entropy is still additive and may find some applications in explaining the area law of black hole entropy. As a by product, we also obtain a relativistically refined version of the famous Saha equation which holds in both Minkowski and Rindler spacetimes.
[ { "created": "Sat, 15 May 2021 23:28:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 May 2021 07:08:43 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Sep 2021 04:07:39 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 22 Dec 2021 13:01:03 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2021-12-23
[ [ "Hao", "Xin", "" ], [ "Liu", "Shaofan", "" ], [ "Zhao", "Liu", "" ] ]
The relativistic transformation rule for temperature is a subject under debate for more than 110 years. Several incompatible proposals exist in the literature, but a final resolution is still missing. In this work, we reconsider the problem of relativistic transformation rules for a number of thermodynamic parameters, including temperature, chemical potential, pressure, entropy and enthalpy densities for a relativistic perfect fluid using relativistic kinetic theory. The analysis is carried out in a fully relativistic covariant manner, and the explicit transformation rules for the above quantities are obtained in both Minkowski and Rindler spacetimes. Our results suggest that the temperature of a moving fluid appears to be colder, supporting the proposal by de Broglie, Einstein and Planck in contrast to other proposals. Moreover, in the case of Rindler fluid, our work indicates that, the total number of particles and the total entropy of a perfect fluid in a box whose bottom is parallel to the Rindler horizon are proportional to the area of the bottom, but are independent of the height of the box, provided the bottom of the box is sufficiently close to the Rindler horizon. The area dependence of the particle number implies that the particles tend to be gathered toward the bottom of the box and hence implicitly determines the distribution of chemical potential of the system, whereas the area dependence of the entropy indicates that the entropy is still additive and may find some applications in explaining the area law of black hole entropy. As a by product, we also obtain a relativistically refined version of the famous Saha equation which holds in both Minkowski and Rindler spacetimes.
2102.12477
Abdel Nasser Tawfik
Abdel Nasser Tawfik, Carsten Greiner
Early Universe Thermodynamics and Evolution in Nonviscous and Viscous Strong and Electroweak epochs: Possible Analytical Solutions
27 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ENTROPY
null
null
ECTP-2019-05, WLCAPP-2019-05
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Based on recent perturbative and non-perturbative lattice calculations with almost quark flavors and the thermal contributions from photons, neutrinos, leptons, electroweak particles, and scalar Higgs bosons, various thermodynamic quantities, at vanishing net-baryon densities, such as pressure, energy density, bulk viscosity, relaxation time, and temperature have been calculated up to the TeV-scale, i.e. covering hadron, QGP and electroweak (EW) phases in the early Universe. This remarkable progress motivated the present study to determine the possible influence of the bulk viscosity in the early Universe and to understand how this would vary from epoch to epoch. We have taken into consideration first- (Eckart) and second-order (Israel-Stewart) theories for the relativistic cosmic fluid and integrated viscous equations of state in Friedmann equations. Nonlinear nonhomogeneous differential equations are obtained as analytical solutions. For Israel-Stewart, the differential equations are very sophisticated to be solved. They are outlined here as road-maps for future studies. For Eckart theory, the only possible solution is the functionality, $H(a(t))$, where $H(t)$ is the Hubble parameter and $a(t)$ is the scale factor, but none of them so far could to be directly expressed in terms of either proper or cosmic time $t$. For Eckart-type viscous background, especially at finite cosmological constant, non-singular $H(t)$ and $a(t)$ are obtained, where $H(t)$ diverges for QCD/EW and asymptotic EoS. For non-viscous background, the dependence of $H(a(t))$ is monotonic. The same conclusion can be drawn for an ideal EoS. We also conclude that the rate of decreasing $H(a(t))$ with increasing $a(t)$ varies from epoch to epoch, at vanishing and finite cosmological constant. These results obviously help in improving our understanding of the nucleosynthesis and the cosmological large-scale structure.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:14:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-02-26
[ [ "Tawfik", "Abdel Nasser", "" ], [ "Greiner", "Carsten", "" ] ]
Based on recent perturbative and non-perturbative lattice calculations with almost quark flavors and the thermal contributions from photons, neutrinos, leptons, electroweak particles, and scalar Higgs bosons, various thermodynamic quantities, at vanishing net-baryon densities, such as pressure, energy density, bulk viscosity, relaxation time, and temperature have been calculated up to the TeV-scale, i.e. covering hadron, QGP and electroweak (EW) phases in the early Universe. This remarkable progress motivated the present study to determine the possible influence of the bulk viscosity in the early Universe and to understand how this would vary from epoch to epoch. We have taken into consideration first- (Eckart) and second-order (Israel-Stewart) theories for the relativistic cosmic fluid and integrated viscous equations of state in Friedmann equations. Nonlinear nonhomogeneous differential equations are obtained as analytical solutions. For Israel-Stewart, the differential equations are very sophisticated to be solved. They are outlined here as road-maps for future studies. For Eckart theory, the only possible solution is the functionality, $H(a(t))$, where $H(t)$ is the Hubble parameter and $a(t)$ is the scale factor, but none of them so far could to be directly expressed in terms of either proper or cosmic time $t$. For Eckart-type viscous background, especially at finite cosmological constant, non-singular $H(t)$ and $a(t)$ are obtained, where $H(t)$ diverges for QCD/EW and asymptotic EoS. For non-viscous background, the dependence of $H(a(t))$ is monotonic. The same conclusion can be drawn for an ideal EoS. We also conclude that the rate of decreasing $H(a(t))$ with increasing $a(t)$ varies from epoch to epoch, at vanishing and finite cosmological constant. These results obviously help in improving our understanding of the nucleosynthesis and the cosmological large-scale structure.
gr-qc/0503050
George E. A. Matsas
Jorge Castineiras, Luis C. B. Crispino, George E. A. Matsas and Rodrigo Murta
Semiclassical approach to black hole absorption of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a rotating charge
8 pages (revtex), 8 figures
Phys.Rev.D71:104013,2005
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.104013
null
gr-qc
null
We consider an electric charge, minimally coupled to the Maxwell field, rotating around a Schwarzschild black hole. We investigate how much of the radiation emitted from the swirling charge is absorbed by the black hole and show that most of the photons escape to infinity. For this purpose we use the Gupta-Bleuler quantization of the electromagnetic field in the modified Feynman gauge developed in the context of quantum field theory in Schwarzschild spacetime. We obtain that the two photon polarizations contribute quite differently to the emitted power. In addition, we discuss the accurateness of the results obtained in a full general relativistic approach in comparison with the ones obtained when the electric charge is assumed to be orbiting a massive object due to a Newtonian force.
[ { "created": "Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:22:56 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-11-19
[ [ "Castineiras", "Jorge", "" ], [ "Crispino", "Luis C. B.", "" ], [ "Matsas", "George E. A.", "" ], [ "Murta", "Rodrigo", "" ] ]
We consider an electric charge, minimally coupled to the Maxwell field, rotating around a Schwarzschild black hole. We investigate how much of the radiation emitted from the swirling charge is absorbed by the black hole and show that most of the photons escape to infinity. For this purpose we use the Gupta-Bleuler quantization of the electromagnetic field in the modified Feynman gauge developed in the context of quantum field theory in Schwarzschild spacetime. We obtain that the two photon polarizations contribute quite differently to the emitted power. In addition, we discuss the accurateness of the results obtained in a full general relativistic approach in comparison with the ones obtained when the electric charge is assumed to be orbiting a massive object due to a Newtonian force.
1802.00841
Zbigniew Haba
Z. Haba
Stabilization of Starobinsky-Vilenkin stochastic inflation by an environmental noise
18 pages
INtern.Journ.Modern Phys.D28(2019)1950085
10.1142/S0218271819500858
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the inflaton $\phi$ in an interaction with an infinite number of fields treated as an environment (noise) with a friction $\gamma^{2}>0$. In a Markovian approximation we obtain a stochastic wave equation (appearing also in the warm inflation models). After the replacement of the environment by the white noise, the stochastic wave equation violates the energy conservation if $\gamma\neq 0$. We introduce a dark energy as a compensation of the inflaton energy-momentum. We add to the classical wave equation the Starobinsky-Vilenkin noise which in the slow-roll approximation describes the quantum fluctuations in an expanding metric. We investigate the resulting consistent Einstein-Klein-Gordon system in the slow-roll regime. We obtain Fokker-Planck equation for the probability distribution of the inflaton assuming that the dependence of the scale factor $a$ and the Hubble variable $ H$ on the field $\phi$ is known. We obtain explicit stationary solutions of the Fokker-Planck equation assuming that $a(\phi)$ and $H(\phi)$ can approximately be determined in a slow-roll regime with the neglect of noise. We extend the results to the multifield D-dimensional configuration space. We show that in the regime $a(\phi)^{3}H(\phi)^{5}\rightarrow \infty$ the quantum noise determines the asymptotic behaviour of the stationary distribution. If $a(\phi)^{3}H(\phi)^{5}$ stays finite then the environmental noise ensures the integrability of the stationary probability. In such a case there is no need to introduce boundary conditions with the purpose to eliminate infinite inflation. The variation of $a(\phi)^{3}H(\phi)^{5}$ could be interpreted as a sign of a transition from cold inflation to warm inflation.
[ { "created": "Fri, 2 Feb 2018 20:36:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:43:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-02-18
[ [ "Haba", "Z.", "" ] ]
We discuss the inflaton $\phi$ in an interaction with an infinite number of fields treated as an environment (noise) with a friction $\gamma^{2}>0$. In a Markovian approximation we obtain a stochastic wave equation (appearing also in the warm inflation models). After the replacement of the environment by the white noise, the stochastic wave equation violates the energy conservation if $\gamma\neq 0$. We introduce a dark energy as a compensation of the inflaton energy-momentum. We add to the classical wave equation the Starobinsky-Vilenkin noise which in the slow-roll approximation describes the quantum fluctuations in an expanding metric. We investigate the resulting consistent Einstein-Klein-Gordon system in the slow-roll regime. We obtain Fokker-Planck equation for the probability distribution of the inflaton assuming that the dependence of the scale factor $a$ and the Hubble variable $ H$ on the field $\phi$ is known. We obtain explicit stationary solutions of the Fokker-Planck equation assuming that $a(\phi)$ and $H(\phi)$ can approximately be determined in a slow-roll regime with the neglect of noise. We extend the results to the multifield D-dimensional configuration space. We show that in the regime $a(\phi)^{3}H(\phi)^{5}\rightarrow \infty$ the quantum noise determines the asymptotic behaviour of the stationary distribution. If $a(\phi)^{3}H(\phi)^{5}$ stays finite then the environmental noise ensures the integrability of the stationary probability. In such a case there is no need to introduce boundary conditions with the purpose to eliminate infinite inflation. The variation of $a(\phi)^{3}H(\phi)^{5}$ could be interpreted as a sign of a transition from cold inflation to warm inflation.
1006.2525
Philippe G. LeFloch
Florian Beyer and Philippe G. LeFloch
Second-order hyperbolic Fuchsian systems. Gowdy spacetimes and the Fuchsian numerical algorithm
22 pages. A shortened version is included in: F. Beyer and P.G. LeFloch, Second-order hyperbolic Fuchsian systems and applications, Class. Quantum Grav. 27 (2010), 245012
null
null
null
gr-qc math.AP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This is the second part of a series devoted to the singular initial value problem for second-order hyperbolic Fuchsian systems. In the first part, we defined and investigated this general class of systems, and we established a well-posedness theory in weighted Sobolev spaces. This theory is applied here to the vacuum Einstein equations for Gowdy spacetimes admitting, by definition, two Killing fields satisfying certain geometric conditions. We recover, by more direct and simpler arguments, the well-posedness results established earlier by Rendall and collaborators. In addition, in this paper we introduce a natural approximation scheme, which we refer to as the Fuchsian numerical algorithm and is directly motivated by our general theory. This algorithm provides highly accurate, numerical approximations of the solution to the singular initial value problem. In particular, for the class of Gowdy spacetimes under consideration, various numerical experiments are presented which show the interest and efficiency of the proposed method. Finally, as an application, we numerically construct Gowdy spacetimes containing a smooth, incomplete, non-compact Cauchy horizon.
[ { "created": "Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:03:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:57:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-01-11
[ [ "Beyer", "Florian", "" ], [ "LeFloch", "Philippe G.", "" ] ]
This is the second part of a series devoted to the singular initial value problem for second-order hyperbolic Fuchsian systems. In the first part, we defined and investigated this general class of systems, and we established a well-posedness theory in weighted Sobolev spaces. This theory is applied here to the vacuum Einstein equations for Gowdy spacetimes admitting, by definition, two Killing fields satisfying certain geometric conditions. We recover, by more direct and simpler arguments, the well-posedness results established earlier by Rendall and collaborators. In addition, in this paper we introduce a natural approximation scheme, which we refer to as the Fuchsian numerical algorithm and is directly motivated by our general theory. This algorithm provides highly accurate, numerical approximations of the solution to the singular initial value problem. In particular, for the class of Gowdy spacetimes under consideration, various numerical experiments are presented which show the interest and efficiency of the proposed method. Finally, as an application, we numerically construct Gowdy spacetimes containing a smooth, incomplete, non-compact Cauchy horizon.
gr-qc/9409046
Sucheta Koshti
Sucheta Koshti and Naresh Dadhich
The General Self-dual solution of the Einstein Equations
14 Pages, Latex, IUCAA 94/29
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We obtain the most general explicit (anti)self-dual solution of the Einstein equations. We find that any (anti)self-dual solution can be characterised by three free functions of which one is harmonic. Any stationary (anti)self-dual solution can be characterised by a harmonic function. It turns out that the form of the Gibbons and Hawking multi-center metrics is the most general stationary (anti)self-dual solution. We further note that the stationary (anti)self-dual Einstein equations can be reinterpreted as the (anti)self-dual Maxwell equations on the Euclidean background metric.
[ { "created": "Wed, 21 Sep 1994 11:51:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Koshti", "Sucheta", "" ], [ "Dadhich", "Naresh", "" ] ]
We obtain the most general explicit (anti)self-dual solution of the Einstein equations. We find that any (anti)self-dual solution can be characterised by three free functions of which one is harmonic. Any stationary (anti)self-dual solution can be characterised by a harmonic function. It turns out that the form of the Gibbons and Hawking multi-center metrics is the most general stationary (anti)self-dual solution. We further note that the stationary (anti)self-dual Einstein equations can be reinterpreted as the (anti)self-dual Maxwell equations on the Euclidean background metric.
0804.0628
Mark Hannam
Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, Frank Ohme, Bernd Bruegmann, Niall O'Murchadha
Wormholes and trumpets: the Schwarzschild spacetime for the moving-puncture generation
19 pages, 22 figures
Phys.Rev.D78:064020,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.064020
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We expand upon our previous analysis of numerical moving-puncture simulations of the Schwarzschild spacetime. We present a derivation of the family of analytic stationary 1+log foliations of the Schwarzschild solution, and outline a transformation to isotropic-like coordinates. We discuss in detail the numerical evolution of standard Schwarzschild puncture data, and the new time-independent 1+log data. Finally, we demonstrate that the moving-puncture method can locate the appropriate stationary geometry in a robust manner when a numerical code alternates between two forms of 1+log slicing during a simulation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:42:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:42:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-02-20
[ [ "Hannam", "Mark", "" ], [ "Husa", "Sascha", "" ], [ "Ohme", "Frank", "" ], [ "Bruegmann", "Bernd", "" ], [ "O'Murchadha", "Niall", "" ] ]
We expand upon our previous analysis of numerical moving-puncture simulations of the Schwarzschild spacetime. We present a derivation of the family of analytic stationary 1+log foliations of the Schwarzschild solution, and outline a transformation to isotropic-like coordinates. We discuss in detail the numerical evolution of standard Schwarzschild puncture data, and the new time-independent 1+log data. Finally, we demonstrate that the moving-puncture method can locate the appropriate stationary geometry in a robust manner when a numerical code alternates between two forms of 1+log slicing during a simulation.
0812.2581
Massimo Tinto
Massimo Tinto, George J. Dick, John D. Prestage, and J.W. Armstrong
Improved spacecraft radio science using an on-board atomic clock: application to gravitational wave searches
21 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D79:102003,2009
10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102003
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
Recent advances in space-qualified atomic clocks (low-mass, low power-consumption, frequency stability comparable to that of ground-based clocks) can enable interplanetary spacecraft radio science experiments at unprecedented Doppler sensitivities. The addition of an on-board digital receiver would allow the up- and down-link Doppler frequencies to be measured separately. Such separate, high-quality measurements allow optimal data combinations that suppress the currently-leading noise sources: phase scintillation noise from the Earth's atmosphere and Doppler noise caused by mechanical vibrations of the ground antenna. Here we provide a general expression for the optimal combination of ground and on-board Doppler data and compute the sensitivity such a system would have to low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs). Assuming a plasma scintillation noise calibration comparable to that already demonstrated with the multi-link CASSINI radio system, the space-clock/digital-receiver instrumentation enhancements would give GW strain sensitivity of $2.0 \times 10^{-17}$ for randomly polarized, monochromatic GW signals over a two-decade ($\sim0.0001-0.01$ Hz) region of the low-frequency band. This is about an order of magnitude better than currently achieved with traditional two-way coherent Doppler experiments. The utility of optimally combining simultaneous up- and down-link observations is not limited to GW searches. The Doppler tracking technique discussed here could be performed at minimal incremental cost to also improve other radio science experiments (i.e. tests of relativistic gravity, planetary and satellite gravity field measurements, atmospheric and ring occultations) on future interplanetary missions.
[ { "created": "Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:33:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-15
[ [ "Tinto", "Massimo", "" ], [ "Dick", "George J.", "" ], [ "Prestage", "John D.", "" ], [ "Armstrong", "J. W.", "" ] ]
Recent advances in space-qualified atomic clocks (low-mass, low power-consumption, frequency stability comparable to that of ground-based clocks) can enable interplanetary spacecraft radio science experiments at unprecedented Doppler sensitivities. The addition of an on-board digital receiver would allow the up- and down-link Doppler frequencies to be measured separately. Such separate, high-quality measurements allow optimal data combinations that suppress the currently-leading noise sources: phase scintillation noise from the Earth's atmosphere and Doppler noise caused by mechanical vibrations of the ground antenna. Here we provide a general expression for the optimal combination of ground and on-board Doppler data and compute the sensitivity such a system would have to low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs). Assuming a plasma scintillation noise calibration comparable to that already demonstrated with the multi-link CASSINI radio system, the space-clock/digital-receiver instrumentation enhancements would give GW strain sensitivity of $2.0 \times 10^{-17}$ for randomly polarized, monochromatic GW signals over a two-decade ($\sim0.0001-0.01$ Hz) region of the low-frequency band. This is about an order of magnitude better than currently achieved with traditional two-way coherent Doppler experiments. The utility of optimally combining simultaneous up- and down-link observations is not limited to GW searches. The Doppler tracking technique discussed here could be performed at minimal incremental cost to also improve other radio science experiments (i.e. tests of relativistic gravity, planetary and satellite gravity field measurements, atmospheric and ring occultations) on future interplanetary missions.
1209.2680
Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov
Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov, Arman Tursunov, Bobomurat Ahmedov, and Abdulla Kuvatov
Acceleration of particles by black hole with gravitomagnetic charge immersed in magnetic field
8 pages,7 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science
null
10.1007/s10509-012-1251-y
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The collision of test charged particles in the vicinity of an event horizon of a weakly magnetized non-rotating black hole with gravitomagnetic charge has been studied. The presence of the external magnetic field decreases the innermost stable circular orbits (ISCO) radii of charged particles. The opposite mechanism occurs when there is nonvanishing gravitomagnetic charge. For a collision of charged particle moving at ISCO and the neutral particle falling from infinity the maximal collision energy can be decreased by gravitomagnetic charge in the presence of external asymptotically uniform magnetic field.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:16:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:20:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-11
[ [ "Abdujabbarov", "Ahmadjon", "" ], [ "Tursunov", "Arman", "" ], [ "Ahmedov", "Bobomurat", "" ], [ "Kuvatov", "Abdulla", "" ] ]
The collision of test charged particles in the vicinity of an event horizon of a weakly magnetized non-rotating black hole with gravitomagnetic charge has been studied. The presence of the external magnetic field decreases the innermost stable circular orbits (ISCO) radii of charged particles. The opposite mechanism occurs when there is nonvanishing gravitomagnetic charge. For a collision of charged particle moving at ISCO and the neutral particle falling from infinity the maximal collision energy can be decreased by gravitomagnetic charge in the presence of external asymptotically uniform magnetic field.
1701.01039
Behzad Eslam Panah
S. H. Hendi, G. H. Bordbar, B. Eslam Panah and S. Panahiyan
Neutron stars structure in the context of massive gravity
17 pages, 6 figures
JCAP 07 (2017) 004
10.1088/1475-7516/2017/07/004
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Motivated by the recent interests in spin$-2$ massive gravitons, we study the structure of neutron star in the context of massive gravity. The modifications of TOV equation in the presence of massive gravity are explored in $4$ and higher dimensions. Next, by considering the modern equation of state for the neutron star matter (which is extracted by the lowest order constrained variational (LOCV) method with the AV$18$ potential), different physical properties of the neutron star (such as Le Chatelier's principle, stability and energy conditions) are investigated. It is shown that consideration of the massive gravity has specific contributions into the structure of neutron star and introduces new prescriptions for the massive astrophysical objects. The mass-radius relation is examined and the effects of massive gravity on the Schwarzschild radius, average density, compactness, gravitational redshift and dynamical stability are studied. Finally, a relation between mass and radius of neutron star versus the Planck mass is extracted.
[ { "created": "Sun, 1 Jan 2017 17:29:10 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:41:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-07-25
[ [ "Hendi", "S. H.", "" ], [ "Bordbar", "G. H.", "" ], [ "Panah", "B. Eslam", "" ], [ "Panahiyan", "S.", "" ] ]
Motivated by the recent interests in spin$-2$ massive gravitons, we study the structure of neutron star in the context of massive gravity. The modifications of TOV equation in the presence of massive gravity are explored in $4$ and higher dimensions. Next, by considering the modern equation of state for the neutron star matter (which is extracted by the lowest order constrained variational (LOCV) method with the AV$18$ potential), different physical properties of the neutron star (such as Le Chatelier's principle, stability and energy conditions) are investigated. It is shown that consideration of the massive gravity has specific contributions into the structure of neutron star and introduces new prescriptions for the massive astrophysical objects. The mass-radius relation is examined and the effects of massive gravity on the Schwarzschild radius, average density, compactness, gravitational redshift and dynamical stability are studied. Finally, a relation between mass and radius of neutron star versus the Planck mass is extracted.
2212.14843
Orest Hrycyna
Orest Hrycyna
On the structural stability of a simple cosmological model in $R+\alpha R^{2}$ theory of gravity
18 pages, 3 figs
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Theory of gravity with a quadratic contribution of scalar curvature is investigated in terms of dynamical system approach. The simplest Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric is used to formulate dynamics in Jordan frame as well as in conformally transformed Einstein frame. We show that in both frames there are stable de Sitter states for which the Hubble function expansion naturally gives terms corresponding to non-substantial dark matter. Using invariant centre manifold we show that in the Einstein frame there is a zero measure set of initial conditions leading from unstable to stable de Sitter state. Additionally, the initial de Sitter state is plunged with a parallelly propagated singularity. We show that the Jordan frame and the Einstein frame formulation of the theory are physically nonequivalent.
[ { "created": "Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:42:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-01-02
[ [ "Hrycyna", "Orest", "" ] ]
Theory of gravity with a quadratic contribution of scalar curvature is investigated in terms of dynamical system approach. The simplest Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric is used to formulate dynamics in Jordan frame as well as in conformally transformed Einstein frame. We show that in both frames there are stable de Sitter states for which the Hubble function expansion naturally gives terms corresponding to non-substantial dark matter. Using invariant centre manifold we show that in the Einstein frame there is a zero measure set of initial conditions leading from unstable to stable de Sitter state. Additionally, the initial de Sitter state is plunged with a parallelly propagated singularity. We show that the Jordan frame and the Einstein frame formulation of the theory are physically nonequivalent.
2206.05064
Pasquale Bosso
Pasquale Bosso, Luciano Petruzziello, Fabian Wagner
The minimal length is physical
4 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Lett. 843 (2022) 137415
10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137415
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we clarify a foundational loose end affecting the phenomenological approach to quantum gravity centered around the generalization of Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This misconception stems from a series of recently published works in which perturbative and non-perturbative methods are confused, thereby resulting in a blurring of the distinction between changes in the deformed algebra and changes in the representation of operators. Accordingly, this reasoning would render the existence of a minimal length representation-dependent, and thus unphysical.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Jun 2022 17:32:22 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-10-12
[ [ "Bosso", "Pasquale", "" ], [ "Petruzziello", "Luciano", "" ], [ "Wagner", "Fabian", "" ] ]
In this paper, we clarify a foundational loose end affecting the phenomenological approach to quantum gravity centered around the generalization of Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This misconception stems from a series of recently published works in which perturbative and non-perturbative methods are confused, thereby resulting in a blurring of the distinction between changes in the deformed algebra and changes in the representation of operators. Accordingly, this reasoning would render the existence of a minimal length representation-dependent, and thus unphysical.
2012.10462
Baofei Li
Bao-Fei Li, Sahil Saini, Parampreet Singh
Primordial power spectrum from a matter-Ekpyrotic bounce scenario in loop quantum cosmology
20 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
Phys. Rev. D 103, 066020 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.066020
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A union of matter bounce and Ekpyrotic scenarios is often studied in an attempt to combine the most promising features of these two models. Since non-perturbative quantum geometric effects in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) result in natural bouncing scenarios without any violation of energy conditions or fine tuning, an investigation of matter-Ekpyrotic bounce scenario is interesting to explore in this quantum gravitational setting. In this work, we explore this unified phenomenological model for a spatially flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe in LQC filled with dust and a scalar field in an Ekpyrotic scenario like negative potential. Background dynamics and the power spectrum of the comoving curvature perturbations are numerically analyzed with various initial conditions and a suitable choice of the initial states. By varying the initial conditions we consider different cases of dust and Ekpyrotic field domination in the contracting phase. We use the dressed metric approach to numerically compute the primordial power spectrum of the comoving curvature perturbations which turns out to be almost scale invariant for the modes which exit the horizon in the matter-dominated phase. But, in contrast with a constant magnitude power spectrum obtained under approximation of a constant Ekpyrotic equation of state using deformed algebra approach in an earlier work, we find that the magnitude of power spectrum changes during evolution. Our analysis shows that the bouncing regime only leaves imprints on the modes outside the scale-invariant regime. However, an analysis of the spectral index shows inconsistency with the observational data, thus making further improvements in such a model necessary.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:00:26 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-03-31
[ [ "Li", "Bao-Fei", "" ], [ "Saini", "Sahil", "" ], [ "Singh", "Parampreet", "" ] ]
A union of matter bounce and Ekpyrotic scenarios is often studied in an attempt to combine the most promising features of these two models. Since non-perturbative quantum geometric effects in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) result in natural bouncing scenarios without any violation of energy conditions or fine tuning, an investigation of matter-Ekpyrotic bounce scenario is interesting to explore in this quantum gravitational setting. In this work, we explore this unified phenomenological model for a spatially flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe in LQC filled with dust and a scalar field in an Ekpyrotic scenario like negative potential. Background dynamics and the power spectrum of the comoving curvature perturbations are numerically analyzed with various initial conditions and a suitable choice of the initial states. By varying the initial conditions we consider different cases of dust and Ekpyrotic field domination in the contracting phase. We use the dressed metric approach to numerically compute the primordial power spectrum of the comoving curvature perturbations which turns out to be almost scale invariant for the modes which exit the horizon in the matter-dominated phase. But, in contrast with a constant magnitude power spectrum obtained under approximation of a constant Ekpyrotic equation of state using deformed algebra approach in an earlier work, we find that the magnitude of power spectrum changes during evolution. Our analysis shows that the bouncing regime only leaves imprints on the modes outside the scale-invariant regime. However, an analysis of the spectral index shows inconsistency with the observational data, thus making further improvements in such a model necessary.
gr-qc/0401096
Matteo Luca Ruggiero
Angelo Tartaglia, Matteo Luca Ruggiero
The Gravitomagnetic measurement of the angular momentum of celestial bodies
4 pages, LaTeX, submitted to the Proceedings of the "X Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 20-26 (2003)
null
10.1142/9789812704030_0230
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
The asymmetry in the time delay for light rays propagating on opposite sides of a spinning body is analyzed. A frequency shift in the perceived signals is found. A practical procedure is proposed for evidencing the asymmetry, allowing for a measurement of the specific angular momentum of the rotating mass. Orders of magnitude are discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:52:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-11-09
[ [ "Tartaglia", "Angelo", "" ], [ "Ruggiero", "Matteo Luca", "" ] ]
The asymmetry in the time delay for light rays propagating on opposite sides of a spinning body is analyzed. A frequency shift in the perceived signals is found. A practical procedure is proposed for evidencing the asymmetry, allowing for a measurement of the specific angular momentum of the rotating mass. Orders of magnitude are discussed.
gr-qc/0611004
Shahar Hod
Shahar Hod
Universal Bound on Dynamical Relaxation Times and Black-Hole Quasinormal Ringing
4 pages
Phys.Rev.D75:064013,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.75.064013
null
gr-qc astro-ph cond-mat.stat-mech hep-th nucl-th quant-ph
null
From information theory and thermodynamic considerations a universal bound on the relaxation time $\tau$ of a perturbed system is inferred, $\tau \geq \hbar/\pi T$, where $T$ is the system's temperature. We prove that black holes comply with the bound; in fact they actually {\it saturate} it. Thus, when judged by their relaxation properties, black holes are the most extreme objects in nature, having the maximum relaxation rate which is allowed by quantum theory.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Nov 2006 06:43:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Hod", "Shahar", "" ] ]
From information theory and thermodynamic considerations a universal bound on the relaxation time $\tau$ of a perturbed system is inferred, $\tau \geq \hbar/\pi T$, where $T$ is the system's temperature. We prove that black holes comply with the bound; in fact they actually {\it saturate} it. Thus, when judged by their relaxation properties, black holes are the most extreme objects in nature, having the maximum relaxation rate which is allowed by quantum theory.
1505.05509
Vitor Cardoso
Vitor Cardoso, Richard Brito, Joao L. Rosa
Superradiance in stars
5 pages, RevTex 4. Accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Phys.Rev. D91 (2015) 12, 124026
10.1103/PhysRevD.91.124026
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It has long been known that dissipation is a crucial ingredient in the superradiant amplification of wavepackets off rotating objects. We show that, once appropriate dissipation mechanisms are included, stars are also prone to superradiance and superradiant instabilities. In particular, ultra-light dark matter with small interaction cross section with the star material or self-annihilation can trigger a superradiant instability. On long timescales, the instability strips the star of most of its angular momentum. Whether or not new stationary configurations surrounded by scalar condensates exist, remains to be seen.
[ { "created": "Wed, 20 May 2015 20:00:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-07-03
[ [ "Cardoso", "Vitor", "" ], [ "Brito", "Richard", "" ], [ "Rosa", "Joao L.", "" ] ]
It has long been known that dissipation is a crucial ingredient in the superradiant amplification of wavepackets off rotating objects. We show that, once appropriate dissipation mechanisms are included, stars are also prone to superradiance and superradiant instabilities. In particular, ultra-light dark matter with small interaction cross section with the star material or self-annihilation can trigger a superradiant instability. On long timescales, the instability strips the star of most of its angular momentum. Whether or not new stationary configurations surrounded by scalar condensates exist, remains to be seen.
2401.02924
Jose Barrientos
Jos\'e Barrientos, Adolfo Cisterna, Ivan Kol\'a\v{r}, Keanu M\"uller, Marcelo Oyarzo, and Konstantinos Pallikaris
Mixing "Magnetic'' and "Electric'' Ehlers--Harrison transformations: The Electromagnetic Swirling Spacetime and Novel Type I Backgrounds
null
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this paper, we obtain a complete list of stationary and axisymmetric spacetimes, generated from a Minkowski spacetime using the Ernst technique. We do so by operating on the associated seed potentials with a composition of Ehlers and Harrison transformations. In particular, assigning an additional ``electric'' or ``magnetic'' tag to the transformations, we investigate the new spacetimes obtained either via a composition of magnetic Ehlers and Harrison transformations (first part) or via a magnetic-electric combination (second part). In the first part, the resulting type D spacetime, dubbed electromagnetic swirling universe, features key properties, separately found in swirling and (Bonnor--)Melvin spacetimes, the latter recovered in appropriate limits. A detailed analysis of the geometry is included, and subtle issues are addressed. A detailed proof that the spacetime belongs to the Kundt family, is included, and a notable relation to the planar-Reissner-Nordstr\"om-NUT black hole is also meticulously worked out. This relation is further exploited to reverse-engineer the form of the solution in the presence of a nontrivial cosmological constant. A Schwarzschild black hole embedded into the new background is also discussed. In the second part, we present four novel stationary and axisymmetric asymptotically nonflat type I spacetimes, which are naively expected to be extensions of the Melvin or swirling solution including a NUT parameter or electromagnetic charges. We actually find that they are, under conditions, free of curvature and topological singularities, with the physical meaning of the electric transformation parameters in these backgrounds requiring further investigation.
[ { "created": "Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:05:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:16:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-01-15
[ [ "Barrientos", "José", "" ], [ "Cisterna", "Adolfo", "" ], [ "Kolář", "Ivan", "" ], [ "Müller", "Keanu", "" ], [ "Oyarzo", "Marcelo", "" ], [ "Pallikaris", "Konstantinos", "" ] ]
In this paper, we obtain a complete list of stationary and axisymmetric spacetimes, generated from a Minkowski spacetime using the Ernst technique. We do so by operating on the associated seed potentials with a composition of Ehlers and Harrison transformations. In particular, assigning an additional ``electric'' or ``magnetic'' tag to the transformations, we investigate the new spacetimes obtained either via a composition of magnetic Ehlers and Harrison transformations (first part) or via a magnetic-electric combination (second part). In the first part, the resulting type D spacetime, dubbed electromagnetic swirling universe, features key properties, separately found in swirling and (Bonnor--)Melvin spacetimes, the latter recovered in appropriate limits. A detailed analysis of the geometry is included, and subtle issues are addressed. A detailed proof that the spacetime belongs to the Kundt family, is included, and a notable relation to the planar-Reissner-Nordstr\"om-NUT black hole is also meticulously worked out. This relation is further exploited to reverse-engineer the form of the solution in the presence of a nontrivial cosmological constant. A Schwarzschild black hole embedded into the new background is also discussed. In the second part, we present four novel stationary and axisymmetric asymptotically nonflat type I spacetimes, which are naively expected to be extensions of the Melvin or swirling solution including a NUT parameter or electromagnetic charges. We actually find that they are, under conditions, free of curvature and topological singularities, with the physical meaning of the electric transformation parameters in these backgrounds requiring further investigation.
gr-qc/0307092
Nobuyuki Sakai
Nobuyuki Sakai (Yamagata U./Rome Observatory)
Generality of Topological Inflation
11 pages, details of numerical method described, discussions added, to appear in CQG
Class.Quant.Grav. 21 (2004) 281-288
10.1088/0264-9381/21/1/020
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph
null
Many authors claimed that a large initial inhomogeneity prevents the onset of inflation and therefore inflation takes place only if the scalar field is homogeneous or appropriately chosen over the horizon scale. We show that those arguments do not apply to topological inflation. The core of a defect starts inflation even if it has much smaller size than the horizon and much larger gradient energy than the potential, as long as the vacuum expectation value is large enough ($\gtrsim0.3\mpl$) and the core is not contracting initially. This is due to stability of false vacuum.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:14:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:29:39 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Sakai", "Nobuyuki", "", "Yamagata U./Rome Observatory" ] ]
Many authors claimed that a large initial inhomogeneity prevents the onset of inflation and therefore inflation takes place only if the scalar field is homogeneous or appropriately chosen over the horizon scale. We show that those arguments do not apply to topological inflation. The core of a defect starts inflation even if it has much smaller size than the horizon and much larger gradient energy than the potential, as long as the vacuum expectation value is large enough ($\gtrsim0.3\mpl$) and the core is not contracting initially. This is due to stability of false vacuum.
2405.16758
Kristian Gjorgjieski
Kristian Gjorgjieski and Rog\'erio Capobianco
Geometrically Thick Disks around Kerr Black Holes in a Swirling Universe
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate geometrically thick disks around Kerr black holes in a swirling universe. This stationary and axisymmetric spacetime is composed of a Kerr black hole, which is immersed in a swirling background. The swirling background is characterized by an odd $\mathcal{Z}_2$ symmetry, where the northern and southern hemispheres are rotating in opposite directions. The Kerr and swirling rotations can lead to the emergence of complex spin-spin interactions, which heavily influence the spacetime properties. In order to study this influence, we analyze prograde as well as retrograde circular orbits and geometrically thick disks for different spacetime solutions, which are classified by their Kerr parameter $a$ and the swirling parameter $j$. We find stabilizing effects on prograde circular orbits and destabilizing effects on retrograde circular orbits, which originate from the spin-spin interaction and depend mainly on the Kerr rotation. Furthermore, the background rotation leads to an emergence of static orbits and the symmetry breaking regarding the equatorial plane causes a vertical distribution of the circular orbits and thick torus solutions. Due to the destabilizing effect of the swirling rotation, an outer marginally stable orbit appears, which heavily downsizes the parameter space for disk solutions. Dependent on the Keplerian specific angular momentum distribution of the spacetime and on the disk momentum $\ell_0$, different types of disk are possible which we classify and which differ in terms of the complex disk dynamics that could arise due to the presence of an inner and outer cusp or just an outer cusp.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 May 2024 02:05:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-05-28
[ [ "Gjorgjieski", "Kristian", "" ], [ "Capobianco", "Rogério", "" ] ]
We investigate geometrically thick disks around Kerr black holes in a swirling universe. This stationary and axisymmetric spacetime is composed of a Kerr black hole, which is immersed in a swirling background. The swirling background is characterized by an odd $\mathcal{Z}_2$ symmetry, where the northern and southern hemispheres are rotating in opposite directions. The Kerr and swirling rotations can lead to the emergence of complex spin-spin interactions, which heavily influence the spacetime properties. In order to study this influence, we analyze prograde as well as retrograde circular orbits and geometrically thick disks for different spacetime solutions, which are classified by their Kerr parameter $a$ and the swirling parameter $j$. We find stabilizing effects on prograde circular orbits and destabilizing effects on retrograde circular orbits, which originate from the spin-spin interaction and depend mainly on the Kerr rotation. Furthermore, the background rotation leads to an emergence of static orbits and the symmetry breaking regarding the equatorial plane causes a vertical distribution of the circular orbits and thick torus solutions. Due to the destabilizing effect of the swirling rotation, an outer marginally stable orbit appears, which heavily downsizes the parameter space for disk solutions. Dependent on the Keplerian specific angular momentum distribution of the spacetime and on the disk momentum $\ell_0$, different types of disk are possible which we classify and which differ in terms of the complex disk dynamics that could arise due to the presence of an inner and outer cusp or just an outer cusp.
2301.03522
Galina Weinstein Dr
Galina Weinstein
The Neverending Story of the Eternal Wormhole and the Noisy Sycamore
null
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th physics.hist-ph quant-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
There has been a great buzz surrounding Daniel Jafferis et al.'s latest Nature paper, "Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor". The Nature paper discusses an experiment in which Google's Sycamore quantum processor is used to simulate a sparse N = 7 SYK model with 5 terms (a learned Hamiltonian). The Nature paper shows that the learned Hamiltonian preserves the key gravitational characteristics of an N = 10 SYK model with 210 terms and is sufficient to produce a traversable wormhole behavior. I will examine the experiment and discuss some philosophical challenges concerning the experiment in memory of Ian Hacking. Recently, Norman Yao and two graduate students discovered multiple flaws in Jafferis et al.'s learned Hamiltonian and uploaded a comment on the Nature paper. As expected, Jafferis and his team found a simple way to clarify the misunderstanding. They found a physical justification that allowed them to avoid the problem. In this paper, I elucidate the main arguments Yao and his students raised and the way Jafferis et al. found to save their learned Hamiltonian. I will end this paper with a philosophical comment on this recent development in the context of the learned Hamiltonian.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 Jan 2023 17:19:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:51:29 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 May 2023 15:52:33 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2023-05-19
[ [ "Weinstein", "Galina", "" ] ]
There has been a great buzz surrounding Daniel Jafferis et al.'s latest Nature paper, "Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor". The Nature paper discusses an experiment in which Google's Sycamore quantum processor is used to simulate a sparse N = 7 SYK model with 5 terms (a learned Hamiltonian). The Nature paper shows that the learned Hamiltonian preserves the key gravitational characteristics of an N = 10 SYK model with 210 terms and is sufficient to produce a traversable wormhole behavior. I will examine the experiment and discuss some philosophical challenges concerning the experiment in memory of Ian Hacking. Recently, Norman Yao and two graduate students discovered multiple flaws in Jafferis et al.'s learned Hamiltonian and uploaded a comment on the Nature paper. As expected, Jafferis and his team found a simple way to clarify the misunderstanding. They found a physical justification that allowed them to avoid the problem. In this paper, I elucidate the main arguments Yao and his students raised and the way Jafferis et al. found to save their learned Hamiltonian. I will end this paper with a philosophical comment on this recent development in the context of the learned Hamiltonian.
gr-qc/9909079
Hugo A. Morales-Tecotl
Jorge Alfaro (PUC/Santiago), Hugo A. Morales-Tecotl (UAM-I/Mexico City) and Luis F. Urrutia (ICN-UNAM/Mexico City)
Quantum gravity corrections to neutrino propagation
RevTeX, 5pp, no figures. Notation of a sum in Eq.(2) improved. Slight modifications in redaction. Final version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Phys.Rev.Lett.84:2318-2321,2000
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2318
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph hep-th
null
Massive spin-1/2 fields are studied in the framework of loop quantum gravity by considering a state approximating, at a length scale $\cal L$ much greater than Planck length $\ell_P=1.2\times 10^{-33}$cm, a spin-1/2 field in flat spacetime. The discrete structure of spacetime at $\ell_P$ yields corrections to the field propagation at scale $\cal L$. Next, Neutrino Bursts (${\bar p}\approx 10^5$GeV) accompaning Gamma Ray Bursts that have travelled cosmological distances, $L\approx 10^{10}$l.y., are considered. The dominant correction is helicity independent and leads to a time delay w.r.t. the speed of light, $c$, of order $({\bar p} \ell_P) L/c\approx 10^4$s. To next order in ${\bar p} \ell_P$ the correction has the form of the Gambini and Pullin effect for photons. Its contribution to time delay is comparable to that caused by the mass term. Finally, a dependence $L_{\rm os}^{-1} \propto {\bar p}^2 \ell_P$ is found for a two-flavour neutrino oscillation length.
[ { "created": "Fri, 24 Sep 1999 23:44:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 20 Jan 2000 17:19:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-05-05
[ [ "Alfaro", "Jorge", "", "PUC/Santiago" ], [ "Morales-Tecotl", "Hugo A.", "", "UAM-I/Mexico\n City" ], [ "Urrutia", "Luis F.", "", "ICN-UNAM/Mexico City" ] ]
Massive spin-1/2 fields are studied in the framework of loop quantum gravity by considering a state approximating, at a length scale $\cal L$ much greater than Planck length $\ell_P=1.2\times 10^{-33}$cm, a spin-1/2 field in flat spacetime. The discrete structure of spacetime at $\ell_P$ yields corrections to the field propagation at scale $\cal L$. Next, Neutrino Bursts (${\bar p}\approx 10^5$GeV) accompaning Gamma Ray Bursts that have travelled cosmological distances, $L\approx 10^{10}$l.y., are considered. The dominant correction is helicity independent and leads to a time delay w.r.t. the speed of light, $c$, of order $({\bar p} \ell_P) L/c\approx 10^4$s. To next order in ${\bar p} \ell_P$ the correction has the form of the Gambini and Pullin effect for photons. Its contribution to time delay is comparable to that caused by the mass term. Finally, a dependence $L_{\rm os}^{-1} \propto {\bar p}^2 \ell_P$ is found for a two-flavour neutrino oscillation length.
1012.5111
Jonathan R. Gair
Jonathan R. Gair, Eanna E. Flanagan, Steve Drasco, Tanja Hinderer and Stanislav Babak
Forced motion near black holes
28 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D; v2 has minor changes for consistency with published version, plus a new section discussing the relative advantages of the two approaches
Phys.Rev.D83:044037,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.044037
null
gr-qc astro-ph.GA astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present two methods for integrating forced geodesic equations in the Kerr spacetime, which can accommodate arbitrary forces. As a test case, we compute inspirals under a simple drag force, mimicking the presence of gas. We verify that both methods give the same results for this simple force. We find that drag generally causes eccentricity to increase throughout the inspiral. This is a relativistic effect qualitatively opposite to what is seen in gravitational-radiation-driven inspirals, and similar to what is observed in hydrodynamic simulations of gaseous binaries. We provide an analytic explanation by deriving the leading order relativistic correction to the Newtonian dynamics. If observed, an increasing eccentricity would provide clear evidence that the inspiral was occurring in a non-vacuum environment. Our two methods are especially useful for evolving orbits in the adiabatic regime. Both use the method of osculating orbits, in which each point on the orbit is characterized by the parameters of the geodesic with the same instantaneous position and velocity. Both methods describe the orbit in terms of the geodesic energy, axial angular momentum, Carter constant, azimuthal phase, and two angular variables that increase monotonically and are relativistic generalizations of the eccentric anomaly. The two methods differ in their treatment of the orbital phases and the representation of the force. In one method the geodesic phase and phase constant are evolved together as a single orbital phase parameter, and the force is expressed in terms of its components on the Kinnersley orthonormal tetrad. In the second method, the phase constants of the geodesic motion are evolved separately and the force is expressed in terms of its Boyer-Lindquist components. This second approach is a generalization of earlier work by Pound and Poisson for planar forces in a Schwarzschild background.
[ { "created": "Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:37:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:07:54 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-03-23
[ [ "Gair", "Jonathan R.", "" ], [ "Flanagan", "Eanna E.", "" ], [ "Drasco", "Steve", "" ], [ "Hinderer", "Tanja", "" ], [ "Babak", "Stanislav", "" ] ]
We present two methods for integrating forced geodesic equations in the Kerr spacetime, which can accommodate arbitrary forces. As a test case, we compute inspirals under a simple drag force, mimicking the presence of gas. We verify that both methods give the same results for this simple force. We find that drag generally causes eccentricity to increase throughout the inspiral. This is a relativistic effect qualitatively opposite to what is seen in gravitational-radiation-driven inspirals, and similar to what is observed in hydrodynamic simulations of gaseous binaries. We provide an analytic explanation by deriving the leading order relativistic correction to the Newtonian dynamics. If observed, an increasing eccentricity would provide clear evidence that the inspiral was occurring in a non-vacuum environment. Our two methods are especially useful for evolving orbits in the adiabatic regime. Both use the method of osculating orbits, in which each point on the orbit is characterized by the parameters of the geodesic with the same instantaneous position and velocity. Both methods describe the orbit in terms of the geodesic energy, axial angular momentum, Carter constant, azimuthal phase, and two angular variables that increase monotonically and are relativistic generalizations of the eccentric anomaly. The two methods differ in their treatment of the orbital phases and the representation of the force. In one method the geodesic phase and phase constant are evolved together as a single orbital phase parameter, and the force is expressed in terms of its components on the Kinnersley orthonormal tetrad. In the second method, the phase constants of the geodesic motion are evolved separately and the force is expressed in terms of its Boyer-Lindquist components. This second approach is a generalization of earlier work by Pound and Poisson for planar forces in a Schwarzschild background.
gr-qc/9411050
Serge Droz
A. Bonanno, S. Droz, W.Israel and S.M. Morsink
Structure of the Spherical Black Hole Interior
11 pages, latex, 2 figures
null
10.1098/rspa.1995.0100
Alberta-Thy-35-94
gr-qc
null
The internal structure of a charged spherical black hole is still a topic of debate. In a nonrotating but aspherical gravitational collapse to form a spherical charged black hole, the backscattered gravitational wave tails enter the black hole and are blueshifted at the Cauchy horizon. This has a catastrophic effect if combined with an outflux crossing the Cauchy horizon: a singularity develops at the Cauchy horizon and the effective mass inflates. Recently a numerical study of a massless scalar field in the \RN background suggested that a spacelike singularity may form before the Cauchy horizon forms. We will show that there exists an approximate analytic solution of the scalar field equations which allows the mass inflation singularity at the Cauchy horizon to exist. In particular, we see no evidence that the Cauchy horizon is preceded by a spacelike singularity.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Nov 1994 21:43:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-08-15
[ [ "Bonanno", "A.", "" ], [ "Droz", "S.", "" ], [ "Israel", "W.", "" ], [ "Morsink", "S. M.", "" ] ]
The internal structure of a charged spherical black hole is still a topic of debate. In a nonrotating but aspherical gravitational collapse to form a spherical charged black hole, the backscattered gravitational wave tails enter the black hole and are blueshifted at the Cauchy horizon. This has a catastrophic effect if combined with an outflux crossing the Cauchy horizon: a singularity develops at the Cauchy horizon and the effective mass inflates. Recently a numerical study of a massless scalar field in the \RN background suggested that a spacelike singularity may form before the Cauchy horizon forms. We will show that there exists an approximate analytic solution of the scalar field equations which allows the mass inflation singularity at the Cauchy horizon to exist. In particular, we see no evidence that the Cauchy horizon is preceded by a spacelike singularity.
1405.3938
Dario Bettoni
Dario Bettoni
Disformal invariance of second order scalar-tensor theories
3 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the conference "Rencontres de Moriond", Cosmology Session, 2014
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Horndeski action is the most general one involving a metric and a scalar field that leads to second-order field equations in four dimensions. Being the natural extension of the well-known scalar-tensor theories, its structure and properties are worth analyzing along the experience accumulated in the latter context. Here, we argue that disformal transformations play, for the Horndeski theory, a similar role to that of conformal transformations for scalar-tensor theories a la Brans-Dicke.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 May 2014 13:38:03 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-05-16
[ [ "Bettoni", "Dario", "" ] ]
The Horndeski action is the most general one involving a metric and a scalar field that leads to second-order field equations in four dimensions. Being the natural extension of the well-known scalar-tensor theories, its structure and properties are worth analyzing along the experience accumulated in the latter context. Here, we argue that disformal transformations play, for the Horndeski theory, a similar role to that of conformal transformations for scalar-tensor theories a la Brans-Dicke.
2004.10111
Tanmoy Paul
Tanmoy Paul and Narayan Banerjee
Cosmological quantum entanglement : A possible testbed for the existence of Kalb-Ramond field
CQG accepted
null
10.1088/1361-6382/ab8bb9
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the present paper, we explore the possible effects of a second rank antisymmetric tensor field, known as Kalb-Ramond (KR) field, on cosmological particle production as well as on quantum entanglement for a massive scalar field propagating in a four dimensional FRW spacetime evolves through a symmetric bounce. For this purpose, the scalar field is considered to be coupled with the KR field and also with the Ricci scalar via the term $\sim \xi R\Phi^2$ (with $\xi$ be the coupling). The presence of KR field spoils the conformal symmetry of a massless scalar field even for $\xi = 1/6$ in four dimensional context, which has interesting consequences on particle production and consequently on quantum entanglement as we will discuss. In particular, the presence of KR field in a FRW bouncing universe allows a greater particle production and consequently the upper bound of the entanglement entropy becomes larger in comparison to the case when the KR field is absent. This may provide an interesting testbed for the existence of Kalb-Ramond field in our universe.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:39:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-08-26
[ [ "Paul", "Tanmoy", "" ], [ "Banerjee", "Narayan", "" ] ]
In the present paper, we explore the possible effects of a second rank antisymmetric tensor field, known as Kalb-Ramond (KR) field, on cosmological particle production as well as on quantum entanglement for a massive scalar field propagating in a four dimensional FRW spacetime evolves through a symmetric bounce. For this purpose, the scalar field is considered to be coupled with the KR field and also with the Ricci scalar via the term $\sim \xi R\Phi^2$ (with $\xi$ be the coupling). The presence of KR field spoils the conformal symmetry of a massless scalar field even for $\xi = 1/6$ in four dimensional context, which has interesting consequences on particle production and consequently on quantum entanglement as we will discuss. In particular, the presence of KR field in a FRW bouncing universe allows a greater particle production and consequently the upper bound of the entanglement entropy becomes larger in comparison to the case when the KR field is absent. This may provide an interesting testbed for the existence of Kalb-Ramond field in our universe.
1602.04021
Paolo Valtancoli
P. Valtancoli
Scalar field conformally coupled to a charged BTZ black hole
9 pages, no figures
null
10.1016/j.aop.2016.03.013
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the Klein-Gordon equation of a scalar field conformally coupled to a charged BTZ black hole. The background metric is obtained by coupling a non-linear and conformal invariant Maxwell field to (2+1) gravity. We show that the radial part is generally solved by a Heun function and, in the pure gravity limit, by a hypergeometric function.
[ { "created": "Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:46:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-05-04
[ [ "Valtancoli", "P.", "" ] ]
We study the Klein-Gordon equation of a scalar field conformally coupled to a charged BTZ black hole. The background metric is obtained by coupling a non-linear and conformal invariant Maxwell field to (2+1) gravity. We show that the radial part is generally solved by a Heun function and, in the pure gravity limit, by a hypergeometric function.
2101.12570
Dan Vollick
Dan N. Vollick
On the Meaning of Various Mass Definitions for Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The mass contained in an arbitrary spacetime in general relativity is not well defined. However, for asymptotically flat spacetimes various definitions of mass have been proposed. In this paper I consider eight masses and show that some of them correspond to the active gravitational mass while the others correspond to the inertial mass. For example, the ADM mass corresponds to the inertial mass while the M$\o$ller mass corresponds to the active gravitational mass. In general the inertial and active gravitational masses are not equal. If the spacetime is vacuum at large $r$ the Einstein equations force the inertial and active gravitational masses to be the same. The Einstein equations also force the masses to be the same if any matter that extends out to large $r$ satisfies the weak, strong or dominant energy condition. I also examine the contributions of the inertial and active gravitational masses to the gravitational redshift, the deflection of light, the Shapiro time delay, the precession of perihelia and to the motion of test bodies in the spacetime.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Jan 2021 17:48:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-02-01
[ [ "Vollick", "Dan N.", "" ] ]
The mass contained in an arbitrary spacetime in general relativity is not well defined. However, for asymptotically flat spacetimes various definitions of mass have been proposed. In this paper I consider eight masses and show that some of them correspond to the active gravitational mass while the others correspond to the inertial mass. For example, the ADM mass corresponds to the inertial mass while the M$\o$ller mass corresponds to the active gravitational mass. In general the inertial and active gravitational masses are not equal. If the spacetime is vacuum at large $r$ the Einstein equations force the inertial and active gravitational masses to be the same. The Einstein equations also force the masses to be the same if any matter that extends out to large $r$ satisfies the weak, strong or dominant energy condition. I also examine the contributions of the inertial and active gravitational masses to the gravitational redshift, the deflection of light, the Shapiro time delay, the precession of perihelia and to the motion of test bodies in the spacetime.
1610.04742
Benjamin Lackey
Benjamin D. Lackey, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Chad R. Galley, Jeroen Meidam, Chris Van Den Broeck
Effective-one-body waveforms for binary neutron stars using surrogate models
17 pages, 11 figures, submitted to PRD
Phys. Rev. D 95, 104036 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.104036
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Gravitational-wave observations of binary neutron star systems can provide information about the masses, spins, and structure of neutron stars. However, this requires accurate and computationally efficient waveform models that take <1s to evaluate for use in Bayesian parameter estimation codes that perform 10^7 - 10^8 waveform evaluations. We present a surrogate model of a nonspinning effective-one-body waveform model with l = 2, 3, and 4 tidal multipole moments that reproduces waveforms of binary neutron star numerical simulations up to merger. The surrogate is built from compact sets of effective-one-body waveform amplitude and phase data that each form a reduced basis. We find that 12 amplitude and 7 phase basis elements are sufficient to reconstruct any binary neutron star waveform with a starting frequency of 10Hz. The surrogate has maximum errors of 3.8% in amplitude (0.04% excluding the last 100M before merger) and 0.043 radians in phase. The version implemented in the LIGO Algorithm Library takes ~0.07s to evaluate for a starting frequency of 30Hz and ~0.8s for a starting frequency of 10Hz, resulting in a speed-up factor of ~10^3 - 10^4 relative to the original Matlab code. This allows parameter estimation codes to run in days to weeks rather than years, and we demonstrate this with a Nested Sampling run that recovers the masses and tidal parameters of a simulated binary neutron star system.
[ { "created": "Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:27:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-06-07
[ [ "Lackey", "Benjamin D.", "" ], [ "Bernuzzi", "Sebastiano", "" ], [ "Galley", "Chad R.", "" ], [ "Meidam", "Jeroen", "" ], [ "Broeck", "Chris Van Den", "" ] ]
Gravitational-wave observations of binary neutron star systems can provide information about the masses, spins, and structure of neutron stars. However, this requires accurate and computationally efficient waveform models that take <1s to evaluate for use in Bayesian parameter estimation codes that perform 10^7 - 10^8 waveform evaluations. We present a surrogate model of a nonspinning effective-one-body waveform model with l = 2, 3, and 4 tidal multipole moments that reproduces waveforms of binary neutron star numerical simulations up to merger. The surrogate is built from compact sets of effective-one-body waveform amplitude and phase data that each form a reduced basis. We find that 12 amplitude and 7 phase basis elements are sufficient to reconstruct any binary neutron star waveform with a starting frequency of 10Hz. The surrogate has maximum errors of 3.8% in amplitude (0.04% excluding the last 100M before merger) and 0.043 radians in phase. The version implemented in the LIGO Algorithm Library takes ~0.07s to evaluate for a starting frequency of 30Hz and ~0.8s for a starting frequency of 10Hz, resulting in a speed-up factor of ~10^3 - 10^4 relative to the original Matlab code. This allows parameter estimation codes to run in days to weeks rather than years, and we demonstrate this with a Nested Sampling run that recovers the masses and tidal parameters of a simulated binary neutron star system.
0812.4856
Alberto Rozas-Fernandez
Norman Cruz, Pedro F. Gonzalez-Diaz, Alberto Rozas-Fernandez and Guillermo Sanchez
Holographic kinetic k-essence model
6 pages, 4 figures, revised version, accepted for publication in Phys.Lett.B
Phys.Lett.B679:293-297,2009
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.07.028
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider a connection between the holographic dark energy density and the kinetic k-essence energy density in a flat FRW universe. With the choice $c\geq1$, the holographic dark energy can be described by a kinetic k-essence scalar field in a certain way. In this paper we show this kinetic k-essential description of the holographic dark energy with $c\geq1$ and reconstruct the kinetic k-essence function F(X).
[ { "created": "Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:53:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:07:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-28
[ [ "Cruz", "Norman", "" ], [ "Gonzalez-Diaz", "Pedro F.", "" ], [ "Rozas-Fernandez", "Alberto", "" ], [ "Sanchez", "Guillermo", "" ] ]
We consider a connection between the holographic dark energy density and the kinetic k-essence energy density in a flat FRW universe. With the choice $c\geq1$, the holographic dark energy can be described by a kinetic k-essence scalar field in a certain way. In this paper we show this kinetic k-essential description of the holographic dark energy with $c\geq1$ and reconstruct the kinetic k-essence function F(X).
1505.07017
N\'estor Ortiz
N\'estor Ortiz, Olivier Sarbach, and Thomas Zannias
Shadow of a naked singularity
26 pages, 11 figures
Phys. Rev. D 92, 044035 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.044035
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyze the redshift suffered by photons originating from an external source, traversing a collapsing dust cloud and finally being received by an asymptotic observer. In addition, we study the shadow that the collapsing cloud casts on the sky of the asymptotic observer. We find that the resulting redshift and properties of the shadow depend crucially on whether the final outcome of the complete gravitational collapse is a black hole or a naked singularity. In the black hole case, the shadow is due to the high redshift acquired by the photons as they approach the event horizon, implying that their energy is gradually redshifted toward zero within a few crossing times associated with the event horizon radius. In contrast to this, a naked singularity not only absorbs photons originating from the source, but it also emits infinitely redshifted photons with and without angular momenta. This emission introduces an abrupt cutoff in the frequency shift of the photons detected in directions close to the radial one, and it is responsible for the shadow masking the source in the naked singularity case. Furthermore, even though the shadow forms and begins to grow immediately after the observer crosses the Cauchy horizon, it takes many more crossing times than in the black hole case for the source to be occulted from the observer's eyes. We discuss possible implications of our results for testing the weak cosmic censorship hypothesis. Even though at late times the image of the source perceived by the observer looks the same in both cases, the dynamical formation of the shadow and the redshift images has distinct features and time scales in the black hole versus the naked singularity case. For stellar collapse, these time scales seem to be too short to be resolved with existing technology. However, our results may be relevant for the collapse of seeds leading to supermassive black holes.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 May 2015 15:42:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 9 Sep 2015 14:06:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-09-10
[ [ "Ortiz", "Néstor", "" ], [ "Sarbach", "Olivier", "" ], [ "Zannias", "Thomas", "" ] ]
We analyze the redshift suffered by photons originating from an external source, traversing a collapsing dust cloud and finally being received by an asymptotic observer. In addition, we study the shadow that the collapsing cloud casts on the sky of the asymptotic observer. We find that the resulting redshift and properties of the shadow depend crucially on whether the final outcome of the complete gravitational collapse is a black hole or a naked singularity. In the black hole case, the shadow is due to the high redshift acquired by the photons as they approach the event horizon, implying that their energy is gradually redshifted toward zero within a few crossing times associated with the event horizon radius. In contrast to this, a naked singularity not only absorbs photons originating from the source, but it also emits infinitely redshifted photons with and without angular momenta. This emission introduces an abrupt cutoff in the frequency shift of the photons detected in directions close to the radial one, and it is responsible for the shadow masking the source in the naked singularity case. Furthermore, even though the shadow forms and begins to grow immediately after the observer crosses the Cauchy horizon, it takes many more crossing times than in the black hole case for the source to be occulted from the observer's eyes. We discuss possible implications of our results for testing the weak cosmic censorship hypothesis. Even though at late times the image of the source perceived by the observer looks the same in both cases, the dynamical formation of the shadow and the redshift images has distinct features and time scales in the black hole versus the naked singularity case. For stellar collapse, these time scales seem to be too short to be resolved with existing technology. However, our results may be relevant for the collapse of seeds leading to supermassive black holes.
gr-qc/0210009
Mauricio Bellini
Mauricio Bellini (IFM, Michoacana University)
Fresh inflation from five-dimensional vacuum state
8 pages, 1 figure - to appear in Gen. Rel. Grav
Gen.Rel.Grav. 35 (2003) 35-41
10.1023/A:1021398710545
null
gr-qc hep-ph
null
I study fresh inflation from a five-dimensional vacuum state, where the fifth dimension is constant. In this framework, the universe can be seen as inflating in a four-dimensional FRW metric embedding in a five-dimensional metric. Finally, the experimental data $n_s=1$ are consistent with $(p+\rho_t)/\rho_t \simeq1/3$ in the fresh inflationary scenario.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:23:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "Bellini", "Mauricio", "", "IFM, Michoacana University" ] ]
I study fresh inflation from a five-dimensional vacuum state, where the fifth dimension is constant. In this framework, the universe can be seen as inflating in a four-dimensional FRW metric embedding in a five-dimensional metric. Finally, the experimental data $n_s=1$ are consistent with $(p+\rho_t)/\rho_t \simeq1/3$ in the fresh inflationary scenario.
1801.09972
Ian Harry
Ian Harry, Tanja Hinderer
Observing and measuring the neutron-star equation-of-state in spinning binary neutron star systems
29 pages (CQG formatting), 9 figures
null
10.1088/1361-6382/aac7e3
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
LIGO and Virgo recently observed the first binary neutron star merger, demonstrating that gravitational-waves offer the ability to probe how matter behaves in one of the most extreme environments in the Universe. However, the gravitational-wave signal emitted by an inspiraling binary neutron star system is only weakly dependent on the equation of state and extracting this information is challenging. Previous studies have focused mainly on binary systems where the neutron stars are spinning slowly and the main imprint of neutron star matter in the inspiral signal is due to tidal effects. For binaries with non-negligible neutron-star spin the deformation of the neutron star due to its own rotation introduces additional variations in the emitted gravitational-wave signal. Here we explore whether highly spinning binary neutron-star systems offer a better chance to measure the equation-of-state than weakly spinning binary-neutron star systems. We focus on the dominant adiabatic quadrupolar effects and consider three main questions. First, we show that equation-of-state effects can be significant in the inspiral waveforms, and that the spin-quadrupole effect dominates for rapidly rotating neutron stars. Second, we show that variations in the spin-quadrupole phasing are strongly degenerate with changes in the component masses and spins, and neglecting these terms has a negligible impact on the number of observations with second generation observatories. Finally, we explore the bias in the masses and spins that would be introduced by using incorrect equation-of-state terms. Using a novel method to rapidly evaluate an approximation of the likelihood we show that assuming the incorrect equation-of-state when measuring source parameters can lead to a significant bias. We also find that the ability to measure the equation-of-state is improved when considering spinning systems.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:14:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-07-11
[ [ "Harry", "Ian", "" ], [ "Hinderer", "Tanja", "" ] ]
LIGO and Virgo recently observed the first binary neutron star merger, demonstrating that gravitational-waves offer the ability to probe how matter behaves in one of the most extreme environments in the Universe. However, the gravitational-wave signal emitted by an inspiraling binary neutron star system is only weakly dependent on the equation of state and extracting this information is challenging. Previous studies have focused mainly on binary systems where the neutron stars are spinning slowly and the main imprint of neutron star matter in the inspiral signal is due to tidal effects. For binaries with non-negligible neutron-star spin the deformation of the neutron star due to its own rotation introduces additional variations in the emitted gravitational-wave signal. Here we explore whether highly spinning binary neutron-star systems offer a better chance to measure the equation-of-state than weakly spinning binary-neutron star systems. We focus on the dominant adiabatic quadrupolar effects and consider three main questions. First, we show that equation-of-state effects can be significant in the inspiral waveforms, and that the spin-quadrupole effect dominates for rapidly rotating neutron stars. Second, we show that variations in the spin-quadrupole phasing are strongly degenerate with changes in the component masses and spins, and neglecting these terms has a negligible impact on the number of observations with second generation observatories. Finally, we explore the bias in the masses and spins that would be introduced by using incorrect equation-of-state terms. Using a novel method to rapidly evaluate an approximation of the likelihood we show that assuming the incorrect equation-of-state when measuring source parameters can lead to a significant bias. We also find that the ability to measure the equation-of-state is improved when considering spinning systems.
2009.11994
Sai Wang
Zhe Chang, Sai Wang, Qing-Hua Zhu
Gauge Invariant Second Order Gravitational Waves
Major revisions. We further analyze the relation between the gauge invariant synchronous gravitational waves and the gravitational waves fixed in the Newtonian gauge. In this way, we could explain why one obtained correctly the energy density spectrum from the Newtonian gauge in previous studies (our method is available to other gauge fixings). Additional citations are added. Typos are corrected
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the gauge invariance of the second order gravitational waves induced by the first order scalar perturbations by following the Lie derivative method. It is shown explicitly that the second order gravitational waves are gauge invariant in the synchronous frame. In the gauge invariant framework, we derive the equation of motion of the second order gravitational waves and show that the second order gravitational waves are sourced from the first order scalar perturbations described well in the gauge invariant Newtonian frame. Since the observables of gravitational waves are measured in the synchronous frame, we define the energy density spectrum of the second order gravitational waves in terms of the gauge invariant synchronous variables. This way guarantees no fictitious tensor perturbations. It is shown that the gauge invariant energy density spectrum of the second order gravitational waves coincides with the one in the Newtonian gauge.
[ { "created": "Fri, 25 Sep 2020 01:38:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:42:23 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-09-30
[ [ "Chang", "Zhe", "" ], [ "Wang", "Sai", "" ], [ "Zhu", "Qing-Hua", "" ] ]
We investigate the gauge invariance of the second order gravitational waves induced by the first order scalar perturbations by following the Lie derivative method. It is shown explicitly that the second order gravitational waves are gauge invariant in the synchronous frame. In the gauge invariant framework, we derive the equation of motion of the second order gravitational waves and show that the second order gravitational waves are sourced from the first order scalar perturbations described well in the gauge invariant Newtonian frame. Since the observables of gravitational waves are measured in the synchronous frame, we define the energy density spectrum of the second order gravitational waves in terms of the gauge invariant synchronous variables. This way guarantees no fictitious tensor perturbations. It is shown that the gauge invariant energy density spectrum of the second order gravitational waves coincides with the one in the Newtonian gauge.
2111.09174
Pu-Xin Lin
Pu-Xin Lin and Yun-Song Piao
Populating the landscape in an inhomogeneous universe
11 pages + references and appendix, 8 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063534
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The primordial Universe might be highly inhomogeneous. We perform the 3+1D Numerical Relativity simulation for the evolution of scalar field in an initial inhomogeneous expanding Universe, and investigate how it populates the landscape with both de Sitter (dS) and AdS vacua. The simulation results show that eventually either the field in different region separates into different vacua, so that the expanding dS or AdS bubbles (the bubble wall is expanding but the spacetime inside AdS bubbles is contracting) come into being with clear bounderies, or overall region is dS expanding with a few smaller AdS bubbles (which collapsed into black holes) or inhomogeneously collapsing.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:06:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 7 Feb 2022 18:53:43 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-04-06
[ [ "Lin", "Pu-Xin", "" ], [ "Piao", "Yun-Song", "" ] ]
The primordial Universe might be highly inhomogeneous. We perform the 3+1D Numerical Relativity simulation for the evolution of scalar field in an initial inhomogeneous expanding Universe, and investigate how it populates the landscape with both de Sitter (dS) and AdS vacua. The simulation results show that eventually either the field in different region separates into different vacua, so that the expanding dS or AdS bubbles (the bubble wall is expanding but the spacetime inside AdS bubbles is contracting) come into being with clear bounderies, or overall region is dS expanding with a few smaller AdS bubbles (which collapsed into black holes) or inhomogeneously collapsing.
gr-qc/0206058
Dzhunushaliev Vladimir
V. Dzhunushaliev
Time at the origin of the Universe: fluctuations between two possibilities
talk given at the NATO ARW "The Nature of Time : Geometry, Physics and perception", Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
A variation of Hawking's idea about Euclidean origin of a nonsingular birth of the Universe is considered. It is assumed that near to zero moment $t = 0$ fluctuations of a metric signature are possible.
[ { "created": "Thu, 20 Jun 2002 02:34:51 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Dzhunushaliev", "V.", "" ] ]
A variation of Hawking's idea about Euclidean origin of a nonsingular birth of the Universe is considered. It is assumed that near to zero moment $t = 0$ fluctuations of a metric signature are possible.
2203.11031
Alesandro Santos
A. F. Santos and Faqir C. Khanna
Finite temperature applications in G\"odel space-time
11 pages, accepted for publication in EPJC
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Temperature effects in a scalar field non-minimally coupled to gravity are investigated. The Thermo Field Dynamics formalism is used. This is a topological field theory that allows us to calculate different effects, such as the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the Casimir effect, on an equal footing. These phenomena are calculated assuming the G\"odel space-time as a gravitational background. A possible implication of these results at the beginning of the universe is discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:50:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-03-22
[ [ "Santos", "A. F.", "" ], [ "Khanna", "Faqir C.", "" ] ]
Temperature effects in a scalar field non-minimally coupled to gravity are investigated. The Thermo Field Dynamics formalism is used. This is a topological field theory that allows us to calculate different effects, such as the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the Casimir effect, on an equal footing. These phenomena are calculated assuming the G\"odel space-time as a gravitational background. A possible implication of these results at the beginning of the universe is discussed.
2205.11036
Silvia Vicentini
Silvia Vicentini
New bounds on vacuum decay in de Sitter space
26 pages, 9 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Vacuum decay in de Sitter space is a process of great physical interest, as it allows to rule out cosmological models in the early and current Universe. Its rate may be described in terms of an instanton in Euclidean space called bounce and it is usually interpreted as thermally assisted quantum tunneling. According to analytical and numerical evidence in the literature, a bounce exists only for certain values of the Hubble parameter in single scalar field theories with Einstein-Hilbert gravity. In the present paper, we rely on a novel approach to provide more stringent bounds, which may be easily extended to theories with non-minimally coupled and quadratic gravity. An additional restriction is also derived, which specifically applies to the latter.
[ { "created": "Mon, 23 May 2022 04:43:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-05-24
[ [ "Vicentini", "Silvia", "" ] ]
Vacuum decay in de Sitter space is a process of great physical interest, as it allows to rule out cosmological models in the early and current Universe. Its rate may be described in terms of an instanton in Euclidean space called bounce and it is usually interpreted as thermally assisted quantum tunneling. According to analytical and numerical evidence in the literature, a bounce exists only for certain values of the Hubble parameter in single scalar field theories with Einstein-Hilbert gravity. In the present paper, we rely on a novel approach to provide more stringent bounds, which may be easily extended to theories with non-minimally coupled and quadratic gravity. An additional restriction is also derived, which specifically applies to the latter.
gr-qc/9707001
null
S.Ansoldi, A.Aurilia, R.Balbinot, E.Spallucci
Effective dynamics of self-gravitating extended objects
13 pages, no figures, ReVTeX
Phys.Essays 9 (1996) 556
10.4006/1.3029270
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
We introduce an effective Lagrangian which describes the classical and semiclassical dynamics of spherically symmetric, self-gravitating objects that may populate the Universe at large and small (Planck) scale. These include wormholes, black holes and inflationary bubbles. We speculate that such objects represent some possible modes of fluctuation in the primordial spacetime foam out of which our universe was born. Several results obtained by different methods are encompassed and reinterpreted by our effective approach. As an example, we discuss: i) the gravitational nucleation coefficient for a pair of Minkowski bubbles, and ii) the nucleation coefficient of an inflationary vacuum bubble in a Minkowski background
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:22:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "Ansoldi", "S.", "" ], [ "Aurilia", "A.", "" ], [ "Balbinot", "R.", "" ], [ "Spallucci", "E.", "" ] ]
We introduce an effective Lagrangian which describes the classical and semiclassical dynamics of spherically symmetric, self-gravitating objects that may populate the Universe at large and small (Planck) scale. These include wormholes, black holes and inflationary bubbles. We speculate that such objects represent some possible modes of fluctuation in the primordial spacetime foam out of which our universe was born. Several results obtained by different methods are encompassed and reinterpreted by our effective approach. As an example, we discuss: i) the gravitational nucleation coefficient for a pair of Minkowski bubbles, and ii) the nucleation coefficient of an inflationary vacuum bubble in a Minkowski background
1810.10832
Ayan Chatterjee
Ayan Chatterjee and Ankit Anand
Joining Spacetimes on Fractal Hypersurfaces
22 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.01.020
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The theory of fractional calculus is attracting a lot of attention from mathematicians as well as physicists. The fractional generalisation of the well-known ordinary calculus is being used extensively in many fields, particularly in understanding stochastic process and fractal dynamics. In this paper, we apply the techniques of fractional calculus to study some specific modifications of the geometry of submanifolds. Our generalisation is applied to extend the Israel formalism which is used to glue together two spacetimes across a timelike, spacelike or a null hypersurface. In this context, we show that the fractional extrapolation leads to some striking new results. More precisely we demonstrate that, in contrast to the original Israel formalism, where many spacetimes can only be joined together through an intermediate thin hypersurface of matter satisfying some non- standard energy conditions, the fractional generalisation allows these spacetimes to be smoothly sewed together without any such requirements on the stress tensor of the matter fields. We discuss the ramifications of these results for spacetime structure and the possible implications for gravitational physics.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:07:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-02-20
[ [ "Chatterjee", "Ayan", "" ], [ "Anand", "Ankit", "" ] ]
The theory of fractional calculus is attracting a lot of attention from mathematicians as well as physicists. The fractional generalisation of the well-known ordinary calculus is being used extensively in many fields, particularly in understanding stochastic process and fractal dynamics. In this paper, we apply the techniques of fractional calculus to study some specific modifications of the geometry of submanifolds. Our generalisation is applied to extend the Israel formalism which is used to glue together two spacetimes across a timelike, spacelike or a null hypersurface. In this context, we show that the fractional extrapolation leads to some striking new results. More precisely we demonstrate that, in contrast to the original Israel formalism, where many spacetimes can only be joined together through an intermediate thin hypersurface of matter satisfying some non- standard energy conditions, the fractional generalisation allows these spacetimes to be smoothly sewed together without any such requirements on the stress tensor of the matter fields. We discuss the ramifications of these results for spacetime structure and the possible implications for gravitational physics.
0905.3465
Eduardo J.S. Villasenor
J. Fernando Barbero G., Jerzy Lewandowski, Eduardo J. S. Villase\~nor
Flux-area operator and black hole entropy
25 pages
Phys.Rev.D80:044016,2009
10.1103/PhysRevD.80.044016
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that, for space-times with inner boundaries, there exists a natural area operator different from the standard one used in loop quantum gravity. This new flux-area operator has equidistant eigenvalues. We discuss the consequences of substituting the standard area operator in the Ashtekar-Baez-Corichi-Krasnov definition of black hole entropy by the new one. Our choice simplifies the definition of the entropy and allows us to consider only those areas that coincide with the one defined by the value of the level of the Chern-Simons theory describing the horizon degrees of freedom. We give a prescription to count the number of relevant horizon states by using spin components and obtain exact expressions for the black hole entropy. Finally we derive its asymptotic behavior, discuss several issues related to the compatibility of our results with the Bekenstein-Hawking area law and the relation with Schwarzschild quasi-normal modes.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-08-19
[ [ "G.", "J. Fernando Barbero", "" ], [ "Lewandowski", "Jerzy", "" ], [ "Villaseñor", "Eduardo J. S.", "" ] ]
We show that, for space-times with inner boundaries, there exists a natural area operator different from the standard one used in loop quantum gravity. This new flux-area operator has equidistant eigenvalues. We discuss the consequences of substituting the standard area operator in the Ashtekar-Baez-Corichi-Krasnov definition of black hole entropy by the new one. Our choice simplifies the definition of the entropy and allows us to consider only those areas that coincide with the one defined by the value of the level of the Chern-Simons theory describing the horizon degrees of freedom. We give a prescription to count the number of relevant horizon states by using spin components and obtain exact expressions for the black hole entropy. Finally we derive its asymptotic behavior, discuss several issues related to the compatibility of our results with the Bekenstein-Hawking area law and the relation with Schwarzschild quasi-normal modes.
1206.0022
Marco Cariglia Dr
Marco Cariglia
Hidden symmetries of Eisenhart-Duval lift metrics and the Dirac equation with flux
18 pages, no figures. Version 3: some typos corrected, some discussions clarified, part of the abstract changed
Phys. Rev. D 86, 084050 (2012)
10.1103/PhysRevD.86.084050
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Eisenhart-Duval lift allows embedding non-relativistic theories into a Lorentzian geometrical setting. In this paper we study the lift from the point of view of the Dirac equation and its hidden symmetries. We show that dimensional reduction of the Dirac equation for the Eisenhart-Duval metric in general gives rise to the non-relativistic Levy-Leblond equation in lower dimension. We study in detail in which specific cases the lower dimensional limit is given by the Dirac equation, with scalar and vector flux, and the relation between lift, reduction and the hidden symmetries of the Dirac equation. While there is a precise correspondence in the case of the lower dimensional massive Dirac equation with no flux, we find that for generic fluxes it is not possible to lift or reduce all solutions and hidden symmetries. As a by-product of this analysis we construct new Lorentzian metrics with special tensors by lifting Killing-Yano and Closed Conformal Killing-Yano tensors and describe the general Conformal Killing-Yano tensor of the Eisenhart-Duval lift metrics in terms of lower dimensional forms. Lastly, we show how dimensionally reducing the higher dimensional operators of the massless Dirac equation that are associated to shared hidden symmetries it is possible to recover hidden symmetry operators for the Dirac equation with flux.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 May 2012 20:19:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:58:05 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:37:25 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2012-12-07
[ [ "Cariglia", "Marco", "" ] ]
The Eisenhart-Duval lift allows embedding non-relativistic theories into a Lorentzian geometrical setting. In this paper we study the lift from the point of view of the Dirac equation and its hidden symmetries. We show that dimensional reduction of the Dirac equation for the Eisenhart-Duval metric in general gives rise to the non-relativistic Levy-Leblond equation in lower dimension. We study in detail in which specific cases the lower dimensional limit is given by the Dirac equation, with scalar and vector flux, and the relation between lift, reduction and the hidden symmetries of the Dirac equation. While there is a precise correspondence in the case of the lower dimensional massive Dirac equation with no flux, we find that for generic fluxes it is not possible to lift or reduce all solutions and hidden symmetries. As a by-product of this analysis we construct new Lorentzian metrics with special tensors by lifting Killing-Yano and Closed Conformal Killing-Yano tensors and describe the general Conformal Killing-Yano tensor of the Eisenhart-Duval lift metrics in terms of lower dimensional forms. Lastly, we show how dimensionally reducing the higher dimensional operators of the massless Dirac equation that are associated to shared hidden symmetries it is possible to recover hidden symmetry operators for the Dirac equation with flux.
1501.04862
Christian Corda Prof.
Subenoy Chakraborty, Subhajit Saha and Christian Corda
Quantum corrected non-thermal radiation spectrum from the tunnelling mechanism
9 pages, the results of arXiv:1305.4529 have been partially reviewed. Final version accepted for publication in the Galaxies Special Issue "Advances in Gravitational Research", Guest Editor Lorenzo Iorio
Galaxies 3, 103 (2015)
10.3390/galaxies3020103
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Tunnelling mechanism is today considered a popular and widely used method in describing Hawking radiation. However, in relation to black hole (BH) emission, this mechanism is mostly used to obtain the Hawking temperature by comparing the probability of emission of an outgoing particle with the Boltzmann factor. On the other hand, Banerjee and Majhi reformulated the tunnelling framework deriving a black body spectrum through the density matrix for the outgoing modes for both the Bose-Einstein distribution and the Fermi-Dirac distribution. In contrast, Parikh and Wilczek introduced a correction term performing an exact calculation of the action for a tunnelling spherically symmetric particle and, as a result, the probability of emission of an outgoing particle corresponds to a non-strictly thermal radiation spectrum. Recently, one of us (C. Corda) introduced a BH effective state and was able to obtain a non-strictly black body spectrum from the tunnelling mechanism corresponding to the probability of emission of an outgoing particle found by Parikh and Wilczek. The present work introduces the quantum corrected effective temperature and the corresponding quantum corrected effective metric is written using Hawking's periodicity arguments. Thus, we obtain further corrections to the non-strictly thermal BH radiation spectrum as the final distributions take into account both the BH dynamical geometry during the emission of the particle and the quantum corrections to the semiclassical Hawking temperature.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 Jan 2015 14:20:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 28 May 2015 12:22:30 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-15
[ [ "Chakraborty", "Subenoy", "" ], [ "Saha", "Subhajit", "" ], [ "Corda", "Christian", "" ] ]
Tunnelling mechanism is today considered a popular and widely used method in describing Hawking radiation. However, in relation to black hole (BH) emission, this mechanism is mostly used to obtain the Hawking temperature by comparing the probability of emission of an outgoing particle with the Boltzmann factor. On the other hand, Banerjee and Majhi reformulated the tunnelling framework deriving a black body spectrum through the density matrix for the outgoing modes for both the Bose-Einstein distribution and the Fermi-Dirac distribution. In contrast, Parikh and Wilczek introduced a correction term performing an exact calculation of the action for a tunnelling spherically symmetric particle and, as a result, the probability of emission of an outgoing particle corresponds to a non-strictly thermal radiation spectrum. Recently, one of us (C. Corda) introduced a BH effective state and was able to obtain a non-strictly black body spectrum from the tunnelling mechanism corresponding to the probability of emission of an outgoing particle found by Parikh and Wilczek. The present work introduces the quantum corrected effective temperature and the corresponding quantum corrected effective metric is written using Hawking's periodicity arguments. Thus, we obtain further corrections to the non-strictly thermal BH radiation spectrum as the final distributions take into account both the BH dynamical geometry during the emission of the particle and the quantum corrections to the semiclassical Hawking temperature.
0807.4109
Keith Hall A
Ka Hall
Exact Results for the Kepler Problem in General Relativity
7 pages, 0 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Exact results are derived, specifically the perihelion shift and the Kepler orbit, for a bound test particle in the Schwarzschild metric with cosmological constant $\Lambda=0$. A series expansion, of $\Delta\phi = 2(2(1-2M/p(3-e))^{-1/2} K((4eM/p)/(1-2M/p(3-e)))-\pi)$, the exact perihelion shift, admits the standard approximation $\Delta\phi=6M\pi/p$ as the leading order term. In a similar fashion, a series expansion of the exact Kepler orbit, represented by a Jacobi elliptic function, gives $u(\phi)=(1+e\cos\phi)/p$ to first order. The results are valid for $M/p<1/(2(3+e))$ or $r_s<p/(3+e)$.
[ { "created": "Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:35:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:13:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-07-28
[ [ "Hall", "Ka", "" ] ]
Exact results are derived, specifically the perihelion shift and the Kepler orbit, for a bound test particle in the Schwarzschild metric with cosmological constant $\Lambda=0$. A series expansion, of $\Delta\phi = 2(2(1-2M/p(3-e))^{-1/2} K((4eM/p)/(1-2M/p(3-e)))-\pi)$, the exact perihelion shift, admits the standard approximation $\Delta\phi=6M\pi/p$ as the leading order term. In a similar fashion, a series expansion of the exact Kepler orbit, represented by a Jacobi elliptic function, gives $u(\phi)=(1+e\cos\phi)/p$ to first order. The results are valid for $M/p<1/(2(3+e))$ or $r_s<p/(3+e)$.
1506.02647
Sumanta Chakraborty
Sumanta Chakraborty
Aspects of Neutrino Oscillation in Alternative Gravity Theories
v2, 36 Pages, 8 figures
JCAP 10(2015)019
10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/019
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Neutrino spin and flavour oscillation in curved spacetime have been studied for the most general static spherically symmetric configuration. Using the symmetry properties we have derived spin oscillation frequency for neutrino moving along a geodesic or in a circular orbit. Starting from the expression of neutrino spin oscillation frequency we have shown that even in this general context, in high energy limit the spin oscillation frequency for neutrino moving along circular orbit vanishes. This finally lends itself to non-zero probability of neutrino helicity flip. While for neutrino flavour oscillation we have derived general results for oscillation phase, which subsequently have been applied to different gravity theories. These include dilaton field coupled to Maxwell field tensor, generalization of Schwarzschild solution by introduction of quadratic curvature terms of all possible form to the Einstein-Hilbert action and finally regular black hole solutions. In all these cases using the solar neutrino oscillation data we can put bounds on the parameters of these gravity theories. While for spin oscillation probability, we have considered two cases, Gauss-Bonnet term added to the Einstein-Hilbert action and the f(R) gravity theory. In both these cases we could impose bounds on the parameters which are consistent with previous considerations. Implications are also discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Jun 2015 03:49:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:10:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-10-16
[ [ "Chakraborty", "Sumanta", "" ] ]
Neutrino spin and flavour oscillation in curved spacetime have been studied for the most general static spherically symmetric configuration. Using the symmetry properties we have derived spin oscillation frequency for neutrino moving along a geodesic or in a circular orbit. Starting from the expression of neutrino spin oscillation frequency we have shown that even in this general context, in high energy limit the spin oscillation frequency for neutrino moving along circular orbit vanishes. This finally lends itself to non-zero probability of neutrino helicity flip. While for neutrino flavour oscillation we have derived general results for oscillation phase, which subsequently have been applied to different gravity theories. These include dilaton field coupled to Maxwell field tensor, generalization of Schwarzschild solution by introduction of quadratic curvature terms of all possible form to the Einstein-Hilbert action and finally regular black hole solutions. In all these cases using the solar neutrino oscillation data we can put bounds on the parameters of these gravity theories. While for spin oscillation probability, we have considered two cases, Gauss-Bonnet term added to the Einstein-Hilbert action and the f(R) gravity theory. In both these cases we could impose bounds on the parameters which are consistent with previous considerations. Implications are also discussed.
gr-qc/0311014
Tomohiro Harada
Tomohiro Harada and Hideki Maeda
Stability criterion for self-similar solutions with a scalar field and those with a stiff fluid in general relativity
15 pages, accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity, typos corrected
Class.Quant.Grav. 21 (2004) 371-390
10.1088/0264-9381/21/2/003
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
A stability criterion is derived in general relativity for self-similar solutions with a scalar field and those with a stiff fluid, which is a perfect fluid with the equation of state $P=\rho$. A wide class of self-similar solutions turn out to be unstable against kink mode perturbation. According to the criterion, the Evans-Coleman stiff-fluid solution is unstable and cannot be a critical solution for the spherical collapse of a stiff fluid if we allow sufficiently small discontinuity in the density gradient field in the initial data sets. The self-similar scalar-field solution, which was recently found numerically by Brady {\it et al.} (2002 {\it Class. Quantum. Grav.} {\bf 19} 6359), is also unstable. Both the flat Friedmann universe with a scalar field and that with a stiff fluid suffer from kink instability at the particle horizon scale.
[ { "created": "Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:24:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:06:46 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:17:13 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Harada", "Tomohiro", "" ], [ "Maeda", "Hideki", "" ] ]
A stability criterion is derived in general relativity for self-similar solutions with a scalar field and those with a stiff fluid, which is a perfect fluid with the equation of state $P=\rho$. A wide class of self-similar solutions turn out to be unstable against kink mode perturbation. According to the criterion, the Evans-Coleman stiff-fluid solution is unstable and cannot be a critical solution for the spherical collapse of a stiff fluid if we allow sufficiently small discontinuity in the density gradient field in the initial data sets. The self-similar scalar-field solution, which was recently found numerically by Brady {\it et al.} (2002 {\it Class. Quantum. Grav.} {\bf 19} 6359), is also unstable. Both the flat Friedmann universe with a scalar field and that with a stiff fluid suffer from kink instability at the particle horizon scale.
2004.06604
Jos\'e Domingo Vela Arba\~nil
Jos\'e D. V. Arba\~nil and Pedro H. R. S. Moraes
Stable relativistic polytropic objects with cosmological constant
11 pages, 7 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The effects of the cosmological constant on the static equilibrium configurations and stability against small radial perturbations of relativistic polytropic spheres are investigated. This study numerically solves the hydrostatic equilibrium equation and the radial stability equation, both of which are modified from their standard form to introduce the cosmological constant. For the fluid, we consider a pressure $p$ and an energy density $\rho$, which are connected through the equation of state $p=\kappa\delta^{\Gamma}$ with $\delta=\rho-p/(\Gamma-1)$, where $\kappa$, $\Gamma$ and $\delta$ represent the polytropic constant, adiabatic index and rest mass density of the fluid, respectively. The dependencies of the mass, radius and eigenfrequency of oscillations on both the cosmological constant and the adiabatic index are analyzed. For ranges of both the central rest mass density $\delta_c$ and the adiabatic index $\Gamma$, we show that the stars have a larger (lower) mass and radius and a diminished (enhanced) stability when the cosmological constant $\Lambda>0$ ($\Lambda<0$) is increased (decreased). In addition, in a sequence of compact objects with fixed $\Gamma$ and $\Lambda$, the regions constructed by stable and unstable static equilibrium configurations are recognized by the conditions $dM/d\delta_c>0$ and $dM/d\delta_c<0$, respectively.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:39:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-04-15
[ [ "Arbañil", "José D. V.", "" ], [ "Moraes", "Pedro H. R. S.", "" ] ]
The effects of the cosmological constant on the static equilibrium configurations and stability against small radial perturbations of relativistic polytropic spheres are investigated. This study numerically solves the hydrostatic equilibrium equation and the radial stability equation, both of which are modified from their standard form to introduce the cosmological constant. For the fluid, we consider a pressure $p$ and an energy density $\rho$, which are connected through the equation of state $p=\kappa\delta^{\Gamma}$ with $\delta=\rho-p/(\Gamma-1)$, where $\kappa$, $\Gamma$ and $\delta$ represent the polytropic constant, adiabatic index and rest mass density of the fluid, respectively. The dependencies of the mass, radius and eigenfrequency of oscillations on both the cosmological constant and the adiabatic index are analyzed. For ranges of both the central rest mass density $\delta_c$ and the adiabatic index $\Gamma$, we show that the stars have a larger (lower) mass and radius and a diminished (enhanced) stability when the cosmological constant $\Lambda>0$ ($\Lambda<0$) is increased (decreased). In addition, in a sequence of compact objects with fixed $\Gamma$ and $\Lambda$, the regions constructed by stable and unstable static equilibrium configurations are recognized by the conditions $dM/d\delta_c>0$ and $dM/d\delta_c<0$, respectively.
0912.2803
Michael Edmund Tobar
Michael Edmund Tobar, Peter Wolf, Sebastien Bize, Giorgio Santarelli, Victor Flambaum
Testing Local Lorentz and Position Invariance and Variation of Fundamental Constants by searching the Derivative of the Comparison Frequency Between a Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator and Hydrogen Maser
Fixed typos
Phys.Rev.D81:022003,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.022003
null
gr-qc hep-ph physics.atom-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The cryogenic sapphire oscillator (CSO) at the Paris Observatory has been continuously compared to various Hydrogen Masers since 2001. The early data sets were used to test Local Lorentz Invariance in the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl (RMS) framework by searching for sidereal modulations with respect to the Cosmic Microwave Background, and represent the best Kennedy-Thorndike experiment to date. In this work we present continuous operation over a period of greater than six years from September 2002 to December 2008 and present a more precise way to analyze the data by searching the time derivative of the comparison frequency. Due to the long-term operation we are able to search both sidereal and annual modulations. The results gives P_{KT} = \beta_{RMS}-\alpha_{RMS}-1 = -1.7(4.0) \times 10^{-8} for the sidereal and -23(10) \times 10^{-8} for the annual term, with a weighted mean of -4.8(3.7) \times 10^{-8}, a factor of 8 better than previous. Also, we analyze the data with respect to a change in gravitational potential for both diurnal and annual variations. The result gives \beta_{H-Maser} - \beta_{CSO} = -2.7(1.4) \times 10^{-4} for the annual and -6.9(4.0) \times 10^{-4} for the diurnal terms, with a weighted mean of -3.2(1.3) \times 10^{-4}. This result is two orders of magnitude better than other tests that use electromagnetic resonators. With respect to fundamental constants a limit can be provided on the variation with ambient gravitational potential and boost of a combination of the fine structure constant (\alpha), the normalized quark mass (m_q), and the electron to proton mass ratio (m_e/m_p), setting the first limit on boost dependence of order 10^{-10}.
[ { "created": "Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:07:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:50:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-04-21
[ [ "Tobar", "Michael Edmund", "" ], [ "Wolf", "Peter", "" ], [ "Bize", "Sebastien", "" ], [ "Santarelli", "Giorgio", "" ], [ "Flambaum", "Victor", "" ] ]
The cryogenic sapphire oscillator (CSO) at the Paris Observatory has been continuously compared to various Hydrogen Masers since 2001. The early data sets were used to test Local Lorentz Invariance in the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl (RMS) framework by searching for sidereal modulations with respect to the Cosmic Microwave Background, and represent the best Kennedy-Thorndike experiment to date. In this work we present continuous operation over a period of greater than six years from September 2002 to December 2008 and present a more precise way to analyze the data by searching the time derivative of the comparison frequency. Due to the long-term operation we are able to search both sidereal and annual modulations. The results gives P_{KT} = \beta_{RMS}-\alpha_{RMS}-1 = -1.7(4.0) \times 10^{-8} for the sidereal and -23(10) \times 10^{-8} for the annual term, with a weighted mean of -4.8(3.7) \times 10^{-8}, a factor of 8 better than previous. Also, we analyze the data with respect to a change in gravitational potential for both diurnal and annual variations. The result gives \beta_{H-Maser} - \beta_{CSO} = -2.7(1.4) \times 10^{-4} for the annual and -6.9(4.0) \times 10^{-4} for the diurnal terms, with a weighted mean of -3.2(1.3) \times 10^{-4}. This result is two orders of magnitude better than other tests that use electromagnetic resonators. With respect to fundamental constants a limit can be provided on the variation with ambient gravitational potential and boost of a combination of the fine structure constant (\alpha), the normalized quark mass (m_q), and the electron to proton mass ratio (m_e/m_p), setting the first limit on boost dependence of order 10^{-10}.
0801.2883
Roland Triay
Roland Triay (CPT), Henri-Hugues Fliche (LMMT)
Voids in the distribution of galaxies and the Cosmological constant
4 pages, 1 figure
Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl.172:40-43,2008
10.1143/PTPS.172.40
CPT-P002-2008
gr-qc astro-ph
null
With the motivation in mind to evaluate the contribution of the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ on the foam like patterns formation process in the distribution of galaxies, we investigate the Newtonian dynamics of a spherical void embedded in an uniform medium which undergoes a Hubble expansion. We use a covariant approach for deriving the evolution with time of the shell (S) acting as a boundaries condition for the inside and outside media. As a result, with the usual values for the cosmological parameters, S expands with a huge initial burst that freezes up to matching Hubble flow. With respect to Friedmann comoving frame, its magnification increases nonlinearly with $\Lambda$, with a maximal growth rate at redshift $z\sim 1.7$. The velocity field inside S shows an interesting feature which enables us to disentangle a spatially closed from open universe. Namely, the void region are swept out in the first case, what can be interpreted as a stability criterion.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:37:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Triay", "Roland", "", "CPT" ], [ "Fliche", "Henri-Hugues", "", "LMMT" ] ]
With the motivation in mind to evaluate the contribution of the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ on the foam like patterns formation process in the distribution of galaxies, we investigate the Newtonian dynamics of a spherical void embedded in an uniform medium which undergoes a Hubble expansion. We use a covariant approach for deriving the evolution with time of the shell (S) acting as a boundaries condition for the inside and outside media. As a result, with the usual values for the cosmological parameters, S expands with a huge initial burst that freezes up to matching Hubble flow. With respect to Friedmann comoving frame, its magnification increases nonlinearly with $\Lambda$, with a maximal growth rate at redshift $z\sim 1.7$. The velocity field inside S shows an interesting feature which enables us to disentangle a spatially closed from open universe. Namely, the void region are swept out in the first case, what can be interpreted as a stability criterion.
1502.02833
Grasiele Batista Santos
Grasiele Santos, Giulia Gubitosi and Giovanni Amelino-Camelia
On the initial singularity problem in rainbow cosmology
v3: typo in Eq. (9) corrected, results unchanged. 10 pages, 5 figures, v2 matches published version
JCAP 08 (2015) 005
10.1088/1475-7516/2015/08/005
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It has been recently claimed that the initial singularity might be avoided in the context of rainbow cosmology, where one attempts to account for quantum-gravitational corrections through an effective-theory description based on an energy-dependent ("rainbow") space-time metric. We here scrutinize this exciting hypothesis much more in depth than previous analyses. In particular, we take into account all requirements for singularity avoidance, while previously only a subset of these requirements had been considered. Moreover, we show that the implications of a rainbow metric for thermodynamics are more significant than previously appreciated. Through the analysis of two particularly meaningful examples of rainbow metrics we find that our concerns are not merely important conceptually, but actually change in quantitatively significant manner the outcome of the analysis. Notably we only find examples where the singularity is not avoided, though one can have that in the regime where our semi-classical picture is still reliable the approach to the singularity is slowed down when compared to the standard classical scenario. We conclude that the study of rainbow metrics provides tantalizing hints of singularity avoidance but is inconclusive, since some key questions remain to be addressed just when the scale factor is very small, a regime which, as here argued, cannot be reliably described by an effective rainbow-metric picture.
[ { "created": "Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:05:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:32:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:43:52 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-03-22
[ [ "Santos", "Grasiele", "" ], [ "Gubitosi", "Giulia", "" ], [ "Amelino-Camelia", "Giovanni", "" ] ]
It has been recently claimed that the initial singularity might be avoided in the context of rainbow cosmology, where one attempts to account for quantum-gravitational corrections through an effective-theory description based on an energy-dependent ("rainbow") space-time metric. We here scrutinize this exciting hypothesis much more in depth than previous analyses. In particular, we take into account all requirements for singularity avoidance, while previously only a subset of these requirements had been considered. Moreover, we show that the implications of a rainbow metric for thermodynamics are more significant than previously appreciated. Through the analysis of two particularly meaningful examples of rainbow metrics we find that our concerns are not merely important conceptually, but actually change in quantitatively significant manner the outcome of the analysis. Notably we only find examples where the singularity is not avoided, though one can have that in the regime where our semi-classical picture is still reliable the approach to the singularity is slowed down when compared to the standard classical scenario. We conclude that the study of rainbow metrics provides tantalizing hints of singularity avoidance but is inconclusive, since some key questions remain to be addressed just when the scale factor is very small, a regime which, as here argued, cannot be reliably described by an effective rainbow-metric picture.
2310.11576
Dennis Philipp
Dennis Philipp, Eva Hackmann, Jan P. Hackstein, Claus L\"ammerzahl
General Relativistic Chronometry with Clocks on Ground and in Space
15 pages, 4 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
One of geodesy's main tasks is to determine the gravity field of the Earth. High precision clocks have the potential to provide a new tool in a global determination of the Earth's gravitational potential based on the gravitational redshift. Towards this clock-based gravimetry or chronometry in stationary spacetimes, exact expressions for the relativistic redshift and the timing between observers in various configurations are derived. These observers are assumed to be equipped with standard clocks and move along arbitrary worldlines. It is shown that redshift measurements, involving clocks on ground and/or in space, can be used to determine the (mass) multipole moments of the underlying spacetime. Results shown here are in agreement with the Newtonian potential determination from, e.g., the so-called energy approach. The framework of chronometric geodesy is exemplified in different exact vacuum spacetimes for illustration and future gravity field recovery missions may use clock comparisons as an additional data channel for advanced data fusion.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:54:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-10-19
[ [ "Philipp", "Dennis", "" ], [ "Hackmann", "Eva", "" ], [ "Hackstein", "Jan P.", "" ], [ "Lämmerzahl", "Claus", "" ] ]
One of geodesy's main tasks is to determine the gravity field of the Earth. High precision clocks have the potential to provide a new tool in a global determination of the Earth's gravitational potential based on the gravitational redshift. Towards this clock-based gravimetry or chronometry in stationary spacetimes, exact expressions for the relativistic redshift and the timing between observers in various configurations are derived. These observers are assumed to be equipped with standard clocks and move along arbitrary worldlines. It is shown that redshift measurements, involving clocks on ground and/or in space, can be used to determine the (mass) multipole moments of the underlying spacetime. Results shown here are in agreement with the Newtonian potential determination from, e.g., the so-called energy approach. The framework of chronometric geodesy is exemplified in different exact vacuum spacetimes for illustration and future gravity field recovery missions may use clock comparisons as an additional data channel for advanced data fusion.
gr-qc/0612134
Grigory Volovik
G.E. Volovik
From Quantum Hydrodynamics to Quantum Gravity
20 pages, 1 figure, rapporteur article for Proceedings of MG11, session `Analog Models of and for General Relativity', references added
Proceedings of the Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, edited by H. Kleinert, R.T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini, World Scientific, Singapore, 2008, pp. 1404-1423
null
null
gr-qc cond-mat.soft hep-ph
null
We discuss some lessons from quantum hydrodynamics to quantum gravity.
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2008-07-12
[ [ "Volovik", "G. E.", "" ] ]
We discuss some lessons from quantum hydrodynamics to quantum gravity.
gr-qc/0512066
Volker Perlick
Volker Perlick
On totally umbilic submanifolds of semi-Riemannian manifolds
7 pages; written version of talk given at World Congress on Nonlinear Analysis 2004, Orlando, Florida
Nonlinear Analysis 63/5-7 (2005) e511-e518
null
null
gr-qc
null
The notion of being totally umbilic is considered for non-degenerate and degenerate submanifolds of semi-Riemanian manifolds. After some remarks on the general case, timelike and lightlike totally umbilic submanifolds of Lorentzian manifolds are discussed, along with their physical interpretation in view of general relativity. In particular, the mathematical notion of totally umbilic submanifolds is linked to the notions of photon surfaces and of null strings which have been used in the physics literature.
[ { "created": "Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:57:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Perlick", "Volker", "" ] ]
The notion of being totally umbilic is considered for non-degenerate and degenerate submanifolds of semi-Riemanian manifolds. After some remarks on the general case, timelike and lightlike totally umbilic submanifolds of Lorentzian manifolds are discussed, along with their physical interpretation in view of general relativity. In particular, the mathematical notion of totally umbilic submanifolds is linked to the notions of photon surfaces and of null strings which have been used in the physics literature.
2311.16775
Artur Alho
Artur Alho, Claes Uggla, John Wainwright
Tracking Quintessence
22 pages, 17 figures; v2: comments on previous dynamical systems analysis of tracking quintessence added v3: References added
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO math-ph math.DS math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Tracking quintessence, in a spatially flat and isotropic space-time with a minimally coupled canonical scalar field and an asymptotically inverse power-law potential $V(\varphi)\propto\varphi^{-p}$, $p>0$, as $\varphi\rightarrow0$, is investigated. This is done by introducing a new three-dimensional \emph{regular} dynamical system, which enables a rigorous explanation of the tracking feature: 1) The dynamical system has a tracker fixed point $\mathrm{T}$ with a two-dimensional stable manifold that pushes an open set of nearby solutions toward a single tracker solution originating from $\mathrm{T}$. 2) All solutions, including the tracker solution and the solutions that track/shadow it, end at a common future attractor fixed point that depends on the potential. Thus, the open set of solutions that shadow the tracker solution share its properties during the tracking quintessence epoch. We also discuss similarities and differences of underlying mechanisms for tracking, thawing and scaling freezing quintessence, and, moreover, we illustrate with state space pictures that all of these types of quintessence exist simultaneously for certain potentials.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:34:26 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 Jan 2024 10:01:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 5 Feb 2024 10:30:46 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-02-06
[ [ "Alho", "Artur", "" ], [ "Uggla", "Claes", "" ], [ "Wainwright", "John", "" ] ]
Tracking quintessence, in a spatially flat and isotropic space-time with a minimally coupled canonical scalar field and an asymptotically inverse power-law potential $V(\varphi)\propto\varphi^{-p}$, $p>0$, as $\varphi\rightarrow0$, is investigated. This is done by introducing a new three-dimensional \emph{regular} dynamical system, which enables a rigorous explanation of the tracking feature: 1) The dynamical system has a tracker fixed point $\mathrm{T}$ with a two-dimensional stable manifold that pushes an open set of nearby solutions toward a single tracker solution originating from $\mathrm{T}$. 2) All solutions, including the tracker solution and the solutions that track/shadow it, end at a common future attractor fixed point that depends on the potential. Thus, the open set of solutions that shadow the tracker solution share its properties during the tracking quintessence epoch. We also discuss similarities and differences of underlying mechanisms for tracking, thawing and scaling freezing quintessence, and, moreover, we illustrate with state space pictures that all of these types of quintessence exist simultaneously for certain potentials.
gr-qc/0304019
Marsha Weaver
James Isenberg and Marsha Weaver
On the area of the symmetry orbits in $T^2$ symmetric spacetimes
The appendix which appears in version 1 has a technical problem (the inequality appearing as the first stage of (52) is not necessarily true), and since the appendix is unnecessary for the proof of our results, we leave it out. version 2 -- clarifications added, version 3 -- reference corrected
Class.Quant.Grav. 20 (2003) 3783-3796
10.1088/0264-9381/20/16/316
null
gr-qc
null
We obtain a global existence result for the Einstein equations. We show that in the maximal Cauchy development of vacuum $T^2$ symmetric initial data with nonvanishing twist constant, except for the special case of flat Kasner initial data, the area of the $T^2$ group orbits takes on all positive values. This result shows that the areal time coordinate $R$ which covers these spacetimes runs from zero to infinity, with the singularity occurring at R=0.
[ { "created": "Fri, 4 Apr 2003 02:15:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:15:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 3 Feb 2004 05:21:30 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Isenberg", "James", "" ], [ "Weaver", "Marsha", "" ] ]
We obtain a global existence result for the Einstein equations. We show that in the maximal Cauchy development of vacuum $T^2$ symmetric initial data with nonvanishing twist constant, except for the special case of flat Kasner initial data, the area of the $T^2$ group orbits takes on all positive values. This result shows that the areal time coordinate $R$ which covers these spacetimes runs from zero to infinity, with the singularity occurring at R=0.
2304.03642
Zhenyu Zhang
Zhenyu Zhang, Yehui Hou, Zezhou Hu, Minyong Guo, Bin Chen
Polarized images of charged particles in vortical motions around a magnetized Kerr black hole
25 pages, 8 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this work, we study the images of a Kerr black hole (BH) immersed in uniform magnetic fields, illuminated by the synchrotron radiation of charged particles in the jet. We particularly focus on the spontaneously vortical motions (SVMs) of charged particles in the jet region and investigate the polarized images of electromagnetic radiations from the trajectories along SVMs. We notice that there is a critical value $\omega_c$ for charged particle released at a given initial position and subjected an outward force, and once $|qB_0/m|=|\omega_B|>|\omega_c|$ charged particles can move along SVMs in the jet region. We obtain the polarized images of the electromagnetic radiations from the trajectories along SVMs. Our simplified model suggests that the SVM radiations can act as the light source to illuminate the BH and form a photon ring structure.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Apr 2023 13:46:36 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:06:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-11-15
[ [ "Zhang", "Zhenyu", "" ], [ "Hou", "Yehui", "" ], [ "Hu", "Zezhou", "" ], [ "Guo", "Minyong", "" ], [ "Chen", "Bin", "" ] ]
In this work, we study the images of a Kerr black hole (BH) immersed in uniform magnetic fields, illuminated by the synchrotron radiation of charged particles in the jet. We particularly focus on the spontaneously vortical motions (SVMs) of charged particles in the jet region and investigate the polarized images of electromagnetic radiations from the trajectories along SVMs. We notice that there is a critical value $\omega_c$ for charged particle released at a given initial position and subjected an outward force, and once $|qB_0/m|=|\omega_B|>|\omega_c|$ charged particles can move along SVMs in the jet region. We obtain the polarized images of the electromagnetic radiations from the trajectories along SVMs. Our simplified model suggests that the SVM radiations can act as the light source to illuminate the BH and form a photon ring structure.
1810.08343
Tiberiu Harko
Zolt\'an Kov\'acs, Tiberiu Harko, Shahab Shahidi
Reply to "Comment on 'Can accretion disk properties observationally distinguish black holes from naked singularities?'"
3 pages, no figures
Phys. Rev. D 98, 088502 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.088502
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the Comment on "Can accretion disk properties observationally distinguish black holes from naked singularities?", by Bertrand Chauvineau, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 98}, 088501 (2018), the author did show that the metric used in Z. Kov\'{a}cs and T. Harko, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 82}, 124047 (2010), and initially introduced in K. D. Krori and D. R. Bhattacharjee, J. Math. Phys. \textbf{23}, 637 (1982) and K. K. Nandi, P. M. Alsing, J. C. Evans, and T. B. Nayak, Phys. Rev. D \textbf{63}, 084027 (2001), does not satisfy the Einstein gravitational field equations with a minimally coupled scalar field. In our reply we would like to point out that this result is actually not new, but it was already published in the literature. Moreover, a rotating solution that generalizes the Kerr metric for a nonminimally coupled scalar field does exist. We briefly discuss the nature of the singularities for the generalized metric, and point out that it can be used as a testing ground to differentiate black holes from naked singularities. We also mention the existence of some other typing or technical errors existing in the literature.
[ { "created": "Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:12:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-11-14
[ [ "Kovács", "Zoltán", "" ], [ "Harko", "Tiberiu", "" ], [ "Shahidi", "Shahab", "" ] ]
In the Comment on "Can accretion disk properties observationally distinguish black holes from naked singularities?", by Bertrand Chauvineau, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 98}, 088501 (2018), the author did show that the metric used in Z. Kov\'{a}cs and T. Harko, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 82}, 124047 (2010), and initially introduced in K. D. Krori and D. R. Bhattacharjee, J. Math. Phys. \textbf{23}, 637 (1982) and K. K. Nandi, P. M. Alsing, J. C. Evans, and T. B. Nayak, Phys. Rev. D \textbf{63}, 084027 (2001), does not satisfy the Einstein gravitational field equations with a minimally coupled scalar field. In our reply we would like to point out that this result is actually not new, but it was already published in the literature. Moreover, a rotating solution that generalizes the Kerr metric for a nonminimally coupled scalar field does exist. We briefly discuss the nature of the singularities for the generalized metric, and point out that it can be used as a testing ground to differentiate black holes from naked singularities. We also mention the existence of some other typing or technical errors existing in the literature.
1807.01791
Richard Woodard
R. P. Woodard (Florida)
The Case for Nonlocal Modifications of Gravity
30 pages, uses LaTeX 2e, to appear in the proceedings of the International Conference on Quantum Gravity, SUST, March 26-28,2018
null
null
UFIFT-QG-18-03
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The huge amounts of undetected and exotic dark matter and dark energy needed to make general relativity work on large scales argue that we should investigate modifications of gravity. The only stable, metric-based and invariant alternative to general relativity is $f(R)$ models. These models can explain primordial inflation, but they cannot dispense with either dark matter or dark energy. I advocate nonlocal modifications of gravity, not as new fundamental theories but rather as the gravitational vacuum polarization engendered by infrared quanta produced during primordial inflation. I also discuss some of the many objections which have been raised to this idea.
[ { "created": "Wed, 4 Jul 2018 21:34:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-07-06
[ [ "Woodard", "R. P.", "", "Florida" ] ]
The huge amounts of undetected and exotic dark matter and dark energy needed to make general relativity work on large scales argue that we should investigate modifications of gravity. The only stable, metric-based and invariant alternative to general relativity is $f(R)$ models. These models can explain primordial inflation, but they cannot dispense with either dark matter or dark energy. I advocate nonlocal modifications of gravity, not as new fundamental theories but rather as the gravitational vacuum polarization engendered by infrared quanta produced during primordial inflation. I also discuss some of the many objections which have been raised to this idea.
gr-qc/0110118
Takeshi Chiba
Takeshi Chiba
Constancy of the Constants of Nature
11 pages, based on a talk presented at "Frontier of Cosmology and Gravitation" (YITP, Kyoto, April 25-27, 2001)
null
null
KUNS-1737
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph
null
The current observational and experimental bounds on time variation of the constants of Nature are briefly reviewed.
[ { "created": "Sat, 27 Oct 2001 09:31:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:52:05 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Chiba", "Takeshi", "" ] ]
The current observational and experimental bounds on time variation of the constants of Nature are briefly reviewed.
1401.5262
Hal Haggard
Goffredo Chirco, Hal M. Haggard, Aldo Riello, Carlo Rovelli
Spacetime thermodynamics without hidden degrees of freedom
12 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Rev. D 90, 044044 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.044044
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A celebrated result by Jacobson is the derivation of Einstein's equations from Unruh's temperature, the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy and the Clausius relation. This has been repeatedly taken as evidence for an interpretation of Einstein's equations as equations of state for unknown degrees of freedom underlying the metric. We show that a different interpretation of Jacobson result is possible, which does not imply the existence of additional degrees of freedom, and follows only from the quantum properties of gravity. We introduce the notion of quantum gravitational Hadamard states, which give rise to the full local thermodynamics of gravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:04:36 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-08-20
[ [ "Chirco", "Goffredo", "" ], [ "Haggard", "Hal M.", "" ], [ "Riello", "Aldo", "" ], [ "Rovelli", "Carlo", "" ] ]
A celebrated result by Jacobson is the derivation of Einstein's equations from Unruh's temperature, the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy and the Clausius relation. This has been repeatedly taken as evidence for an interpretation of Einstein's equations as equations of state for unknown degrees of freedom underlying the metric. We show that a different interpretation of Jacobson result is possible, which does not imply the existence of additional degrees of freedom, and follows only from the quantum properties of gravity. We introduce the notion of quantum gravitational Hadamard states, which give rise to the full local thermodynamics of gravity.
2109.10932
Maxime Van de Moortel
Maxime Van de Moortel
Violent nonlinear collapse in the interior of charged hairy black holes
Comments welcome! 38 pages, 4 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.AP math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct a new one-parameter family indexed by $\epsilon$ of two-ended, spatially-homogeneous black hole interiors solving the Einstein-Maxwell-Klein-Gordon equations with a (possibly zero) cosmological constant $\Lambda$ and bifurcating off a Reissner-Nordstr\"om-(dS/AdS) interior ($\epsilon = 0$). For all small $\epsilon \neq 0$, we prove that, although the black hole is charged, its terminal boundary is an everywhere-spacelike Kasner singularity foliated by spheres of zero radius $r$. Moreover, smaller perturbations (i.e. smaller $|\epsilon|$) are more singular than larger one, in the sense that the Hawking mass and the curvature blow up following a power law of the form $r^{-O(\epsilon^{-2})}$ at the singularity $\{r=0\}$. This unusual property originates from a dynamical phenomenon -- violent nonlinear collapse -- caused by the almost formation of a Cauchy horizon to the past of the spacelike singularity $\{r=0\}$. This phenomenon was previously described numerically in the physics literature and referred to as "the collapse of the Einstein-Rosen bridge". While we cover all values of $\Lambda \in \mathbb{R}$, the case $\Lambda< 0$ is of particular significance to the AdS/CFT correspondence. Our result can also be viewed in general as a first step towards the understanding of the interior of hairy black holes.
[ { "created": "Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:01:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-09-24
[ [ "Van de Moortel", "Maxime", "" ] ]
We construct a new one-parameter family indexed by $\epsilon$ of two-ended, spatially-homogeneous black hole interiors solving the Einstein-Maxwell-Klein-Gordon equations with a (possibly zero) cosmological constant $\Lambda$ and bifurcating off a Reissner-Nordstr\"om-(dS/AdS) interior ($\epsilon = 0$). For all small $\epsilon \neq 0$, we prove that, although the black hole is charged, its terminal boundary is an everywhere-spacelike Kasner singularity foliated by spheres of zero radius $r$. Moreover, smaller perturbations (i.e. smaller $|\epsilon|$) are more singular than larger one, in the sense that the Hawking mass and the curvature blow up following a power law of the form $r^{-O(\epsilon^{-2})}$ at the singularity $\{r=0\}$. This unusual property originates from a dynamical phenomenon -- violent nonlinear collapse -- caused by the almost formation of a Cauchy horizon to the past of the spacelike singularity $\{r=0\}$. This phenomenon was previously described numerically in the physics literature and referred to as "the collapse of the Einstein-Rosen bridge". While we cover all values of $\Lambda \in \mathbb{R}$, the case $\Lambda< 0$ is of particular significance to the AdS/CFT correspondence. Our result can also be viewed in general as a first step towards the understanding of the interior of hairy black holes.
2008.04127
Christian J. Kr\"uger
C. J. Kr\"uger, K. D. Kokkotas
Dynamics of Fast Rotating Neutron Stars: An Approach in the Hilbert Gauge
26 pages, 4 figures, revised version
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.064026
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We describe a set of time evolution equations and its numerical implementation for the investigation of non-axisymmetric oscillations of rapidly rotating compact objects in full General Relativity, taking into account the contribution of a dynamic spacetime. We derive the perturbation equations for the spacetime in the Hilbert gauge, while the hydrodynamical evolution is based on perturbations of the energy-momentum tensor. In our numerical implementation, we use Kreiss-Oliger dissipation in order to achieve a stable time evolution. Our code features high accuracy at comparably low computational expense and we are able to extract the frequencies of non-axisymmetric modes of compact objects with rotation rates up to the Kepler limit.
[ { "created": "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:39:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:33:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-09-11
[ [ "Krüger", "C. J.", "" ], [ "Kokkotas", "K. D.", "" ] ]
We describe a set of time evolution equations and its numerical implementation for the investigation of non-axisymmetric oscillations of rapidly rotating compact objects in full General Relativity, taking into account the contribution of a dynamic spacetime. We derive the perturbation equations for the spacetime in the Hilbert gauge, while the hydrodynamical evolution is based on perturbations of the energy-momentum tensor. In our numerical implementation, we use Kreiss-Oliger dissipation in order to achieve a stable time evolution. Our code features high accuracy at comparably low computational expense and we are able to extract the frequencies of non-axisymmetric modes of compact objects with rotation rates up to the Kepler limit.
gr-qc/0603020
Vladimir Dzhunushaliev
Vladimir Dzhunushaliev
Thick brane solution in the presence of two interacting scalar fields
the program for numerical calculations is added
Grav.Cosmol.13:302-307,2007
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
It is shown that two gravitating scalar fields may form a thick brane in 5D spacetime. The necessary condition for the existence of such a regular solution is that the scalar fields potential must have local and global minima.
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2008-11-26
[ [ "Dzhunushaliev", "Vladimir", "" ] ]
It is shown that two gravitating scalar fields may form a thick brane in 5D spacetime. The necessary condition for the existence of such a regular solution is that the scalar fields potential must have local and global minima.
1504.05352
Karim Noui KN
Aurelien Barrau, Xiangyu Cao, Karim Noui and Alejandro Perez
Black hole spectroscopy from Loop Quantum Gravity models
11 pages, 9 figures
Phys. Rev. D 92, 124046 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.124046
X11
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using Monte Carlo simulations, we compute the integrated emission spectra of black holes in the framework of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). The black hole emission rates are governed by the entropy whose value, in recent holographic loop quantum gravity models, was shown to agree at leading order with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. Quantum corrections depend on the Barbero-Immirzi parameter $\gamma$. Starting with black holes of initial horizon area $A \sim 10^2$ in Planck units, we present the spectra for different values of $\gamma$. Each spectrum clearly decomposes in two distinct parts: a continuous background which corresponds to the semi-classical stages of the evaporation and a series of discrete peaks which constitutes a signature of the deep quantum structure of the black hole. We show that $\gamma$ has an effect on both parts that we analyze in details. Finally, we estimate the number of black holes and the instrumental resolution required to experimentally distinguish between the considered models.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:33:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-12-30
[ [ "Barrau", "Aurelien", "" ], [ "Cao", "Xiangyu", "" ], [ "Noui", "Karim", "" ], [ "Perez", "Alejandro", "" ] ]
Using Monte Carlo simulations, we compute the integrated emission spectra of black holes in the framework of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). The black hole emission rates are governed by the entropy whose value, in recent holographic loop quantum gravity models, was shown to agree at leading order with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. Quantum corrections depend on the Barbero-Immirzi parameter $\gamma$. Starting with black holes of initial horizon area $A \sim 10^2$ in Planck units, we present the spectra for different values of $\gamma$. Each spectrum clearly decomposes in two distinct parts: a continuous background which corresponds to the semi-classical stages of the evaporation and a series of discrete peaks which constitutes a signature of the deep quantum structure of the black hole. We show that $\gamma$ has an effect on both parts that we analyze in details. Finally, we estimate the number of black holes and the instrumental resolution required to experimentally distinguish between the considered models.
2206.06963
Kubantai Ernazarov
K.K. Ernazarov
Examples of exact exponential cosmological solutions with three isotropic subspaces in the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
18 pages
null
10.1134/S0202289322040090
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider $(1+ 8)$- and $(1+10)$-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet models with the cosmological $\Lambda$-term. Some new examples of exact solutions with three constant Hubble-like parameters in this model are obtained, governed by three non-coinciding Hubble-like parameters: $H \neq 0$, $h_1$ and $h_2$, obeying $m H + k_1 h_1 + k_2 h_2 \neq 0$, corresponding to factor spaces of dimensions $m\geqslant 3$, $ k_1 > 1$ and $ k_2\geqslant 1$. In this case, the multidimensional cosmological model deals with three factor spaces: the external 3-dimensional "our" world and internal subspaces with dimensions $ (m-3)$, $k_1$ and $k_2$.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:33:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:52:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-12-07
[ [ "Ernazarov", "K. K.", "" ] ]
We consider $(1+ 8)$- and $(1+10)$-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet models with the cosmological $\Lambda$-term. Some new examples of exact solutions with three constant Hubble-like parameters in this model are obtained, governed by three non-coinciding Hubble-like parameters: $H \neq 0$, $h_1$ and $h_2$, obeying $m H + k_1 h_1 + k_2 h_2 \neq 0$, corresponding to factor spaces of dimensions $m\geqslant 3$, $ k_1 > 1$ and $ k_2\geqslant 1$. In this case, the multidimensional cosmological model deals with three factor spaces: the external 3-dimensional "our" world and internal subspaces with dimensions $ (m-3)$, $k_1$ and $k_2$.
gr-qc/0203030
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno
Gravitational waves from inspiraling binary black holes
References added and updated; few typos corrected
Class.Quant.Grav. 19 (2002) 1267-1278
10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/305
null
gr-qc
null
Binary black holes are the most promising candidate sources for the first generation of earth-based interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. We summarize and discuss the state-of-the-art analytic techniques developed during the last years to better describe the late dynamical evolution of binary black holes of comparable masses.
[ { "created": "Sun, 10 Mar 2002 02:33:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:22:12 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Buonanno", "Alessandra", "" ] ]
Binary black holes are the most promising candidate sources for the first generation of earth-based interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. We summarize and discuss the state-of-the-art analytic techniques developed during the last years to better describe the late dynamical evolution of binary black holes of comparable masses.
2101.02848
Karthik Rajeev
Karthik Rajeev, Vikramaditya Mondal and Sumanta Chakraborty
No-boundary Wave Function, Wheeler-DeWitt Equation and Path Integral Analysis of the Bouncing `Quantum' Cosmology
version published in PRD, 32 pages, 6 figures and 1 table
Phys. Rev. D 103, 106008 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.106008
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Bouncing models are alternatives to inflationary cosmology that replace the initial Big-Bang singularity by a `bouncing' phase. A deeper understanding of the initial conditions of the universe, in these scenarios, requires knowledge of quantum aspects of bouncing models. In this work, we propose two classes of bouncing models that can be studied with great analytical ease and hence, provide test-bed for investigating more profound problems in quantum cosmology of bouncing universes. Our model's two key ingredients enable us to do straightforward analytical calculations: (i) a convenient parametrization of the minisuperspace of FRLW spacetimes and (ii) two distinct choices of the effective perfect fluids that source the background geometry of the bouncing universe. We study the quantum cosmology of these models using both the Wheeler-de Witt equations and the path integral approach. In particular, we found a bouncing model analogue of the no-boundary wavefunction and presented a Lorentzian path integral representation for the same. We also discuss the introduction of real scalar perturbations.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 Jan 2021 04:46:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 May 2021 19:46:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-05-27
[ [ "Rajeev", "Karthik", "" ], [ "Mondal", "Vikramaditya", "" ], [ "Chakraborty", "Sumanta", "" ] ]
Bouncing models are alternatives to inflationary cosmology that replace the initial Big-Bang singularity by a `bouncing' phase. A deeper understanding of the initial conditions of the universe, in these scenarios, requires knowledge of quantum aspects of bouncing models. In this work, we propose two classes of bouncing models that can be studied with great analytical ease and hence, provide test-bed for investigating more profound problems in quantum cosmology of bouncing universes. Our model's two key ingredients enable us to do straightforward analytical calculations: (i) a convenient parametrization of the minisuperspace of FRLW spacetimes and (ii) two distinct choices of the effective perfect fluids that source the background geometry of the bouncing universe. We study the quantum cosmology of these models using both the Wheeler-de Witt equations and the path integral approach. In particular, we found a bouncing model analogue of the no-boundary wavefunction and presented a Lorentzian path integral representation for the same. We also discuss the introduction of real scalar perturbations.
1610.07865
Suddhasattwa Brahma
Suddhasattwa Brahma, Michele Ronco, Giovanni Amelino-Camelia and Antonino Marciano
Linking loop quantum gravity quantization ambiguities with phenomenology
12 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. D 95, 044005 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.044005
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Fundamental quantum gravity theories are known to be notoriously difficult to extract viable testable predictions out of. In this paper, we aim to incorporate putative quantum corrections coming from loop quantum gravity in deriving modified dispersion relations for particles on a deformed Minkowski spacetime. We show how different choices of the Immirzi parameter can, in some cases, serendipitously lead to different outcomes for such modifications, depending on the quantization scheme chosen. This allows one to differentiate between these quantization choices via testable phenomenological predictions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:32:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-02-15
[ [ "Brahma", "Suddhasattwa", "" ], [ "Ronco", "Michele", "" ], [ "Amelino-Camelia", "Giovanni", "" ], [ "Marciano", "Antonino", "" ] ]
Fundamental quantum gravity theories are known to be notoriously difficult to extract viable testable predictions out of. In this paper, we aim to incorporate putative quantum corrections coming from loop quantum gravity in deriving modified dispersion relations for particles on a deformed Minkowski spacetime. We show how different choices of the Immirzi parameter can, in some cases, serendipitously lead to different outcomes for such modifications, depending on the quantization scheme chosen. This allows one to differentiate between these quantization choices via testable phenomenological predictions.
1907.06919
Polina Dyadina
P.I. Dyadina, S.P. Labazova, S.O. Alexeyev
Post-Newtonian limit of hybrid metric-Palatini f(R)-gravity
13 pages, 2 figures
JETP, vol.156, number 5, pp. 905-917 (2019)
10.1134/S0044451019110087
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using the latest most accurate values of post-Newtonian parameters $\gamma$ and $\beta$ obtained by MESSENGER we impose restrictions on the recently proposed hybrid f(R)-gravity model in its scalar-tensor representation. We show that the presence of a light scalar field in this theory does not contradict the experimental data based not only on the $ \gamma $ parameter (as was shown earlier), but also on all other PPN parameters. The application of parameterized post-Newtonian formalism to gravitational theories with massive fields is also discussed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:47:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-10-08
[ [ "Dyadina", "P. I.", "" ], [ "Labazova", "S. P.", "" ], [ "Alexeyev", "S. O.", "" ] ]
Using the latest most accurate values of post-Newtonian parameters $\gamma$ and $\beta$ obtained by MESSENGER we impose restrictions on the recently proposed hybrid f(R)-gravity model in its scalar-tensor representation. We show that the presence of a light scalar field in this theory does not contradict the experimental data based not only on the $ \gamma $ parameter (as was shown earlier), but also on all other PPN parameters. The application of parameterized post-Newtonian formalism to gravitational theories with massive fields is also discussed.
1803.03255
Ernesto Contreras
Ernesto Contreras, Angel Rincon, Benjamin Koch and Pedro Bargue\~no
Scale-dependent polytropic black hole
Eur. Phys. J. C (Accepted)
Eur. Phys. J. C (2018) 78:246
10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5709-0
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the present work we study the scale--dependence of polytropic non-charged black holes in (3+1)-dimensional space--times assuming a cosmological constant. We allow for scale--dependence of the gravitational and cosmological couplings, and we solve the corresponding generalized field equations imposing the null energy condition. Besides, some properties, such as horizon structure and thermodynamics, are discussed in detail.
[ { "created": "Thu, 8 Mar 2018 18:53:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-04-01
[ [ "Contreras", "Ernesto", "" ], [ "Rincon", "Angel", "" ], [ "Koch", "Benjamin", "" ], [ "Bargueño", "Pedro", "" ] ]
In the present work we study the scale--dependence of polytropic non-charged black holes in (3+1)-dimensional space--times assuming a cosmological constant. We allow for scale--dependence of the gravitational and cosmological couplings, and we solve the corresponding generalized field equations imposing the null energy condition. Besides, some properties, such as horizon structure and thermodynamics, are discussed in detail.
2404.16599
Anjali B Yelikar
A. B. Yelikar, R. O' Shaughnessy, J. Lange, and A. Z. Jan
Waveform systematics in gravitational-wave inference of signals from binary neutron star merger models incorporating higher order modes information
7 pages, 6 figures
null
null
LIGO DCC P2400138
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Accurate information from gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars provides essential input to downstream interpretations, including inference of the neutron star population and equation of state. However, even adopting the currently most accurate and physically motivated models available for parameter estimation (PE) of BNSs, these models remain subject to waveform modeling uncertainty: differences between these models may introduce biases in recovered source properties. In this work, we describe injection studies investigating these systematic differences between the two best waveform models available for BNS currently, NRHybSur3dq8Tidal and TEOBResumS. We demonstrate that for BNS sources observable by current second-generation detectors, differences for low-amplitude signals are significant for certain sources.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:26:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-04-26
[ [ "Yelikar", "A. B.", "" ], [ "Shaughnessy", "R. O'", "" ], [ "Lange", "J.", "" ], [ "Jan", "A. Z.", "" ] ]
Accurate information from gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars provides essential input to downstream interpretations, including inference of the neutron star population and equation of state. However, even adopting the currently most accurate and physically motivated models available for parameter estimation (PE) of BNSs, these models remain subject to waveform modeling uncertainty: differences between these models may introduce biases in recovered source properties. In this work, we describe injection studies investigating these systematic differences between the two best waveform models available for BNS currently, NRHybSur3dq8Tidal and TEOBResumS. We demonstrate that for BNS sources observable by current second-generation detectors, differences for low-amplitude signals are significant for certain sources.
2004.14395
Hong Lu
Hai-Shan Liu, H. Lu, Zi-Yu Tang and Bin Wang
Black Hole Scalarization in Gauss-Bonnet Extended Starobinsky Gravity
Latex, 11 pages, reference added
Phys. Rev. D 103, 084043 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.084043
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a class of higher-derivative gravities that can be viewed as the Gauss-Bonnet extension of the Starobinsky model. The theory admits the Minkowski spacetime vacuum whose linear spectrum consists of the graviton and a massive scalar mode. In addition to the usual Schwarzschild black hole, we use numerical analysis to establish that in some suitable mass range, new black holes carrying the massive scalar hair can emerge. The new black hole serves as a "wall" separating the naked spacetime singularity and wormholes in the parameter space of the scalar hair. Our numerical results also indicate that although the new hairy black hole and the Schwarzschild have different spacetime geometry, their entropy and temperature are same for the same mass.
[ { "created": "Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 10 May 2020 12:59:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-04-28
[ [ "Liu", "Hai-Shan", "" ], [ "Lu", "H.", "" ], [ "Tang", "Zi-Yu", "" ], [ "Wang", "Bin", "" ] ]
We propose a class of higher-derivative gravities that can be viewed as the Gauss-Bonnet extension of the Starobinsky model. The theory admits the Minkowski spacetime vacuum whose linear spectrum consists of the graviton and a massive scalar mode. In addition to the usual Schwarzschild black hole, we use numerical analysis to establish that in some suitable mass range, new black holes carrying the massive scalar hair can emerge. The new black hole serves as a "wall" separating the naked spacetime singularity and wormholes in the parameter space of the scalar hair. Our numerical results also indicate that although the new hairy black hole and the Schwarzschild have different spacetime geometry, their entropy and temperature are same for the same mass.
gr-qc/9802048
David Hochberg
David Hochberg (LAEFF) and Matt Visser (Washington University)
The null energy condition in dynamic wormholes
4 pages in RevTex; some textual changes made, references added and some key definitions refined
Phys.Rev.Lett. 81 (1998) 746-749
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.746
LAEFF-98/02
gr-qc
null
We extend previous proofs that violations of the null energy condition (NEC) are a generic and universal feature of traversable wormholes to completely non-symmetric time-dependent wormholes. We show that the analysis can be phrased purely in terms of local geometry at and near the wormhole throat, and do not have to make any technical assumptions about asymptotic flatness or other global properties. A key aspect of the analysis is the demonstration that time-dependent wormholes have two throats, one for each direction through the wormhole, and that the two throats coalesce only for the case of a static wormhole.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:23:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:54:51 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:28:10 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Hochberg", "David", "", "LAEFF" ], [ "Visser", "Matt", "", "Washington University" ] ]
We extend previous proofs that violations of the null energy condition (NEC) are a generic and universal feature of traversable wormholes to completely non-symmetric time-dependent wormholes. We show that the analysis can be phrased purely in terms of local geometry at and near the wormhole throat, and do not have to make any technical assumptions about asymptotic flatness or other global properties. A key aspect of the analysis is the demonstration that time-dependent wormholes have two throats, one for each direction through the wormhole, and that the two throats coalesce only for the case of a static wormhole.
2311.05710
S\'ergio Mittmann dos Santos
Jo\~ao Victor Chaves, S\'ergio Mittmann dos Santos
Spinning cosmic strings in Brans-Dicke gravity as the generators of the rotational curves of the galaxies
11 pages, 2 figures, text in Portuguese, work presented at the 23a. Mostra de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extens\~ao, IFRS, C\^ampus Porto Alegre, 2023
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Only 5% of what makes up the Universe is well understood, and it consists of baryonic matter and radiation. Dark matter and energy correspond to the remaining 95% of the Universe, and their origin and evolution have not yet been satisfactorily explained. Dark matter, supposedly present in the galaxies' halo region, appears to be the mechanism that causes the unusual behavior of the stars' tangential velocity, which is higher than that predicted by the interaction with visible matter. With the solutions of the equations of motion for spacetime generated by a spinning cosmic string with an internal structure in Brans-Dicke gravitation, the present work aimed to evaluate whether this type of string can play the role currently defined as that of dark matter, which is to originate the typical rotational curves of galaxies, responsible for maintaining the tangential velocities of the stars that form these galaxies, whose behavior cannot be justified solely by the observed baryonic matter. For this, the model was used to obtain the velocities of the stars of 4 Sc-type galaxies, to be compared with their respective experimentally observed values.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Nov 2023 19:36:32 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-11-13
[ [ "Chaves", "João Victor", "" ], [ "Santos", "Sérgio Mittmann dos", "" ] ]
Only 5% of what makes up the Universe is well understood, and it consists of baryonic matter and radiation. Dark matter and energy correspond to the remaining 95% of the Universe, and their origin and evolution have not yet been satisfactorily explained. Dark matter, supposedly present in the galaxies' halo region, appears to be the mechanism that causes the unusual behavior of the stars' tangential velocity, which is higher than that predicted by the interaction with visible matter. With the solutions of the equations of motion for spacetime generated by a spinning cosmic string with an internal structure in Brans-Dicke gravitation, the present work aimed to evaluate whether this type of string can play the role currently defined as that of dark matter, which is to originate the typical rotational curves of galaxies, responsible for maintaining the tangential velocities of the stars that form these galaxies, whose behavior cannot be justified solely by the observed baryonic matter. For this, the model was used to obtain the velocities of the stars of 4 Sc-type galaxies, to be compared with their respective experimentally observed values.
1907.10057
Jackson Levi Said
Sebastian Bahamonde, Konstantinos F. Dialektopoulos, Viktor Gakis, Jackson Levi Said
Reviving Horndeski Theory using Teleparallel Gravity after GW170817
12 pages, 0 figures
Phys. Rev. D 101, 084060 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.084060
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Horndeski gravity was highly constrained from the recent gravitational wave observations by the LIGO Collaboration down to $|c_{g}/c-1|\gtrsim 10^{-15}$. In this Letter we study the tensorial perturbations in a flat cosmological background for an analogue version of Horndenki gravity which is based in Teleparallel Gravity constructed from a flat manifold with a nonvanishing torsion tensor. It is found that in this approach, one can construct a more general Horndeski theory satisfying $c_T=c_g/c=1$ without eliminating the coupling functions $G_5(\phi,X)$ and $G_4(\phi,X)$ that were highly constrained in standard Horndeski theory. Hence, in the Teleparallel approach one is able to restore these terms, creating an interesting way to revive Horndeski gravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:55:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:48:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-05-01
[ [ "Bahamonde", "Sebastian", "" ], [ "Dialektopoulos", "Konstantinos F.", "" ], [ "Gakis", "Viktor", "" ], [ "Said", "Jackson Levi", "" ] ]
Horndeski gravity was highly constrained from the recent gravitational wave observations by the LIGO Collaboration down to $|c_{g}/c-1|\gtrsim 10^{-15}$. In this Letter we study the tensorial perturbations in a flat cosmological background for an analogue version of Horndenki gravity which is based in Teleparallel Gravity constructed from a flat manifold with a nonvanishing torsion tensor. It is found that in this approach, one can construct a more general Horndeski theory satisfying $c_T=c_g/c=1$ without eliminating the coupling functions $G_5(\phi,X)$ and $G_4(\phi,X)$ that were highly constrained in standard Horndeski theory. Hence, in the Teleparallel approach one is able to restore these terms, creating an interesting way to revive Horndeski gravity.
2109.03191
Valentin Rudenko
A. V. Belonenko, A. V. Gusev, V. N. Rudenko
Precision measurement of gravitational frequency shift of radio signals using Rao-Cramer estimates
null
null
10.1134/S0202289321040022
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
A method has been developed for precision measurement of the gravitational frequency shift of communication radio signals between the spacecraft and the ground tracking station based on the maximum likelihood principle, using the Rao-Cramer limit estimates for the kinematic parameters associated with orbital motion. Numerical illustrations of the efficiency of the method are presented using the example of data obtained in experiments with the Spectr-R satellite as part of the VLBI system in the "Radioastron" mission. A compensatory "on-line" technique for suppressing Doppler and atmospheric noise has been implemented due to the presence of two modes of communication in gravity sessions: unidirectional (1w) and looped (2w). Recipes for reducing the magnitude of systematic errors are discussed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Sep 2021 16:56:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-12-22
[ [ "Belonenko", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Gusev", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Rudenko", "V. N.", "" ] ]
A method has been developed for precision measurement of the gravitational frequency shift of communication radio signals between the spacecraft and the ground tracking station based on the maximum likelihood principle, using the Rao-Cramer limit estimates for the kinematic parameters associated with orbital motion. Numerical illustrations of the efficiency of the method are presented using the example of data obtained in experiments with the Spectr-R satellite as part of the VLBI system in the "Radioastron" mission. A compensatory "on-line" technique for suppressing Doppler and atmospheric noise has been implemented due to the presence of two modes of communication in gravity sessions: unidirectional (1w) and looped (2w). Recipes for reducing the magnitude of systematic errors are discussed.