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2207.02106
Rahul Kumar
Rahul Kumar Walia
Observational predictions of LQG motivated polymerized black holes and constraints from Sgr A* and M87*
46 pages, 20 figures and 5 tables. Matched with the published version
JCAP 03, 029 (2023)
10.1088/1475-7516/2023/03/029
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Loop quantum gravity inspired partial polymer quantization in four-dimensional spacetime leads to a globally regular black hole with a single horizon. The polymerized black hole metric is characterized by the minimum length parameter $k$, and mimics the Schwarzschild black hole in the weak-field limit. We present an analytic and numerical investigation of the strong gravitational lensing and shadow morphology to determine the observational impacts of quantum effects. Interestingly, the light deflection angle, the angular separation between the outermost relativistic image, and magnification are significantly larger than those for the Schwarzschild black hole. Using the ray-tracing technique, we simulate the black hole shadows under three distinct optically thin accretion models: static spherical accretion, radially infalling spherical accretion, and the thin accretion disk model. Polymerized black holes' shadow morphology strongly depends on $k$. We derive constraints on $k$ from the M87* and Sgr A* black hole shadow observations from the Event Horizon Telescope.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Jul 2022 15:20:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 12 Mar 2023 01:11:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-03-14
[ [ "Walia", "Rahul Kumar", "" ] ]
Loop quantum gravity inspired partial polymer quantization in four-dimensional spacetime leads to a globally regular black hole with a single horizon. The polymerized black hole metric is characterized by the minimum length parameter $k$, and mimics the Schwarzschild black hole in the weak-field limit. We present an analytic and numerical investigation of the strong gravitational lensing and shadow morphology to determine the observational impacts of quantum effects. Interestingly, the light deflection angle, the angular separation between the outermost relativistic image, and magnification are significantly larger than those for the Schwarzschild black hole. Using the ray-tracing technique, we simulate the black hole shadows under three distinct optically thin accretion models: static spherical accretion, radially infalling spherical accretion, and the thin accretion disk model. Polymerized black holes' shadow morphology strongly depends on $k$. We derive constraints on $k$ from the M87* and Sgr A* black hole shadow observations from the Event Horizon Telescope.
gr-qc/0505134
C\'edric Deffayet
Cedric Deffayet, Jan-Willem Rombouts
Ghosts, Strong Coupling and Accidental Symmetries in Massive Gravity
21 pages
Phys.Rev.D72:044003,2005
10.1103/PhysRevD.72.044003
null
gr-qc hep-ph hep-th
null
We show that the strong self-interaction of the scalar polarization of a massive graviton can be understood in terms of the propagation of an extra ghost-like degree of freedom, thus relating strong coupling to the sixth degree of freedom discussed by Boulware and Deser in their Hamiltonian analysis of massive gravity. This enables one to understand the Vainshtein recovery of solutions of massless gravity as being due to the effect of the exchange of this ghost which gets frozen at distances larger than the Vainshtein radius. Inside this region, we can trust the two-field Lagrangian perturbatively, while at larger distances one can use the higher derivative formulation. We also compare massive gravity with other models, namely deconstructed theories of gravity, as well as DGP model. In the latter case we argue that the Vainshtein recovery process is of different nature, not involving a ghost degree of freedom.
[ { "created": "Thu, 26 May 2005 17:18:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-07
[ [ "Deffayet", "Cedric", "" ], [ "Rombouts", "Jan-Willem", "" ] ]
We show that the strong self-interaction of the scalar polarization of a massive graviton can be understood in terms of the propagation of an extra ghost-like degree of freedom, thus relating strong coupling to the sixth degree of freedom discussed by Boulware and Deser in their Hamiltonian analysis of massive gravity. This enables one to understand the Vainshtein recovery of solutions of massless gravity as being due to the effect of the exchange of this ghost which gets frozen at distances larger than the Vainshtein radius. Inside this region, we can trust the two-field Lagrangian perturbatively, while at larger distances one can use the higher derivative formulation. We also compare massive gravity with other models, namely deconstructed theories of gravity, as well as DGP model. In the latter case we argue that the Vainshtein recovery process is of different nature, not involving a ghost degree of freedom.
gr-qc/0212029
Sandro Silva e Costa
Sandro Silva e Costa (IAG-USP)
The harmonic oscillator, dimensional analysis and inflationary solutions
6 pages, revtex4, no figures
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
In this work, focused on the production of exact inflationary solutions using dimensional analysis, it is shown how to explain inflation from a pragmatic and basic point of view, in a step-by-step process, starting from the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator.
[ { "created": "Fri, 6 Dec 2002 02:21:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Costa", "Sandro Silva e", "", "IAG-USP" ] ]
In this work, focused on the production of exact inflationary solutions using dimensional analysis, it is shown how to explain inflation from a pragmatic and basic point of view, in a step-by-step process, starting from the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator.
1803.02135
Jian-dong Zhang
Changfu Shi, Jian-dong Zhang, Jianwei Mei
Hidden Conformal Symmetry for Vector Field on Various Black Hole Backgrounds
18 pages, no figure, matches the published version
JHEP04(2018)001
10.1007/JHEP04(2018)001
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Hidden conformal symmetries of scalar field on various black hole backgrounds have been investigated for years, but whether those features holds for other fields are still open questions. Recently, with proper assumptions, Lunin achieves to the separation of variables for Maxwell equations on Kerr background. In this paper, with that equation, we find that hidden conformal symmetry appears at near region under low frequency limit. We also extended those results to vector field on Kerr-(A)dS and Kerr-NUT-(A)dS backgrounds, then hidden conformal symmetry also appears if we focusing on the near-horizon region at low frequency limit.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Mar 2018 12:15:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Apr 2018 05:20:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-04-10
[ [ "Shi", "Changfu", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Jian-dong", "" ], [ "Mei", "Jianwei", "" ] ]
Hidden conformal symmetries of scalar field on various black hole backgrounds have been investigated for years, but whether those features holds for other fields are still open questions. Recently, with proper assumptions, Lunin achieves to the separation of variables for Maxwell equations on Kerr background. In this paper, with that equation, we find that hidden conformal symmetry appears at near region under low frequency limit. We also extended those results to vector field on Kerr-(A)dS and Kerr-NUT-(A)dS backgrounds, then hidden conformal symmetry also appears if we focusing on the near-horizon region at low frequency limit.
1807.00180
Orlando Luongo
Orlando Luongo, Marco Muccino
Speeding up the universe using dust with pressure
11 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 98, 103520 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.103520
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We revise the cosmological standard model presuming that matter, i.e. baryons and cold dark matter, exhibits a non-vanishing pressure mimicking the cosmological constant effects. In particular, we propose a scalar field Lagrangian $\mathcal L_1$ for matter with the introduction of a Lagrange multiplier as constraint. We also add a symmetry breaking effective potential accounting for the classical cosmological constant problem, by adding a second Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}_2$. Investigating the Noether current due to the shift symmetry on the scalar field, $\varphi\rightarrow\varphi+c^0$, we show that $\mathcal{L}_1$ turns out to be independent from the scalar field $\varphi$. Further we find that a positive Helmotz free-energy naturally leads to a negative pressure without introducing by hand any dark energy term. To face out the fine-tuning problem, we investigate two phases: before and after transition due to the symmetry breaking. We propose that during transition dark matter cancels out the quantum field vacuum energy effects. This process leads to a negative and constant pressure whose magnitude is determined by baryons only. The numerical bounds over the pressure and matter densities are in agreement with current observations, alleviating the coincidence problem. Finally assuming a thermal equilibrium between the bath and our effective fluid, we estimate the mass of the dark matter candidate. Our numerical outcomes seem to be compatible with recent predictions on WIMP masses, for fixed spin and temperature. In particular, we predict possible candidates whose masses span in the range $0.5-1.7$ TeV.
[ { "created": "Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:00:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:04:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-11-28
[ [ "Luongo", "Orlando", "" ], [ "Muccino", "Marco", "" ] ]
We revise the cosmological standard model presuming that matter, i.e. baryons and cold dark matter, exhibits a non-vanishing pressure mimicking the cosmological constant effects. In particular, we propose a scalar field Lagrangian $\mathcal L_1$ for matter with the introduction of a Lagrange multiplier as constraint. We also add a symmetry breaking effective potential accounting for the classical cosmological constant problem, by adding a second Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}_2$. Investigating the Noether current due to the shift symmetry on the scalar field, $\varphi\rightarrow\varphi+c^0$, we show that $\mathcal{L}_1$ turns out to be independent from the scalar field $\varphi$. Further we find that a positive Helmotz free-energy naturally leads to a negative pressure without introducing by hand any dark energy term. To face out the fine-tuning problem, we investigate two phases: before and after transition due to the symmetry breaking. We propose that during transition dark matter cancels out the quantum field vacuum energy effects. This process leads to a negative and constant pressure whose magnitude is determined by baryons only. The numerical bounds over the pressure and matter densities are in agreement with current observations, alleviating the coincidence problem. Finally assuming a thermal equilibrium between the bath and our effective fluid, we estimate the mass of the dark matter candidate. Our numerical outcomes seem to be compatible with recent predictions on WIMP masses, for fixed spin and temperature. In particular, we predict possible candidates whose masses span in the range $0.5-1.7$ TeV.
2404.06509
Yixuan Ma
Yixuan Ma and Luciano Rezzolla
Horizon-penetrating form of parametrized metrics for static and stationary black holes
15 pages, submitted to PRD, matching the accepted version
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Rezzolla-Zhidenko (RZ) and Konoplya-Rezzolla-Zhidenko (KRZ) frameworks provide an efficient approach to characterize agnostically spherically symmetric or stationary black-hole spacetimes in arbitrary metric theories. In their original construction, these metrics were defined only in the spacetime region outside of the event horizon, where they can reproduce any black-hole metric with percent precision and a few parameters only. At the same time, numerical simulations of accreting black holes often require metric functions that are regular across the horizon, so that the inner boundary of the computational domain can be placed in a region that is causally disconnected from the exterior. We present a novel formulation of the RZ/KRZ parametrized metrics in coordinate systems that are regular at the horizon and defined everywhere in the interior. We compare the horizon-penetrating form of the KRZ and RZ metrics with the corresponding forms of the Kerr metric in Kerr-Schild coordinates and of the Schwarzschild metric in Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates, remarking the similarities and differences. We expect the horizon-penetrating formulations of the RZ/KRZ metrics to represent new tools to study via simulations the physical processes that occur near the horizon of an arbitrary black hole.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:59:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:00:21 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:00:03 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-06-19
[ [ "Ma", "Yixuan", "" ], [ "Rezzolla", "Luciano", "" ] ]
The Rezzolla-Zhidenko (RZ) and Konoplya-Rezzolla-Zhidenko (KRZ) frameworks provide an efficient approach to characterize agnostically spherically symmetric or stationary black-hole spacetimes in arbitrary metric theories. In their original construction, these metrics were defined only in the spacetime region outside of the event horizon, where they can reproduce any black-hole metric with percent precision and a few parameters only. At the same time, numerical simulations of accreting black holes often require metric functions that are regular across the horizon, so that the inner boundary of the computational domain can be placed in a region that is causally disconnected from the exterior. We present a novel formulation of the RZ/KRZ parametrized metrics in coordinate systems that are regular at the horizon and defined everywhere in the interior. We compare the horizon-penetrating form of the KRZ and RZ metrics with the corresponding forms of the Kerr metric in Kerr-Schild coordinates and of the Schwarzschild metric in Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates, remarking the similarities and differences. We expect the horizon-penetrating formulations of the RZ/KRZ metrics to represent new tools to study via simulations the physical processes that occur near the horizon of an arbitrary black hole.
0912.2920
Sebastiano Bernuzzi
Sebastiano Bernuzzi and David Hilditch
Constraint violation in free evolution schemes: comparing BSSNOK with a conformal decomposition of Z4
Published in PRD
Phys.Rev.D81:084003,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084003
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compare numerical evolutions performed with the BSSNOK formulation and a conformal decomposition of a Z4-like formulation of General Relativity. The important difference between the two formulations is that the Z4 formulation has a propagating Hamiltonian constraint, whereas BSSNOK has a zero-speed characteristic variable in the constraint subsystem. In spherical symmetry we evolve both puncture and neutron star initial data. We demonstrate that the propagating nature of the Z4 constraints leads to results that compare favorably with BSSNOK evolutions, especially when matter is present in the spacetime. From the point of view of implementation the new system is a simple modification of BSSNOK.
[ { "created": "Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:12:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:38:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-04-29
[ [ "Bernuzzi", "Sebastiano", "" ], [ "Hilditch", "David", "" ] ]
We compare numerical evolutions performed with the BSSNOK formulation and a conformal decomposition of a Z4-like formulation of General Relativity. The important difference between the two formulations is that the Z4 formulation has a propagating Hamiltonian constraint, whereas BSSNOK has a zero-speed characteristic variable in the constraint subsystem. In spherical symmetry we evolve both puncture and neutron star initial data. We demonstrate that the propagating nature of the Z4 constraints leads to results that compare favorably with BSSNOK evolutions, especially when matter is present in the spacetime. From the point of view of implementation the new system is a simple modification of BSSNOK.
2202.08142
Soumya Chakrabarti
Soumya Chakrabarti
On Generalized Theories of Varying Fine Structure Constant
20 pages; 25 figures; manuscript in communication; comments are welcome
null
10.1093/mnras/stac979
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We work with a class of scalar extended theory of gravity that can drive the present cosmic acceleration as well as accommodate a mild cosmic variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$. The motivation comes from a vintage theory developed by Bekenstein, Sandvik, Barrow and Magueijo. The $\alpha$ variation is introduced by a real scalar field interacting with charged matter. We execute a cosmological reconstruction based on a parametrization of the present matter density of the Universe. Observational consistency is ensured by comparing the theoretical estimates with JLA + OHD + BAO data sets, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation. An analysis of molecular absorption lines from HIRES and UVES spectrographs is considered as a reference for the variation of $\alpha$ at different redshifts. Two examples are discussed. The first explores a field-dependent kinetic coupling of the scalar field interacting with charged matter. The second example is a generalized Brans-Dicke formalism where the varying $\alpha$ is fitted in as an effective matter field. This generates a simultaneous variation of the Newtonian constant $G$ and $\alpha$. The pattern of this variation can have a crucial role in cosmic expansion history.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:33:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 24 Feb 2022 06:42:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-04-20
[ [ "Chakrabarti", "Soumya", "" ] ]
We work with a class of scalar extended theory of gravity that can drive the present cosmic acceleration as well as accommodate a mild cosmic variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$. The motivation comes from a vintage theory developed by Bekenstein, Sandvik, Barrow and Magueijo. The $\alpha$ variation is introduced by a real scalar field interacting with charged matter. We execute a cosmological reconstruction based on a parametrization of the present matter density of the Universe. Observational consistency is ensured by comparing the theoretical estimates with JLA + OHD + BAO data sets, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation. An analysis of molecular absorption lines from HIRES and UVES spectrographs is considered as a reference for the variation of $\alpha$ at different redshifts. Two examples are discussed. The first explores a field-dependent kinetic coupling of the scalar field interacting with charged matter. The second example is a generalized Brans-Dicke formalism where the varying $\alpha$ is fitted in as an effective matter field. This generates a simultaneous variation of the Newtonian constant $G$ and $\alpha$. The pattern of this variation can have a crucial role in cosmic expansion history.
gr-qc/0403030
Jiliang Jing
M. Giammatteo and Jiliang Jing
Dirac quasinormal frequencies in Schwarzschild-AdS space-time
13 pages, 6 figures
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 024007
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.024007
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
null
We investigate the quasinormal mode frequencies for the massless Dirac field in static four dimensional $AdS$ space-time. The separation of the Dirac equation is achieved for the first time in $AdS$ space. Besides the relevance that this calculation can have in the framework of the $AdS/CFT$ correspondence between M-theory on $AdS_4\times S^7$ and SU(N) super Yang-Mills theory on $M_3$, it also serves to fill in a gap in the literature, which has only been concerned with particles of integral spin $0,1,2$.
[ { "created": "Sun, 7 Mar 2004 05:53:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:08:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Giammatteo", "M.", "" ], [ "Jing", "Jiliang", "" ] ]
We investigate the quasinormal mode frequencies for the massless Dirac field in static four dimensional $AdS$ space-time. The separation of the Dirac equation is achieved for the first time in $AdS$ space. Besides the relevance that this calculation can have in the framework of the $AdS/CFT$ correspondence between M-theory on $AdS_4\times S^7$ and SU(N) super Yang-Mills theory on $M_3$, it also serves to fill in a gap in the literature, which has only been concerned with particles of integral spin $0,1,2$.
gr-qc/0006091
Bela Szilagyi
Bela Szilagyi
Cauchy-Characteristic Matching In General Relativity
16 LaTeX files, 1 bibliography (bbl) file, 1 style file, 68 PostScript figures
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2000
null
null
gr-qc
null
From Einstein's theory we know that besides the electromagnetic spectrum, objects like quasars, active galactic nuclei, pulsars and black holes also generate a physical signal of purely gravitational nature. The actual form of the signal is impossible to determine analytically, which lead to use of numerical methods. Two major approaches emerged. The first one formulates the gravitational radiation problem as a standard Cauchy initial value problem, while the other approach uses a Characteristic Initial value formulation. In the strong field region, where caustics in the wavefronts are likely to form, the Cauchy formulation is more advantageous. On the other side, the Characteristic formulation is uniquely suited to study radiation problems because it describes space-time in terms of radiation wavefronts. The fact that the advantages and disadvantages of these two systems are complementary suggests that one may want to use the two of them together. In a full nonlinear problem it would be advantageous to evolve the inner (strong field) region using Cauchy evolution and the outer (radiation) region with the Characteristic approach. Cauchy Characteristic Matching enables one to evolve the whole space-time matching the boundaries of Cauchy and Characteristic evolution. The methodology of Cauchy Characteristic Matching has been successful in numerical evolution of the spherically symmetric Klein-Gordon-Einstein field equations as well as for 3-D non-linear wave equations. In this thesis the same methodology is studied in the context of the Einstein equations.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:22:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Szilagyi", "Bela", "" ] ]
From Einstein's theory we know that besides the electromagnetic spectrum, objects like quasars, active galactic nuclei, pulsars and black holes also generate a physical signal of purely gravitational nature. The actual form of the signal is impossible to determine analytically, which lead to use of numerical methods. Two major approaches emerged. The first one formulates the gravitational radiation problem as a standard Cauchy initial value problem, while the other approach uses a Characteristic Initial value formulation. In the strong field region, where caustics in the wavefronts are likely to form, the Cauchy formulation is more advantageous. On the other side, the Characteristic formulation is uniquely suited to study radiation problems because it describes space-time in terms of radiation wavefronts. The fact that the advantages and disadvantages of these two systems are complementary suggests that one may want to use the two of them together. In a full nonlinear problem it would be advantageous to evolve the inner (strong field) region using Cauchy evolution and the outer (radiation) region with the Characteristic approach. Cauchy Characteristic Matching enables one to evolve the whole space-time matching the boundaries of Cauchy and Characteristic evolution. The methodology of Cauchy Characteristic Matching has been successful in numerical evolution of the spherically symmetric Klein-Gordon-Einstein field equations as well as for 3-D non-linear wave equations. In this thesis the same methodology is studied in the context of the Einstein equations.
0711.0332
Gilles Esposito-Farese
Gilles Esposito-Farese
Summary of session A4 at the GRG18 conference: Alternative Theories of Gravity
9 pages, no figure; the GRG18 conference was held in Sydney, Australia, 8-13 July 2007
Class.Quant.Grav.25:114017,2008
10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114017
null
gr-qc
null
More than 50 abstracts were submitted to the A4 session on "Alternatives Theories of Gravity" at the GRG18 conference. About 30 of them were scheduled as oral presentations, that we summarize below. We do not intend to give a critical review, but rather pointers to the corresponding papers. The main topics were (i) brane models both from the mathematical and the phenomenological viewpoints; (ii) Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in higher dimensions or coupled to a scalar field; (iii) modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND); (iv) scalar-tensor and f(R) theories; (v) alternative models involving Lorentz violations, noncommutative spacetimes or Chern-Simons corrections.
[ { "created": "Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:51:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Esposito-Farese", "Gilles", "" ] ]
More than 50 abstracts were submitted to the A4 session on "Alternatives Theories of Gravity" at the GRG18 conference. About 30 of them were scheduled as oral presentations, that we summarize below. We do not intend to give a critical review, but rather pointers to the corresponding papers. The main topics were (i) brane models both from the mathematical and the phenomenological viewpoints; (ii) Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in higher dimensions or coupled to a scalar field; (iii) modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND); (iv) scalar-tensor and f(R) theories; (v) alternative models involving Lorentz violations, noncommutative spacetimes or Chern-Simons corrections.
1501.07322
Barry Wardell
Barry Wardell
Self-force: Computational Strategies
Synchronized with final published version. Review to appear in "Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity", published as part of the Springer "Fundamental Theories of Physics" series. D. Puetzfeld et al. (eds.), Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity, Fundamental Theories of Physics 179, Springer, 2015
null
10.1007/978-3-319-18335-0_14
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Building on substantial foundational progress in understanding the effect of a small body's self-field on its own motion, the past 15 years has seen the emergence of several strategies for explicitly computing self-field corrections to the equations of motion of a small, point-like charge. These approaches broadly fall into three categories: (i) mode-sum regularization, (ii) effective source approaches and (iii) worldline convolution methods. This paper reviews the various approaches and gives details of how each one is implemented in practice, highlighting some of the key features in each case.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:06:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 3 Feb 2015 23:23:14 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:53:32 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-04-07
[ [ "Wardell", "Barry", "" ] ]
Building on substantial foundational progress in understanding the effect of a small body's self-field on its own motion, the past 15 years has seen the emergence of several strategies for explicitly computing self-field corrections to the equations of motion of a small, point-like charge. These approaches broadly fall into three categories: (i) mode-sum regularization, (ii) effective source approaches and (iii) worldline convolution methods. This paper reviews the various approaches and gives details of how each one is implemented in practice, highlighting some of the key features in each case.
1801.08028
Gao-Ming Deng
Gao-Ming Deng, Jinbo Fan, Xinfei Li, Yong-Chang Huang
Thermodynamics and phase transition of charged AdS black holes with a global monopole
13 pages, 9 figures, comments welcome
null
10.1142/S0217751X18500227
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Thermodynamical properties of charged AdS black holes with a global monopole still remain obscure. In this paper, we investigate the thermodynamics and phase transition of the black holes in the extended phase space. It is shown that thermodynamical quantities of the black holes exhibit an interesting dependence on the internal global monopole, and they perfectly satisfy both the first law of thermodynamics and Smarr relation. Furthermore, analysis of the local and the global thermodynamical stability manifests that the charged AdS black hole undergoes an elegant phase transition at critical point. Of special interest, critical behaviors of the black holes resemble a Van der Waals liquid-gas system. Our results not only reveal the effect of a global monopole on thermodynamics of AdS black holes, but also further support that Van der Waals-like behavior of the black holes is a universal phenomenon.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:37:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-02-28
[ [ "Deng", "Gao-Ming", "" ], [ "Fan", "Jinbo", "" ], [ "Li", "Xinfei", "" ], [ "Huang", "Yong-Chang", "" ] ]
Thermodynamical properties of charged AdS black holes with a global monopole still remain obscure. In this paper, we investigate the thermodynamics and phase transition of the black holes in the extended phase space. It is shown that thermodynamical quantities of the black holes exhibit an interesting dependence on the internal global monopole, and they perfectly satisfy both the first law of thermodynamics and Smarr relation. Furthermore, analysis of the local and the global thermodynamical stability manifests that the charged AdS black hole undergoes an elegant phase transition at critical point. Of special interest, critical behaviors of the black holes resemble a Van der Waals liquid-gas system. Our results not only reveal the effect of a global monopole on thermodynamics of AdS black holes, but also further support that Van der Waals-like behavior of the black holes is a universal phenomenon.
0812.1574
Eyo Ita III
Eyo Eyo Ita III
Nonlinear gravitons in 4-D general relativity by expansion about the Kodama state
21 pages
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we provide a possible realization of Penrose's idea of nonlinear gravitons using a new description of nonmetric general relativity. In the addressal of issues surrounding the normalizability of the Kodama state and its reliability as a ground state for gravity, we expand the theory in fluctuations about the Kodama state. This produces a theory of complex gravity with a well-defined Hilbert space structure, whose quantization we carry out both at the linearized level and in the full nonlinear theory. The results of this paper demonstrate the preservation of the physical degrees of freedom of the full nonlinear theory under linearization, as well provide a Hilbert space of states of the former annihilated by the quantum Hamiltonian constraint.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:31:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:06:04 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 4 Sep 2010 16:48:32 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2010-09-07
[ [ "Ita", "Eyo Eyo", "III" ] ]
In this paper we provide a possible realization of Penrose's idea of nonlinear gravitons using a new description of nonmetric general relativity. In the addressal of issues surrounding the normalizability of the Kodama state and its reliability as a ground state for gravity, we expand the theory in fluctuations about the Kodama state. This produces a theory of complex gravity with a well-defined Hilbert space structure, whose quantization we carry out both at the linearized level and in the full nonlinear theory. The results of this paper demonstrate the preservation of the physical degrees of freedom of the full nonlinear theory under linearization, as well provide a Hilbert space of states of the former annihilated by the quantum Hamiltonian constraint.
0705.3475
Mauricio Bellini
Mariano Anabitarte (Mar del Plata University - CONICET), Mauricio Bellini (Mar del Plata University - CONICET)
Gauge invariant metric fluctuations in the early universe from STM theory of gravity: nonperturbative formalism
version accepted in Physics Letters B
Phys.Lett.B652:233-237,2007
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.07.028
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
We develop a nonperturbative quantum field formalism to describe scalar gauge-invariant metric flucturations in the early universe from a 5D apparent (Ricci flat) vacuum.
[ { "created": "Wed, 23 May 2007 22:04:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 30 May 2007 20:19:17 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:27:25 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Anabitarte", "Mariano", "", "Mar del Plata University - CONICET" ], [ "Bellini", "Mauricio", "", "Mar del Plata University - CONICET" ] ]
We develop a nonperturbative quantum field formalism to describe scalar gauge-invariant metric flucturations in the early universe from a 5D apparent (Ricci flat) vacuum.
2203.11551
Zheng-Wen Long
Yi Yang, Dong Liu, Ali \"Ovg\"un, Zheng-Wen Long, Zhaoyi Xu
Probing hairy black holes caused by gravitational decoupling using quasinormal modes and greybody bounds
null
Phys. Rev. D 107, 064042 (2023)
10.1103/PhysRevD.107.064042
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Gravitational decoupling can add hair to the black holes by adding extra sources. The quasinormal modes of hairy black hole caused by gravitational decoupling for the massless scalar field, electromagnetic field, and gravitational perturbation are investigated. The equations of effective potential for three perturbations are derived in hairy black hole spacetime. We also study the time evolution corresponding to the three perturbations, and the quasinormal mode frequencies are calculated using the Prony method through the time-domain profiles. By analyzing the influence of the hairs ($\alpha$, $l_0$ and $Q$) for the black holes we studying on quasinormal mode, we find that the hairs $\alpha$ and $l_0$ decrease the oscillation frequency of the gravitational wave signal, and the hair $Q$ increase its oscillation frequency.Furthermore, we have calculated the bounds of greybody factor and high-energy absorption cross section with the Sinc approximation, which reveals that the presence of charges ($\alpha$ and $l_0$) generating primary hair can increase the probability of gravitational radiation arriving spatial infinity, whereas the charge $Q$ from the extra sources does the opposite.
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2023-03-24
[ [ "Yang", "Yi", "" ], [ "Liu", "Dong", "" ], [ "Övgün", "Ali", "" ], [ "Long", "Zheng-Wen", "" ], [ "Xu", "Zhaoyi", "" ] ]
Gravitational decoupling can add hair to the black holes by adding extra sources. The quasinormal modes of hairy black hole caused by gravitational decoupling for the massless scalar field, electromagnetic field, and gravitational perturbation are investigated. The equations of effective potential for three perturbations are derived in hairy black hole spacetime. We also study the time evolution corresponding to the three perturbations, and the quasinormal mode frequencies are calculated using the Prony method through the time-domain profiles. By analyzing the influence of the hairs ($\alpha$, $l_0$ and $Q$) for the black holes we studying on quasinormal mode, we find that the hairs $\alpha$ and $l_0$ decrease the oscillation frequency of the gravitational wave signal, and the hair $Q$ increase its oscillation frequency.Furthermore, we have calculated the bounds of greybody factor and high-energy absorption cross section with the Sinc approximation, which reveals that the presence of charges ($\alpha$ and $l_0$) generating primary hair can increase the probability of gravitational radiation arriving spatial infinity, whereas the charge $Q$ from the extra sources does the opposite.
1911.11054
Dharm Veer Singh
Dharm Veer Singh, Sushant G. Ghosh and Sunil D. Maharaj
Bardeen-like regular black holes in $5D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
20 pages, 7 figures
Annals of Physics 412, 168025 (2020)
10.1016/j.aop.2019.168025
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We find an exact spherically symmetric regular Bardeen-like solutions by considering the coupling between Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory and nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) in five-dimensional spacetime. These solutions, with an additional parameter $g$ apart from the mass $M$, represent black holes with Cauchy and event horizons, extremal black holes with degenerate horizons or no black holes in the absence of the horizons, and encompasses as a special case Boulware-Deser black holes which can be recovered in the absence of magnetic charge ($g=0$). Owing to the NED corrected black hole, the thermodynamic quantities have also been modified and we have obtained exact analytical expressions for the thermodynamical quantities such the Hawking temperature $T_+$, the entropy $S_+$, the specific heat $C_+$, and the Gibbs free energy $F_+$. The heat capacity diverges at a critical radius $r=r_C$, where incidentally the temperature has a maximum, and the Hawking-Page transitions even in absence of the cosmological term. The thermal evaporation process leads to eternal remnants for sufficiently small black holes and evaporates to a thermodynamic stable extremel black hole remnants with vanishing temperature. The heat capacity becomes positive $C_+ > 0$ for $r_+ < r_C$ allowing black hole to become thermodynamically stable, in addition the smaller black holes are globally stable with positive heat capacity $C_+ > 0$ and negative free energy $F_+<0$. The entropy $ S $ of a 5D Bardeen black hole is not longer a quarter of the horizon area $A$, i.e., $S \neq A/4$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:09:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-11-26
[ [ "Singh", "Dharm Veer", "" ], [ "Ghosh", "Sushant G.", "" ], [ "Maharaj", "Sunil D.", "" ] ]
We find an exact spherically symmetric regular Bardeen-like solutions by considering the coupling between Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory and nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) in five-dimensional spacetime. These solutions, with an additional parameter $g$ apart from the mass $M$, represent black holes with Cauchy and event horizons, extremal black holes with degenerate horizons or no black holes in the absence of the horizons, and encompasses as a special case Boulware-Deser black holes which can be recovered in the absence of magnetic charge ($g=0$). Owing to the NED corrected black hole, the thermodynamic quantities have also been modified and we have obtained exact analytical expressions for the thermodynamical quantities such the Hawking temperature $T_+$, the entropy $S_+$, the specific heat $C_+$, and the Gibbs free energy $F_+$. The heat capacity diverges at a critical radius $r=r_C$, where incidentally the temperature has a maximum, and the Hawking-Page transitions even in absence of the cosmological term. The thermal evaporation process leads to eternal remnants for sufficiently small black holes and evaporates to a thermodynamic stable extremel black hole remnants with vanishing temperature. The heat capacity becomes positive $C_+ > 0$ for $r_+ < r_C$ allowing black hole to become thermodynamically stable, in addition the smaller black holes are globally stable with positive heat capacity $C_+ > 0$ and negative free energy $F_+<0$. The entropy $ S $ of a 5D Bardeen black hole is not longer a quarter of the horizon area $A$, i.e., $S \neq A/4$.
0802.3927
Ivan Avramidi
Ivan G. Avramidi and Guglielmo Fucci
Kinematics in Matrix Gravity
31 pages, no figures, discussion of Pioneer anomaly removed
Gen.Rel.Grav.41:1407-1435,2009
10.1007/s10714-008-0713-6
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We develop the kinematics in Matrix Gravity, which is a modified theory of gravity obtained by a non-commutative deformation of General Relativity. In this model the usual interpretation of gravity as Riemannian geometry is replaced by a new kind of geometry, which is equivalent to a collection of Finsler geometries with several Finsler metrics depending both on the position and on the velocity. As a result the Riemannian geodesic flow is replaced by a collection of Finsler flows. This naturally leads to a model in which a particle is described by several mass parameters. If these mass parameters are different then the equivalence principle is violated. In the non-relativistic limit this also leads to corrections to the Newton's gravitational potential. We find the first and second order corrections to the usual Riemannian geodesic flow and evaluate the anomalous nongeodesic acceleration in a particular case of static spherically symmetric background.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:31:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:40:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-02-18
[ [ "Avramidi", "Ivan G.", "" ], [ "Fucci", "Guglielmo", "" ] ]
We develop the kinematics in Matrix Gravity, which is a modified theory of gravity obtained by a non-commutative deformation of General Relativity. In this model the usual interpretation of gravity as Riemannian geometry is replaced by a new kind of geometry, which is equivalent to a collection of Finsler geometries with several Finsler metrics depending both on the position and on the velocity. As a result the Riemannian geodesic flow is replaced by a collection of Finsler flows. This naturally leads to a model in which a particle is described by several mass parameters. If these mass parameters are different then the equivalence principle is violated. In the non-relativistic limit this also leads to corrections to the Newton's gravitational potential. We find the first and second order corrections to the usual Riemannian geodesic flow and evaluate the anomalous nongeodesic acceleration in a particular case of static spherically symmetric background.
gr-qc/0510087
Nakia Carlevaro
Nakia Carlevaro and Giovanni Montani
On the Gravitational Collapse of a Gas Cloud in Presence of Bulk Viscosity
13 pages, no figure
Class. Quant. Grav. 22, 4715-4728 (2005)
10.1088/0264-9381/22/22/005
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
We analyze the effects induced by the bulk viscosity on the dynamics associated to the extreme gravitational collapse. Aim of the work is to investigate whether the presence of viscous corrections to the evolution of a collapsing gas cloud influence the fragmentation process. To this end we study the dynamics of a uniform and spherically symmetric cloud with corrections due to the negative pressure contribution associated to the bulk viscosity phenomenology. Within the framework of a Newtonian approach (whose range of validity is outlined), we extend to the viscous case either the Lagrangian, either the Eulerian motion of the system and we treat the asymptotic evolution in correspondence to a viscosity coefficient of the form $\zeta=\zeta_0 \rho^{nu}$ ($\rho$ being the cloud density and $\zeta_0=const.$). We show how, in the adiabatic-like behavior of the gas (i.e. when the politropic index takes values $4/3<\gamma\leq5/3$), density contrasts acquire, asymptotically, a vanishing behavior which prevents the formation of sub-structures. We can conclude that in the adiabatic-like collapse the top down mechanism of structures formation is suppressed as soon as enough strong viscous effects are taken into account. Such a feature is not present in the isothermal-like (i.e. $1\leq\gamma<4/3$) collapse because the sub-structures formation is yet present and outlines the same behavior as in the non-viscous case. We emphasize that in the adiabatic-like collapse the bulk viscosity is also responsible for the appearance of a threshold scale beyond which perturbations begin to increase.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:02:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:11:09 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:40:36 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:58:12 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Carlevaro", "Nakia", "" ], [ "Montani", "Giovanni", "" ] ]
We analyze the effects induced by the bulk viscosity on the dynamics associated to the extreme gravitational collapse. Aim of the work is to investigate whether the presence of viscous corrections to the evolution of a collapsing gas cloud influence the fragmentation process. To this end we study the dynamics of a uniform and spherically symmetric cloud with corrections due to the negative pressure contribution associated to the bulk viscosity phenomenology. Within the framework of a Newtonian approach (whose range of validity is outlined), we extend to the viscous case either the Lagrangian, either the Eulerian motion of the system and we treat the asymptotic evolution in correspondence to a viscosity coefficient of the form $\zeta=\zeta_0 \rho^{nu}$ ($\rho$ being the cloud density and $\zeta_0=const.$). We show how, in the adiabatic-like behavior of the gas (i.e. when the politropic index takes values $4/3<\gamma\leq5/3$), density contrasts acquire, asymptotically, a vanishing behavior which prevents the formation of sub-structures. We can conclude that in the adiabatic-like collapse the top down mechanism of structures formation is suppressed as soon as enough strong viscous effects are taken into account. Such a feature is not present in the isothermal-like (i.e. $1\leq\gamma<4/3$) collapse because the sub-structures formation is yet present and outlines the same behavior as in the non-viscous case. We emphasize that in the adiabatic-like collapse the bulk viscosity is also responsible for the appearance of a threshold scale beyond which perturbations begin to increase.
2103.04369
Minyong Guo
Yehui Hou, Minyong Guo and Bin Chen
Revisiting the shadow of braneworld black holes
22 pages, 13 figures
Phys. Rev. D 104, 024001 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.104.024001
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We revisit the shadows of rotating braneworld black holes in the Randall-Sundrum type II model, by considering not only the metric in the near region of the black hole but also the linearized metric in the far region where the observer stays. Our study is significantly different from previous studies, which relies only on the metric in the near region. From the study, we identify a critical angle $\theta_c$ which decides the shadow curve is open or closed: the shadow curve would be open if the observational angle $\theta_c<\theta_o\le\pi/2$, and the curve becomes closed when $0<\theta_o\le\theta_c$. We study how various parameters affect the shape of the shadow curve. We furthermore apply our analysis to the data of M87* from the Event Horizon Telescope and obtain a new constraint on the parameters of the braneworld black holes.
[ { "created": "Sun, 7 Mar 2021 14:58:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-07-07
[ [ "Hou", "Yehui", "" ], [ "Guo", "Minyong", "" ], [ "Chen", "Bin", "" ] ]
We revisit the shadows of rotating braneworld black holes in the Randall-Sundrum type II model, by considering not only the metric in the near region of the black hole but also the linearized metric in the far region where the observer stays. Our study is significantly different from previous studies, which relies only on the metric in the near region. From the study, we identify a critical angle $\theta_c$ which decides the shadow curve is open or closed: the shadow curve would be open if the observational angle $\theta_c<\theta_o\le\pi/2$, and the curve becomes closed when $0<\theta_o\le\theta_c$. We study how various parameters affect the shape of the shadow curve. We furthermore apply our analysis to the data of M87* from the Event Horizon Telescope and obtain a new constraint on the parameters of the braneworld black holes.
1608.00739
Marcelo Schiffer
Marcelo Schiffer
Charge Fluctuations of an Uncharged Black Hole
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we calculate charge fluctuations of a Schwarzschild black-hole of mass $M$ confined within a perfectly reflecting cavity of radius R in thermal equilibrium with various species of radiation and fermions . Charge conservation is constrained by a Lagrange multiplier (the chemical potential). Black hole charge fluctuations are expected owing to continuous absorption and emission of particles by the black hole. For black holes much more massive than $10^{16} g$ , these fluctuations are exponentially suppressed. For black holes lighter than this, the Schwarzschild black hole is unstable under charge fluctuations for almost every possible size of the confining vessel. The stability regime and the fluctuations are calculated through the second derivative of the entropy with respect to the charge. The expression obtained contains many puzzling terms besides the expected thermodynamical fluctuations: terms corresponding to instabilities that do not depend on the specific value of charge of the charge carriers and one of them depends on Newton's constant instead. One of the contributions to the charge fluctuations $\hbar/4\pi$ does not depend neither on number of species, nor on the the specific charge or even the size of the confining vessel. As a matter of fact, this term emerges from the second derivative of the black hole entropy alone, which means that it corresponds to a genuine quantum mechanical property of the black hole itself. Such a contribution would cause the event horizon to recede from $2M$ to $2M-T_{BH}$ or equivalently, by $(4\pi)^{-1}$ of the black hole' s Compton wave length. Similarly, a Cauchy horizon emerges at the same distance the event horizon receded.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Aug 2016 08:58:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-08-03
[ [ "Schiffer", "Marcelo", "" ] ]
In this paper we calculate charge fluctuations of a Schwarzschild black-hole of mass $M$ confined within a perfectly reflecting cavity of radius R in thermal equilibrium with various species of radiation and fermions . Charge conservation is constrained by a Lagrange multiplier (the chemical potential). Black hole charge fluctuations are expected owing to continuous absorption and emission of particles by the black hole. For black holes much more massive than $10^{16} g$ , these fluctuations are exponentially suppressed. For black holes lighter than this, the Schwarzschild black hole is unstable under charge fluctuations for almost every possible size of the confining vessel. The stability regime and the fluctuations are calculated through the second derivative of the entropy with respect to the charge. The expression obtained contains many puzzling terms besides the expected thermodynamical fluctuations: terms corresponding to instabilities that do not depend on the specific value of charge of the charge carriers and one of them depends on Newton's constant instead. One of the contributions to the charge fluctuations $\hbar/4\pi$ does not depend neither on number of species, nor on the the specific charge or even the size of the confining vessel. As a matter of fact, this term emerges from the second derivative of the black hole entropy alone, which means that it corresponds to a genuine quantum mechanical property of the black hole itself. Such a contribution would cause the event horizon to recede from $2M$ to $2M-T_{BH}$ or equivalently, by $(4\pi)^{-1}$ of the black hole' s Compton wave length. Similarly, a Cauchy horizon emerges at the same distance the event horizon receded.
2302.03545
Yumin Hu
Yu-Min Hu, Yaqi Zhao, Xin Ren, Bo Wang, Emmanuel N. Saridakis, Yi-Fu Cai
The effective field theory approach to the strong coupling issue in $f(T)$ gravity
18 pages
JCAP 07 (2023) 060
10.1088/1475-7516/2023/07/060
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the scalar perturbations and the possible strong coupling issues of $f(T)$ around a cosmological background, applying the effective field theory (EFT) approach. We revisit the generalized EFT framework of modified teleparallel gravity and apply it by considering both linear and second-order perturbations for $f(T)$ theory. No new scalar mode is present in linear and second-order perturbations in $f(T)$ gravity, which suggests a strong coupling problem. However, based on the ratio of cubic to quadratic Lagrangians, we provide a simple estimation of the strong coupling scale, a result which shows that the strong coupling problem can be avoided at least for some modes. In conclusion, perturbation behaviors that at first appear problematic may not inevitably lead to a strong coupling problem, as long as the relevant scale is comparable with the cutoff scale $M$ of the applicability of the theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Feb 2023 15:54:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:08:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-11-22
[ [ "Hu", "Yu-Min", "" ], [ "Zhao", "Yaqi", "" ], [ "Ren", "Xin", "" ], [ "Wang", "Bo", "" ], [ "Saridakis", "Emmanuel N.", "" ], [ "Cai", "Yi-Fu", "" ] ]
We investigate the scalar perturbations and the possible strong coupling issues of $f(T)$ around a cosmological background, applying the effective field theory (EFT) approach. We revisit the generalized EFT framework of modified teleparallel gravity and apply it by considering both linear and second-order perturbations for $f(T)$ theory. No new scalar mode is present in linear and second-order perturbations in $f(T)$ gravity, which suggests a strong coupling problem. However, based on the ratio of cubic to quadratic Lagrangians, we provide a simple estimation of the strong coupling scale, a result which shows that the strong coupling problem can be avoided at least for some modes. In conclusion, perturbation behaviors that at first appear problematic may not inevitably lead to a strong coupling problem, as long as the relevant scale is comparable with the cutoff scale $M$ of the applicability of the theory.
0811.2790
Martin Bojowald
Martin Bojowald
Comment on "Quantum bounce and cosmic recall" [arXiv:0710.4543]
1 page
Phys.Rev.Lett.101:209001,2008
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.209001
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A recently derived inequality on volume fluctuations of a bouncing cosmology, valid for states which are semiclassical long after the bounce, does not restrict pre-bounce fluctuations sufficiently strongly to conclude that the pre-bounce state was semiclassical except in a very weak sense.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:47:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-12-18
[ [ "Bojowald", "Martin", "" ] ]
A recently derived inequality on volume fluctuations of a bouncing cosmology, valid for states which are semiclassical long after the bounce, does not restrict pre-bounce fluctuations sufficiently strongly to conclude that the pre-bounce state was semiclassical except in a very weak sense.
2212.06914
Chris Stevens
Chris Stevens, Oliver Markwell
Toward fixing a framework for conformal cyclic cosmology
14 Pages, 1 figure
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) is a cyclic model of the universe put forward by Sir Roger Penrose. A conformal invariance assumption in the neighbourhood of the crossover region between cycles (which Penrose calls aeons) allows successive space-times to be related by a conformal rescaling. A major open problem is how to choose the conformal factor in a unique way, and is a fundamental hurdle to further study. Proposals have been put forward by Newman, Tod and Nurowski, but they disagree in one way or another with Penrose's original assumptions as well as each other. In this paper we compare these different models in detail and rule out certain choices for the conformal factor that have been put forward by Penrose. We extend the results of Newman and fix inconsistencies that arose in his calculations. A new class of solutions are put forward which agree with Penrose's assumptions exactly so long as a certain additional relation is satisfied.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:36:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 16 Dec 2022 05:55:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-12-19
[ [ "Stevens", "Chris", "" ], [ "Markwell", "Oliver", "" ] ]
Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) is a cyclic model of the universe put forward by Sir Roger Penrose. A conformal invariance assumption in the neighbourhood of the crossover region between cycles (which Penrose calls aeons) allows successive space-times to be related by a conformal rescaling. A major open problem is how to choose the conformal factor in a unique way, and is a fundamental hurdle to further study. Proposals have been put forward by Newman, Tod and Nurowski, but they disagree in one way or another with Penrose's original assumptions as well as each other. In this paper we compare these different models in detail and rule out certain choices for the conformal factor that have been put forward by Penrose. We extend the results of Newman and fix inconsistencies that arose in his calculations. A new class of solutions are put forward which agree with Penrose's assumptions exactly so long as a certain additional relation is satisfied.
0810.2264
E Katsavounidis
J. Markowitz, M. Zanolin, L.Cadonati, and E. Katsavounidis
Gravitational Wave Burst Source Direction Estimation using Time and Amplitude Information
10 pages, 14 figures, submitted to PRD
Phys.Rev.D78:122003,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.122003
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article we study two problems that arise when using timing and amplitude estimates from a network of interferometers (IFOs) to evaluate the direction of an incident gravitational wave burst (GWB). First, we discuss an angular bias in the least squares timing-based approach that becomes increasingly relevant for moderate to low signal-to-noise ratios. We show how estimates of the arrival time uncertainties in each detector can be used to correct this bias. We also introduce a stand alone parameter estimation algorithm that can improve the arrival time estimation and provide root-sum-squared strain amplitude (hrss) values for each site. In the second part of the paper we discuss how to resolve the directional ambiguity that arises from observations in three non co-located interferometers between the true source location and its mirror image across the plane containing the detectors. We introduce a new, exact relationship among the hrss values at the three sites that, for sufficiently large signal amplitudes, determines the true source direction regardless of whether or not the signal is linearly polarized. Both the algorithm estimating arrival times, arrival time uncertainties, and hrss values and the directional follow-up can be applied to any set of gravitational wave candidates observed in a network of three non co-located interferometers. As a case study we test the methods on simulated waveforms embedded in simulations of the noise of the LIGO and Virgo detectors at design sensitivity.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:01:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-01-08
[ [ "Markowitz", "J.", "" ], [ "Zanolin", "M.", "" ], [ "Cadonati", "L.", "" ], [ "Katsavounidis", "E.", "" ] ]
In this article we study two problems that arise when using timing and amplitude estimates from a network of interferometers (IFOs) to evaluate the direction of an incident gravitational wave burst (GWB). First, we discuss an angular bias in the least squares timing-based approach that becomes increasingly relevant for moderate to low signal-to-noise ratios. We show how estimates of the arrival time uncertainties in each detector can be used to correct this bias. We also introduce a stand alone parameter estimation algorithm that can improve the arrival time estimation and provide root-sum-squared strain amplitude (hrss) values for each site. In the second part of the paper we discuss how to resolve the directional ambiguity that arises from observations in three non co-located interferometers between the true source location and its mirror image across the plane containing the detectors. We introduce a new, exact relationship among the hrss values at the three sites that, for sufficiently large signal amplitudes, determines the true source direction regardless of whether or not the signal is linearly polarized. Both the algorithm estimating arrival times, arrival time uncertainties, and hrss values and the directional follow-up can be applied to any set of gravitational wave candidates observed in a network of three non co-located interferometers. As a case study we test the methods on simulated waveforms embedded in simulations of the noise of the LIGO and Virgo detectors at design sensitivity.
2301.07019
Phongpichit Channuie
Phongpichit Channuie (Walailak U.), Khamphee Karwan (Naresuan U.), Jakkrit Sangtawee (Naresuan U.)
Observational Constraints and Preheating in Cuscuton Inflation
v2: 16 pages, no figure, version accepted for publication in European Physical Journal C
Eur.Phys.J.C 83 (2023) 421
10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11566-z
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study cuscuton inflation for the models where the potential of the cuscuton takes quadratic and exponential forms. We find that for the quadratic potential, a scalar spectral index $n_s$ is not affected by cuscuton at the leading order in the slow-roll inflation models. However, a tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ can be suppressed. For the exponential potential of cuscuton, we find the condition for which the inflation has a graceful exit. Under this condition, the observational predictions in this model differ by a few percent from those found in standard inflation. We also examine the particle production due to parametric resonances in both models. We find that in Minkowski space the stage of parametric resonances can be described by the Mathieu equation. For the case where the cuscuton has quadratic potential, the amplitude of the driving force in the Mathieu equation has a similar form as that in standard inflation. Nevertheless, in the case of exponential potential, the amplitude of the driving force decreases faster than that in the standard case. However, parametric resonances in our models can be sufficiently broad possible for the exponential growth of the number of particles. We briefly discuss the case in which the expansion of space is taken into account.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:08:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 May 2023 15:25:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-05-23
[ [ "Channuie", "Phongpichit", "", "Walailak U." ], [ "Karwan", "Khamphee", "", "Naresuan U." ], [ "Sangtawee", "Jakkrit", "", "Naresuan U." ] ]
We study cuscuton inflation for the models where the potential of the cuscuton takes quadratic and exponential forms. We find that for the quadratic potential, a scalar spectral index $n_s$ is not affected by cuscuton at the leading order in the slow-roll inflation models. However, a tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ can be suppressed. For the exponential potential of cuscuton, we find the condition for which the inflation has a graceful exit. Under this condition, the observational predictions in this model differ by a few percent from those found in standard inflation. We also examine the particle production due to parametric resonances in both models. We find that in Minkowski space the stage of parametric resonances can be described by the Mathieu equation. For the case where the cuscuton has quadratic potential, the amplitude of the driving force in the Mathieu equation has a similar form as that in standard inflation. Nevertheless, in the case of exponential potential, the amplitude of the driving force decreases faster than that in the standard case. However, parametric resonances in our models can be sufficiently broad possible for the exponential growth of the number of particles. We briefly discuss the case in which the expansion of space is taken into account.
0802.0658
Enric Verdaguer
B.L. Hu and E. Verdaguer
Stochastic Gravity: Theory and Applications
100 pages, no figures; an update of the 2003 review in Living Reviews in Relativity gr-qc/0307032 ; it includes new sections on the Validity of Semiclassical Gravity, the Stability of Minkowski Spacetime, and the Metric Fluctuations of an Evaporating Black Hole
Living Rev. Relativity, 11 (2008) 3
10.12942/lrr-2008-3
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Whereas semiclassical gravity is based on the semiclassical Einstein equation with sources given by the expectation value of the stress-energy tensor of quantum fields, stochastic semiclassical gravity is based on the Einstein-Langevin equation, which has in addition sources due to the noise kernel. In the first part, we describe the fundamentals of this new theory via two approaches: the axiomatic and the functional. In the second part, we describe three applications of stochastic gravity theory. First, we consider metric perturbations in a Minkowski spacetime, compute the two-point correlation functions of these perturbations and prove that Minkowski spacetime is a stable solution of semiclassical gravity. Second, we discuss structure formation from the stochastic gravity viewpoint. Third, we discuss the backreaction of Hawking radiation in the gravitational background of a black hole and describe the metric fluctuations near the event horizon of an evaporating black hole
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:23:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-13
[ [ "Hu", "B. L.", "" ], [ "Verdaguer", "E.", "" ] ]
Whereas semiclassical gravity is based on the semiclassical Einstein equation with sources given by the expectation value of the stress-energy tensor of quantum fields, stochastic semiclassical gravity is based on the Einstein-Langevin equation, which has in addition sources due to the noise kernel. In the first part, we describe the fundamentals of this new theory via two approaches: the axiomatic and the functional. In the second part, we describe three applications of stochastic gravity theory. First, we consider metric perturbations in a Minkowski spacetime, compute the two-point correlation functions of these perturbations and prove that Minkowski spacetime is a stable solution of semiclassical gravity. Second, we discuss structure formation from the stochastic gravity viewpoint. Third, we discuss the backreaction of Hawking radiation in the gravitational background of a black hole and describe the metric fluctuations near the event horizon of an evaporating black hole
gr-qc/0004045
Roberto De Pietri
Roberto De Pietri and Carlo Petronio
Feynman Diagrams of Generalized Matrix Models and the Associated Manifolds in Dimension 4
25 pages, 10 figures. Minor canges
J.Math.Phys. 41 (2000) 6671-6688
10.1063/1.1290053
null
gr-qc hep-lat hep-th
null
The problem of constructing a quantum theory of gravity has been tackled with very different strategies, most of which relying on the interplay between ideas from physics and from advanced mathematics. On the mathematical side, a central role is played by combinatorial topology, often used to recover the space-time manifold from the other structures involved. An extremely attractive possibility is that of encoding all possible space-times as specific Feynman diagrams of a suitable field theory. In this work we analyze how exactly one can associate combinatorial 4-manifolds to the Feynman diagrams of certain tensor theories.
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:33:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 24 Jun 2000 08:44:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "De Pietri", "Roberto", "" ], [ "Petronio", "Carlo", "" ] ]
The problem of constructing a quantum theory of gravity has been tackled with very different strategies, most of which relying on the interplay between ideas from physics and from advanced mathematics. On the mathematical side, a central role is played by combinatorial topology, often used to recover the space-time manifold from the other structures involved. An extremely attractive possibility is that of encoding all possible space-times as specific Feynman diagrams of a suitable field theory. In this work we analyze how exactly one can associate combinatorial 4-manifolds to the Feynman diagrams of certain tensor theories.
1701.02731
Uri Ben-Ya'acov
Uri Ben-Ya'acov
The 'twin paradox' in relativistic rigid motion
16 pages, 6 figures
U. Ben-Ya'acov Euro.J.Phys. {\bf37} 055601, 069401 (2016)
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Relativistic rigid motion suggests a new version for the so-called `twin paradox', comparing the ages of two astronauts on a very long spaceship. Although there is always an instantaneous inertial frame in which the whole spaceship, being rigid, is simultaneously at rest, the twins' ages, measured as the proper-times along their individual world lines, are different when they are located at remote parts of the spaceship. The age, or proper-time, difference depends on the distance at rest between the astronauts and the rapidity difference between start to end. The relation of the age difference with the relative Doppler shift of light signals transmitted between the astronauts, and implications for the possibility to assign common age (proper-time) to complex, spatially extended, relativistic systems, are also discussed. The condition for simultaneous arrival of light signals emitted simultaneously from the opposite ends of a rigidly accelerating spaceship is resolved.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 Jan 2017 23:18:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-01-12
[ [ "Ben-Ya'acov", "Uri", "" ] ]
Relativistic rigid motion suggests a new version for the so-called `twin paradox', comparing the ages of two astronauts on a very long spaceship. Although there is always an instantaneous inertial frame in which the whole spaceship, being rigid, is simultaneously at rest, the twins' ages, measured as the proper-times along their individual world lines, are different when they are located at remote parts of the spaceship. The age, or proper-time, difference depends on the distance at rest between the astronauts and the rapidity difference between start to end. The relation of the age difference with the relative Doppler shift of light signals transmitted between the astronauts, and implications for the possibility to assign common age (proper-time) to complex, spatially extended, relativistic systems, are also discussed. The condition for simultaneous arrival of light signals emitted simultaneously from the opposite ends of a rigidly accelerating spaceship is resolved.
gr-qc/0402030
Kirill Bronnikov
Kirill A. Bronnikov and Boris E. Meierovich
A general thick brane supported by a scalar field
6 pages, gc style
Grav.Cosmol.9:313-318,2003
null
null
gr-qc
null
A thick Z_2-symmetric domain wall supported by a scalar field with an arbitrary potential V(\phi) in 5D general relativity is considered as a candidate brane world. We show that, under the global regularity requirement, such a configuration (i) has always an AdS asymptotic far from the brane, (ii) is only possible if V(\phi) has an alternating sign and (iii) V(\phi) satisfies a certain fine-tuning type equality. The thin brane limit is well defined and conforms to the Randall-Sundrum (RS2) brane world model if the asymptotic value of V(\phi) (related to \Lambda, the effective cosmological constant) is kept thickness-independent. Universality of such a transition is demonstrated using as an example exact solutions for stepwise potentials of different shapes. Also, due to scale invariance of the Einstein-scalar equations, any given regular solution creates a one-parameter family of solutions with different potentials. In such families, a thin brane limit does not exist while the ratio \Lambda/(brane tension)^2 is thickness-independent and is in general different from its value in the RS2 model.
[ { "created": "Thu, 5 Feb 2004 05:49:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Bronnikov", "Kirill A.", "" ], [ "Meierovich", "Boris E.", "" ] ]
A thick Z_2-symmetric domain wall supported by a scalar field with an arbitrary potential V(\phi) in 5D general relativity is considered as a candidate brane world. We show that, under the global regularity requirement, such a configuration (i) has always an AdS asymptotic far from the brane, (ii) is only possible if V(\phi) has an alternating sign and (iii) V(\phi) satisfies a certain fine-tuning type equality. The thin brane limit is well defined and conforms to the Randall-Sundrum (RS2) brane world model if the asymptotic value of V(\phi) (related to \Lambda, the effective cosmological constant) is kept thickness-independent. Universality of such a transition is demonstrated using as an example exact solutions for stepwise potentials of different shapes. Also, due to scale invariance of the Einstein-scalar equations, any given regular solution creates a one-parameter family of solutions with different potentials. In such families, a thin brane limit does not exist while the ratio \Lambda/(brane tension)^2 is thickness-independent and is in general different from its value in the RS2 model.
1805.11340
Romualdo Tresguerres
Romualdo Tresguerres
Matter sources of gauge thermodynamics
26 Revtex pages, no figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A unified gauge approach to both, dynamics and thermodynamics involving gravity, is developed from the local realization of the Poincar\'e group as a particular instance of a spacetime group including translations. The formalism is applied to study the physical features of the spherical non-rotating matter source of an inner Schwarzschild metric.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 May 2018 10:12:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-05-30
[ [ "Tresguerres", "Romualdo", "" ] ]
A unified gauge approach to both, dynamics and thermodynamics involving gravity, is developed from the local realization of the Poincar\'e group as a particular instance of a spacetime group including translations. The formalism is applied to study the physical features of the spherical non-rotating matter source of an inner Schwarzschild metric.
1907.09676
Yun Soo Myung
Yun Soo Myung, De-Cheng Zou
Black holes in new massive conformal gravity
17 pages, 3 figures, title changed, version to appear in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 100, 064057 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.064057
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the black holes in the new massive conformal gravity which is not invariant under conformal transformations because of the presence of the Einstein-Hilbert term. First, we show that the small Schwarzschild black hole is unstable against the $s$-mode of linearized Ricci tensor by solving the Lichnerowicz-Ricci tensor equation. This instability induces the appearance of the non-BBMB (Bocharova-Bronnikov-Melnikov-Bekenstein) black hole that has both Ricci tensor and conformal scalar hair.
[ { "created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:32:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:50:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-10-02
[ [ "Myung", "Yun Soo", "" ], [ "Zou", "De-Cheng", "" ] ]
We investigate the black holes in the new massive conformal gravity which is not invariant under conformal transformations because of the presence of the Einstein-Hilbert term. First, we show that the small Schwarzschild black hole is unstable against the $s$-mode of linearized Ricci tensor by solving the Lichnerowicz-Ricci tensor equation. This instability induces the appearance of the non-BBMB (Bocharova-Bronnikov-Melnikov-Bekenstein) black hole that has both Ricci tensor and conformal scalar hair.
1105.0345
Recai Erdem
Recai Erdem
A simple toy model for a unified picture of dark energy, dark matter, and inflation
25 pages. The model is given in 3 pages. The rest is compatibility check with observations and supplementary material
null
null
IZTECH-P2011-03
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A specific scale factor in Robertson-Walker metric with the prospect of giving the overall cosmic history in a unified picture roughly is considered. The corresponding energy-momentum tensor is identified as that of two scalar fields where one plays the roles of both inflaton and dark matter while the other accounts for dark energy. A preliminary phenomenological analysis gives an order of magnitude agreement with observational data. The resulting picture may be considered as a first step towards a single model for all epochs of cosmic evolution.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 May 2011 14:41:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-05-05
[ [ "Erdem", "Recai", "" ] ]
A specific scale factor in Robertson-Walker metric with the prospect of giving the overall cosmic history in a unified picture roughly is considered. The corresponding energy-momentum tensor is identified as that of two scalar fields where one plays the roles of both inflaton and dark matter while the other accounts for dark energy. A preliminary phenomenological analysis gives an order of magnitude agreement with observational data. The resulting picture may be considered as a first step towards a single model for all epochs of cosmic evolution.
1609.07125
Abhishek Majhi
Abhishek Majhi
Proof of Bekenstein-Mukhanov ansatz in loop quantum gravity
5 pages, close to published version
Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 31, No. 31 (2016) 1650171
10.1142/S0217732316501716
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A simple proof of Bekenstein-Mukhanov(BM) ansatz is given within the loop quantum gravity(LQG) framework. The macroscopic area of an equilibrium black hole horizon indeed manifests a linear quantization. The quantum number responsible for this discreteness of the macroscopic area has a physical meaning in the LQG framework, unlike the ad hoc one that remained unexplained in BM ansatz.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:39:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-09-23
[ [ "Majhi", "Abhishek", "" ] ]
A simple proof of Bekenstein-Mukhanov(BM) ansatz is given within the loop quantum gravity(LQG) framework. The macroscopic area of an equilibrium black hole horizon indeed manifests a linear quantization. The quantum number responsible for this discreteness of the macroscopic area has a physical meaning in the LQG framework, unlike the ad hoc one that remained unexplained in BM ansatz.
2403.18752
Leonardo Mastrototaro
A. Campitelli, L. Mastrototaro
Neutron Stars Mass-Radius relations analysis in the Quintessence scenario
5 pages, 2 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we explore the effects of General Relativity modification on the Mass-Radius relations of Neutron Stars induced by the presence of the Quintessence field. We consider, in particular, the Kiselev model, according to which the Quintessence field, being present in the entire Universe, might also be present around massive objects. Considering the Equation of State (EoS) for Baryonic matter BSk22 derived by A. Y. Potekhin et al., we infer the upper limit for NS masses in the presence of Quintessence. The presence of Quintessence generates a peculiar effect for which the Mass-Radius relation is unvaried and therefore the presence of Quintessence is indistinguishable from ordinary matter, at least for the Kiselev model studied in this paper.
[ { "created": "Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:52:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-03-28
[ [ "Campitelli", "A.", "" ], [ "Mastrototaro", "L.", "" ] ]
In this paper, we explore the effects of General Relativity modification on the Mass-Radius relations of Neutron Stars induced by the presence of the Quintessence field. We consider, in particular, the Kiselev model, according to which the Quintessence field, being present in the entire Universe, might also be present around massive objects. Considering the Equation of State (EoS) for Baryonic matter BSk22 derived by A. Y. Potekhin et al., we infer the upper limit for NS masses in the presence of Quintessence. The presence of Quintessence generates a peculiar effect for which the Mass-Radius relation is unvaried and therefore the presence of Quintessence is indistinguishable from ordinary matter, at least for the Kiselev model studied in this paper.
gr-qc/0002033
Esposito Giampiero
Giampiero Esposito
A Theory of Quantum Gravity from First Principles
15 pages, plain Tex. In the revised version, the part after Eq. (38) is completely new
null
null
DSF preprint 2000/3
gr-qc
null
When quantum fields are studied on manifolds with boundary, the corresponding one-loop quantum theory for bosonic gauge fields with linear covariant gauges needs the assignment of suitable boundary conditions for elliptic differential operators of Laplace type. There are however deep reasons to modify such a scheme and allow for pseudo-differential boundary-value problems. When the boundary operator is allowed to be pseudo-differential while remaining a projector, the conditions on its kernel leading to strong ellipticity of the boundary-value problem are studied in detail. This makes it possible to develop a theory of one-loop quantum gravity from first principles only, i.e. the physical principle of invariance under infinitesimal diffeomorphisms and the mathematical requirement of a strongly elliptic theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 Feb 2000 06:43:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:22:47 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Esposito", "Giampiero", "" ] ]
When quantum fields are studied on manifolds with boundary, the corresponding one-loop quantum theory for bosonic gauge fields with linear covariant gauges needs the assignment of suitable boundary conditions for elliptic differential operators of Laplace type. There are however deep reasons to modify such a scheme and allow for pseudo-differential boundary-value problems. When the boundary operator is allowed to be pseudo-differential while remaining a projector, the conditions on its kernel leading to strong ellipticity of the boundary-value problem are studied in detail. This makes it possible to develop a theory of one-loop quantum gravity from first principles only, i.e. the physical principle of invariance under infinitesimal diffeomorphisms and the mathematical requirement of a strongly elliptic theory.
1705.01597
Aurelien Barrau
Aur\'elien Barrau
Testing different approaches to quantum gravity with cosmology: An overview
Invited introductory article for a special issue of Comptes Rendus Physique
null
10.1016/j.crhy.2017.05.001
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Among the available quantum gravity proposals, string theory, loop quantum gravity, non-commutative geometry, group field theory, causal sets, asymptotic safety, causal dynamical triangulation, emergent gravity are among the best motivated models. As an introductory summary to this special issue of Comptes Rendus Physique, I explain how those different theories can be tested or constrained by cosmological observations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 May 2017 19:50:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-06-28
[ [ "Barrau", "Aurélien", "" ] ]
Among the available quantum gravity proposals, string theory, loop quantum gravity, non-commutative geometry, group field theory, causal sets, asymptotic safety, causal dynamical triangulation, emergent gravity are among the best motivated models. As an introductory summary to this special issue of Comptes Rendus Physique, I explain how those different theories can be tested or constrained by cosmological observations.
gr-qc/0003055
Benedetti Riccardo
Riccardo Benedetti and Enore Guadagnini
Cosmological Time in (2+1) - Gravity
Totally new version with strongly improved exposition. Clarifying examples and figures have been included. 21 pages, Latex, 9 figures
Nucl.Phys. B613 (2001) 330-352
10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00386-8
null
gr-qc
null
We consider maximal globally hyperbolic flat (2+1) spacetimes with compact space S of genus g>1. For any spacetime M of this type, the length of time that the events have been in existence is M defines a global time, called the cosmological time CT of M, which reveals deep intrinsic properties of spacetime. In particular, the past/future asymptotic states of the cosmological time recover and decouple the linear and the translational parts of the ISO(2,1)-valued holonomy of the flat spacetime. The initial singularity can be interpreted as an isometric action of the fundamental group of S on a suitable real tree. The initial singularity faithfully manifests itself as a lack of smoothness of the embedding of the CT level surfaces into the spacetime M. The cosmological time determines a real analytic curve in the Teichmuller space of Riemann surfaces of genus g, which connects an interior point (associated to the linear part of the holonomy) with a point on Thurston's natural boundary (associated to the initial singularity).
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:30:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:14:52 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Benedetti", "Riccardo", "" ], [ "Guadagnini", "Enore", "" ] ]
We consider maximal globally hyperbolic flat (2+1) spacetimes with compact space S of genus g>1. For any spacetime M of this type, the length of time that the events have been in existence is M defines a global time, called the cosmological time CT of M, which reveals deep intrinsic properties of spacetime. In particular, the past/future asymptotic states of the cosmological time recover and decouple the linear and the translational parts of the ISO(2,1)-valued holonomy of the flat spacetime. The initial singularity can be interpreted as an isometric action of the fundamental group of S on a suitable real tree. The initial singularity faithfully manifests itself as a lack of smoothness of the embedding of the CT level surfaces into the spacetime M. The cosmological time determines a real analytic curve in the Teichmuller space of Riemann surfaces of genus g, which connects an interior point (associated to the linear part of the holonomy) with a point on Thurston's natural boundary (associated to the initial singularity).
2408.05576
Cosimo Bambi
Bakhtiyor Narzilloev, Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov, Bobomurat Ahmedov, Cosimo Bambi
Observed jet power and radiative efficiency of black hole candidates in Kerr + PFDM model
13 pages, 9 figures. Accepted in EPJC. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2310.10554
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this research, we explore the electromagnetic energy emitted by astrophysical black holes within the Kerr+PFDM spacetime, a model encompassing rotating black holes surrounded by dark matter. Our investigation focuses on black holes within X-ray binary systems, namely GRS 1915+105, GRO J1655-40, XTE J1550-564, A0620-00, H1743-322, and GRS 1124-683. Our findings indicate that the Kerr+PFDM spacetime can account for the radiative efficiency of these sources as determined through the continuum fitting method (CFM). Additionally, employing the Blandford-Znajeck mechanism, we demonstrate the ability to replicate the observed jet power. By combining the outcomes of both analyses for the selected objects, we establish more rigorous constraints on the spacetime parameters. Notably, our results reveal that similar to the Kerr spacetime, the Kerr+PFDM spacetime cannot simultaneously account for the observed jet power and radiative efficiency of GRS 1915+105.
[ { "created": "Sat, 10 Aug 2024 14:59:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-08-13
[ [ "Narzilloev", "Bakhtiyor", "" ], [ "Abdujabbarov", "Ahmadjon", "" ], [ "Ahmedov", "Bobomurat", "" ], [ "Bambi", "Cosimo", "" ] ]
In this research, we explore the electromagnetic energy emitted by astrophysical black holes within the Kerr+PFDM spacetime, a model encompassing rotating black holes surrounded by dark matter. Our investigation focuses on black holes within X-ray binary systems, namely GRS 1915+105, GRO J1655-40, XTE J1550-564, A0620-00, H1743-322, and GRS 1124-683. Our findings indicate that the Kerr+PFDM spacetime can account for the radiative efficiency of these sources as determined through the continuum fitting method (CFM). Additionally, employing the Blandford-Znajeck mechanism, we demonstrate the ability to replicate the observed jet power. By combining the outcomes of both analyses for the selected objects, we establish more rigorous constraints on the spacetime parameters. Notably, our results reveal that similar to the Kerr spacetime, the Kerr+PFDM spacetime cannot simultaneously account for the observed jet power and radiative efficiency of GRS 1915+105.
1212.4730
Richard Price
Richard H. Price, John W. Belcher, David A. Nichols
Comparison of electromagnetic and gravitational radiation; what we can learn about each from the other
22 pages, 7 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compare the nature of electromagnetic fields and of gravitational fields in linearized general relativity. We carry out this comparison both mathematically and visually. In particular the "lines of force" visualizations of electromagnetism are contrasted with the recently introduced tendex/vortex eigenline technique for visualizing gravitational fields. Specific solutions, visualizations, and comparisons are given for an oscillating point quadrupole source. Among the similarities illustrated are the quasistatic nature of the near fields, the transverse 1/r nature of the far fields, and the interesting intermediate field structures connecting these two limiting forms. Among the differences illustrated are the meaning of field line motion, and of the flow of energy.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:43:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-12-20
[ [ "Price", "Richard H.", "" ], [ "Belcher", "John W.", "" ], [ "Nichols", "David A.", "" ] ]
We compare the nature of electromagnetic fields and of gravitational fields in linearized general relativity. We carry out this comparison both mathematically and visually. In particular the "lines of force" visualizations of electromagnetism are contrasted with the recently introduced tendex/vortex eigenline technique for visualizing gravitational fields. Specific solutions, visualizations, and comparisons are given for an oscillating point quadrupole source. Among the similarities illustrated are the quasistatic nature of the near fields, the transverse 1/r nature of the far fields, and the interesting intermediate field structures connecting these two limiting forms. Among the differences illustrated are the meaning of field line motion, and of the flow of energy.
2103.05802
Wan Cong Ms
Wan Cong, Jiri Bicak, David Kubiznak and Robert Mann
Quantum Detection of Conicity
5+1 pages, 4 figures
Physics Letters B 820, 136482 (2021)
10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136482
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the sensitivity of an Unruh-DeWitt detector to the global features of a deficit angle that are otherwise classically inaccessible. Specifically, we consider a detector placed inside an infinite thin hollow cylinder whose spacetime is everywhere flat but outside of which the spacetime has a deficit angle and study its response to a scalar field to which it couples. We find that the response of the detector is sensitive to the deficit angle, despite the fact that it does not interact with the cylinder.
[ { "created": "Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:13:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 2 Jul 2021 18:52:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-07-06
[ [ "Cong", "Wan", "" ], [ "Bicak", "Jiri", "" ], [ "Kubiznak", "David", "" ], [ "Mann", "Robert", "" ] ]
We investigate the sensitivity of an Unruh-DeWitt detector to the global features of a deficit angle that are otherwise classically inaccessible. Specifically, we consider a detector placed inside an infinite thin hollow cylinder whose spacetime is everywhere flat but outside of which the spacetime has a deficit angle and study its response to a scalar field to which it couples. We find that the response of the detector is sensitive to the deficit angle, despite the fact that it does not interact with the cylinder.
gr-qc/0403057
Y. Jack Ng
Y. Jack Ng and H. van Dam
Spacetime Foam, Holographic Principle, and Black Hole Quantum Computers
8 pages, LaTeX; Talk given by Jack Ng, in celebration of Paul Frampton's 60th birthday, at the Coral Gables Conference (in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 17, 2003). To appear in the Proceedings of the 2003 Coral Gables Conference
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A20 (2005) 1328-1335
10.1142/S0217751X05024237
null
gr-qc hep-th quant-ph
null
Spacetime foam, also known as quantum foam, has its origin in quantum fluctuations of spacetime. Arguably it is the source of the holographic principle, which severely limits how densely information can be packed in space. Its physics is also intimately linked to that of black holes and computation. In particular, the same underlying physics is shown to govern the computational power of black hole quantum computers.
[ { "created": "Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:14:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Ng", "Y. Jack", "" ], [ "van Dam", "H.", "" ] ]
Spacetime foam, also known as quantum foam, has its origin in quantum fluctuations of spacetime. Arguably it is the source of the holographic principle, which severely limits how densely information can be packed in space. Its physics is also intimately linked to that of black holes and computation. In particular, the same underlying physics is shown to govern the computational power of black hole quantum computers.
gr-qc/0401127
Simone Mercuri
Simone Mercuri, Giovanni Montani
On the Frame Fixing in Quantum Gravity
3 pages, no figures, proceeding of the X Marcel Grossmann meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 20-26, 2003
null
10.1142/9789812704030_0301
null
gr-qc
null
We provide a discussion about the necessity to fix the reference frame before quantizing the gravitational field. Our presentation is based on stressing how the 3+1-slicing of the space time becomes an ambiguous procedure as referred to a quantum 4-metric.
[ { "created": "Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:20:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-11-09
[ [ "Mercuri", "Simone", "" ], [ "Montani", "Giovanni", "" ] ]
We provide a discussion about the necessity to fix the reference frame before quantizing the gravitational field. Our presentation is based on stressing how the 3+1-slicing of the space time becomes an ambiguous procedure as referred to a quantum 4-metric.
1501.03921
Nahid Ahmadi
Nahid Ahmadi and Zainab Sedaghatmanesh
Deflection of light by the field of a binary system
9 pages, 4 figures
Class. Quantum Grav. 32 (2015) 235015 (20pp)
10.1088/0264-9381/32/23/235015
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We examine the motion of a photon in the gravitational field of a binary system. The equations of motion are geodesic equations in a Schwarzchild background with a tidal force. We specialize the equations to that of an edge-on binary and use the method of osculating elements to integrate them. This work helps to identify a binary system through the gravitational light deflection of one member in the gravitational field of the other member. It is found that the effects of the companion body on a photon passing the edge of the star can be potentially detected by astrometric satellites with $\mu$as precision, if the ratio of the Schwarzchid radius to the star radius, $\frac{Gm}{c^2 R}\geq 10^{-5}$. Two different cumulative effects on the photon path are identified.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:10:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:54:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-08-31
[ [ "Ahmadi", "Nahid", "" ], [ "Sedaghatmanesh", "Zainab", "" ] ]
We examine the motion of a photon in the gravitational field of a binary system. The equations of motion are geodesic equations in a Schwarzchild background with a tidal force. We specialize the equations to that of an edge-on binary and use the method of osculating elements to integrate them. This work helps to identify a binary system through the gravitational light deflection of one member in the gravitational field of the other member. It is found that the effects of the companion body on a photon passing the edge of the star can be potentially detected by astrometric satellites with $\mu$as precision, if the ratio of the Schwarzchid radius to the star radius, $\frac{Gm}{c^2 R}\geq 10^{-5}$. Two different cumulative effects on the photon path are identified.
2101.03167
Ellery Ames
Ellery Ames, Florian Beyer, James Isenberg and Todd Oliynyk
Stability of AVTD Behavior within the Polarized $T^2$-symmetric vacuum spacetimes
28 pages. Fixed minor typos and made several clarifications. Agrees with published version
Ann. Henri Poincar\'e (2022)
10.1007/s00023-021-01142-0
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We prove stability of the family of Kasner solutions within the class of polarized $T^2$-symmetric solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in the contracting time direction with respect to an areal time foliation. All Kasner solutions for which the asymptotic velocity parameter $K$ satisfies $|K-1|>2$ are non-linearly stable, and all sufficiently small perturbations exhibit asymptotically velocity term dominated (AVTD) behavior and blow-up of the Kretschmann scalar.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 Jan 2021 18:57:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 5 Feb 2021 03:27:45 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:59:38 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2022-05-20
[ [ "Ames", "Ellery", "" ], [ "Beyer", "Florian", "" ], [ "Isenberg", "James", "" ], [ "Oliynyk", "Todd", "" ] ]
We prove stability of the family of Kasner solutions within the class of polarized $T^2$-symmetric solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in the contracting time direction with respect to an areal time foliation. All Kasner solutions for which the asymptotic velocity parameter $K$ satisfies $|K-1|>2$ are non-linearly stable, and all sufficiently small perturbations exhibit asymptotically velocity term dominated (AVTD) behavior and blow-up of the Kretschmann scalar.
2404.08732
Jose Natario
Lu\'is Machado, Jos\'e Nat\'ario, Jorge Drumond Silva
Free-falling motion of an elastic rigid rod towards a Schwarzschild black hole
10 pages, 5 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study the motion of an elastic rigid rod which is radially free-falling towards a Schwarzschild black hole. This is accomplished by reducing the corresponding free-boundary PDE problem to a sequence of ODEs, which we integrate numerically. Starting with a rod at rest, we show that it is possible to choose its initial compression profile so that its midpoint falls substantially faster, or slower, than a free-falling particle with the same initial conditions. This seems to be a purely kinematic effect, since on average there is no net transfer of elastic to mechanical energy.
[ { "created": "Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-04-16
[ [ "Machado", "Luís", "" ], [ "Natário", "José", "" ], [ "Silva", "Jorge Drumond", "" ] ]
We study the motion of an elastic rigid rod which is radially free-falling towards a Schwarzschild black hole. This is accomplished by reducing the corresponding free-boundary PDE problem to a sequence of ODEs, which we integrate numerically. Starting with a rod at rest, we show that it is possible to choose its initial compression profile so that its midpoint falls substantially faster, or slower, than a free-falling particle with the same initial conditions. This seems to be a purely kinematic effect, since on average there is no net transfer of elastic to mechanical energy.
2308.03192
Yurii Ignat'ev
Yu. G. Ignat'ev
Formation of supermassive nuclei of Black holes in the early Universe by the mechanism of scalar-gravitational instability. I. Local picture
19 pages,18 figures, 34 references
Gravit. Cosmol. 2023, 29, 327
10.1134/S0202289323040102
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Based on the formulated and proven similarity properties of cosmological models based on a statistical system of degenerate scalarly charged fermions, as well as the previously identified mechanism of scalar-gravitational instability of cosmological models, a numerical-analytical study of the formation of supermassive black hole nuclei in the early Universe was carried out. A mathematical model of the evolution of spherical perturbations is constructed, on the basis of which the main regularities of the process of evolution of collapsing masses and the dependence of the parameters of forming black holes on the fundamental parameters of the cosmological model and the wavelength of gravitational perturbations are revealed. In this case, the mass loss of the black hole due to quantum evaporation is taken into account. A stable tendency for the early formation of supermassive black hole nuclei in the class of cosmological models under study is shown, and a close connection between the growth of masses of spherical perturbations and the nature of the singular points of these models is shown. Keywords: scalarly charged plasma, cosmological model, Higgs scalar field, gravitational stability, spherical perturbations, black hole formation, evaporation.
[ { "created": "Sun, 6 Aug 2023 18:55:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-12-04
[ [ "Ignat'ev", "Yu. G.", "" ] ]
Based on the formulated and proven similarity properties of cosmological models based on a statistical system of degenerate scalarly charged fermions, as well as the previously identified mechanism of scalar-gravitational instability of cosmological models, a numerical-analytical study of the formation of supermassive black hole nuclei in the early Universe was carried out. A mathematical model of the evolution of spherical perturbations is constructed, on the basis of which the main regularities of the process of evolution of collapsing masses and the dependence of the parameters of forming black holes on the fundamental parameters of the cosmological model and the wavelength of gravitational perturbations are revealed. In this case, the mass loss of the black hole due to quantum evaporation is taken into account. A stable tendency for the early formation of supermassive black hole nuclei in the class of cosmological models under study is shown, and a close connection between the growth of masses of spherical perturbations and the nature of the singular points of these models is shown. Keywords: scalarly charged plasma, cosmological model, Higgs scalar field, gravitational stability, spherical perturbations, black hole formation, evaporation.
1407.8545
Charles Suggs
R. Jackiw and So-Young Pi
Fake Conformal Symmetry in Conformal Cosmological Models
References updated, errors corrected, published in Phys. Rev. D. 4 pages, RevTeX, no figures
Phys. Rev. D 91, 067501 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.91.067501
MIT-CTP/4570
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We examine the local conformal invariance (Weyl invariance) in tensor-scalar theories used in recently proposed conformal cosmological models. We show that the Noether currents associated with Weyl invariance in these theories vanish. We assert that the corresponding Weyl symmetry does not have any dynamical role.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:49:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 2 Oct 2014 18:33:03 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:52:31 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-03-18
[ [ "Jackiw", "R.", "" ], [ "Pi", "So-Young", "" ] ]
We examine the local conformal invariance (Weyl invariance) in tensor-scalar theories used in recently proposed conformal cosmological models. We show that the Noether currents associated with Weyl invariance in these theories vanish. We assert that the corresponding Weyl symmetry does not have any dynamical role.
0805.4046
HongSheng Zhao
HongSheng Zhao (U. of St Andrews)
Reinterpreting MOND: coupling of Einsteinian gravity and spin of cosmic neutrinos?
8p, some changes of notations, references added
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Several rare coincidences of scales in standard particle physics are needed to explain (i) why neutrinos have mass, (ii) why the negative pressure of the cosmological dark energy (DE) coincides with the positive pressure of random motion of dark matter (DM) in bright galaxies, (iii) why Dark Matter in galaxies seems to have a finite phase-space density, and to follow the Tully-Fisher-Milgrom relation of galaxy rotation curves. The old idea of self-interacting DM is given a new spin: we propose that the neutrino spin-gravity coupling could lead to a cosmic neutrino dark fluid with a an internal energy density varying as function of the local acceleration of the neutrino fluid with respect the CMB background. We link the Tully-Fisher-Milgrom relation of spiral galaxies (or MOND) with the relativistic pressure of the neutrino dark fluid without modifying Einsteinian gravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 May 2008 03:44:40 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:50:33 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-06-11
[ [ "Zhao", "HongSheng", "", "U. of St Andrews" ] ]
Several rare coincidences of scales in standard particle physics are needed to explain (i) why neutrinos have mass, (ii) why the negative pressure of the cosmological dark energy (DE) coincides with the positive pressure of random motion of dark matter (DM) in bright galaxies, (iii) why Dark Matter in galaxies seems to have a finite phase-space density, and to follow the Tully-Fisher-Milgrom relation of galaxy rotation curves. The old idea of self-interacting DM is given a new spin: we propose that the neutrino spin-gravity coupling could lead to a cosmic neutrino dark fluid with a an internal energy density varying as function of the local acceleration of the neutrino fluid with respect the CMB background. We link the Tully-Fisher-Milgrom relation of spiral galaxies (or MOND) with the relativistic pressure of the neutrino dark fluid without modifying Einsteinian gravity.
2012.05178
Burkhard Kleihaus
Rustam Ibadov, Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Sardor Murodov
Scalarized nutty wormholes
14 pages, 4 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct scalarized wormholes with a NUT charge in higher curvature theories. We consider both Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet and Einstein-scalar-Chern-Simons theories, following a recent paper by Brihaye et al. [1], where spontaneously scalarised Schwarzschild-NUT solutions were studied. By varying the coupling parameter and the scalar charge we determine the domain of existence of the scalarized nutty wormholes, and their dependence on the NUT charge. In the Gauss-Bonnet case the known set of scalarized wormholes [2] is reached in the limit of vanishing NUT charge. In the Chern-Simons case, however, the limit is peculiar, since with vanishing NUT charge the coupling constant diverges. We focus on scalarized nutty wormholes with a single throat and study their properties. All these scalarized nutty wormholes feature a critical polar angle, beyond which closed timelike curves are present.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Dec 2020 17:06:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-12-10
[ [ "Ibadov", "Rustam", "" ], [ "Kleihaus", "Burkhard", "" ], [ "Kunz", "Jutta", "" ], [ "Murodov", "Sardor", "" ] ]
We construct scalarized wormholes with a NUT charge in higher curvature theories. We consider both Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet and Einstein-scalar-Chern-Simons theories, following a recent paper by Brihaye et al. [1], where spontaneously scalarised Schwarzschild-NUT solutions were studied. By varying the coupling parameter and the scalar charge we determine the domain of existence of the scalarized nutty wormholes, and their dependence on the NUT charge. In the Gauss-Bonnet case the known set of scalarized wormholes [2] is reached in the limit of vanishing NUT charge. In the Chern-Simons case, however, the limit is peculiar, since with vanishing NUT charge the coupling constant diverges. We focus on scalarized nutty wormholes with a single throat and study their properties. All these scalarized nutty wormholes feature a critical polar angle, beyond which closed timelike curves are present.
2309.13931
Conghua Liu
Conghua Liu, Ran Li, Kun Zhang and Jin Wang
Generalized free energy and dynamical state transition of the dyonic AdS black hole in the grand canonical ensemble
null
JHEP11(2023)068
10.1007/JHEP11(2023)068
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the generalized free energy of the dyonic AdS black hole in an ensemble with varying electric charge $q_E$ and fixed magnetic charge $q_M$. When we adjust the temperature $T$ and the electric potential $\Phi_E$ of the ensemble, the Ricci scalar curvature $R$ and electromagnetic potential $A_u$ usually diverge at the horizon. We regularize them and incorporate the off-shell corrections into the Einstein-Hilbert action. Alternatively, we find that the off-shell corrections can also be obtained by adding a boundary near the horizon to exclude the singularities. Ultimately, we derive the generalized free energy which is consistent with the definition of the thermodynamic relations. Based on the generalized free energy landscape, we can describe the dynamics of state transition as a stochastic process quantified by the Langevin equation. The path integral framework can be formulated to derive the time-dependent trajectory of the order parameter and the time evolution of the transition probability. By comparing the probability with the result of the classical master equation, we attribute the contribution to the probability of one pseudomolecule or antipseudomolecule (the instanton and anti-instanton pair) to the rate of state transition. These results are consistent with the qualitative analysis of the free energy landscape.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:01:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 1 Nov 2023 07:39:43 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-11-15
[ [ "Liu", "Conghua", "" ], [ "Li", "Ran", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Kun", "" ], [ "Wang", "Jin", "" ] ]
We study the generalized free energy of the dyonic AdS black hole in an ensemble with varying electric charge $q_E$ and fixed magnetic charge $q_M$. When we adjust the temperature $T$ and the electric potential $\Phi_E$ of the ensemble, the Ricci scalar curvature $R$ and electromagnetic potential $A_u$ usually diverge at the horizon. We regularize them and incorporate the off-shell corrections into the Einstein-Hilbert action. Alternatively, we find that the off-shell corrections can also be obtained by adding a boundary near the horizon to exclude the singularities. Ultimately, we derive the generalized free energy which is consistent with the definition of the thermodynamic relations. Based on the generalized free energy landscape, we can describe the dynamics of state transition as a stochastic process quantified by the Langevin equation. The path integral framework can be formulated to derive the time-dependent trajectory of the order parameter and the time evolution of the transition probability. By comparing the probability with the result of the classical master equation, we attribute the contribution to the probability of one pseudomolecule or antipseudomolecule (the instanton and anti-instanton pair) to the rate of state transition. These results are consistent with the qualitative analysis of the free energy landscape.
2006.01883
Javier Olmedo
Ivan Agullo, Javier Olmedo and V. Sreenath
Observational consequences of Bianchi I spacetimes in loop quantum cosmology
37 pages, 12 figures, version matching published manuscript
Phys. Rev. D 102, 043523 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.043523
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Anisotropies generically dominate the earliest stages of expansion of a homogeneous universe. They are particularly relevant in bouncing models, since shears grow in the contracting phase of the cosmos, making the isotropic situation unstable. This paper extends the study of cosmological perturbations in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) to anisotropic Bianchi I models that contain a bounce followed by a phase of slow-roll inflation. We show that, although the shear tensor dilutes and the universe isotropizes soon after the bounce, cosmic perturbations retain memory of this short anisotropic phase. We develop the formalism needed to describe perturbations in anisotropic, effective LQC, and apply it to make predictions for the cosmic microwave background (CMB), while respecting current observational constraints. We show that the anisotropic bounce induces: (i) anisotropic features in all angular correlation functions in the CMB, and in particular a quadrupolar modulation that can account for a similar feature observed in the temperature map by the Planck satellite, and (ii) quantum entanglement between scalar and tensor modes, that manifests itself in temperature-polarization (T-B and E-B) correlations in the CMB.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Jun 2020 19:02:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 3 Sep 2020 08:09:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-09-04
[ [ "Agullo", "Ivan", "" ], [ "Olmedo", "Javier", "" ], [ "Sreenath", "V.", "" ] ]
Anisotropies generically dominate the earliest stages of expansion of a homogeneous universe. They are particularly relevant in bouncing models, since shears grow in the contracting phase of the cosmos, making the isotropic situation unstable. This paper extends the study of cosmological perturbations in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) to anisotropic Bianchi I models that contain a bounce followed by a phase of slow-roll inflation. We show that, although the shear tensor dilutes and the universe isotropizes soon after the bounce, cosmic perturbations retain memory of this short anisotropic phase. We develop the formalism needed to describe perturbations in anisotropic, effective LQC, and apply it to make predictions for the cosmic microwave background (CMB), while respecting current observational constraints. We show that the anisotropic bounce induces: (i) anisotropic features in all angular correlation functions in the CMB, and in particular a quadrupolar modulation that can account for a similar feature observed in the temperature map by the Planck satellite, and (ii) quantum entanglement between scalar and tensor modes, that manifests itself in temperature-polarization (T-B and E-B) correlations in the CMB.
1310.2957
Sebastian Steinhaus
Wojciech Kaminski and Sebastian Steinhaus
The Barrett-Crane model: asymptotic measure factor
12 pages, clarifications and references added, version accepted in Class. Quant. Grav
Class. Quantum Grav. 31 (2014) 075014
10.1088/0264-9381/31/7/075014
null
gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The original spin foam model construction for 4D gravity by Barrett and Crane suffers from a few troubling issues. In the simple examples of the vertex amplitude they can be summarized as the existence of contributions to the asymptotics from non geometric configurations. Even restricted to geometric contributions the amplitude is not completely worked out. While the phase is known to be the Regge action, the so called measure factor has remained mysterious for a decade. In the toy model case of the 6j symbol this measure factor has a nice geometric interpretation of $V^{-1/2}$ leading to speculations that a similar interpretation should be possible also in the 4D case. In this paper we provide the first geometric interpretation of the geometric part of the asymptotic for the spin foam consisting of two glued 4-simplices (decomposition of the 4-sphere) in the Barrett-Crane model in the large internal spin regime.
[ { "created": "Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:28:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:36:41 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:48:48 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-03-12
[ [ "Kaminski", "Wojciech", "" ], [ "Steinhaus", "Sebastian", "" ] ]
The original spin foam model construction for 4D gravity by Barrett and Crane suffers from a few troubling issues. In the simple examples of the vertex amplitude they can be summarized as the existence of contributions to the asymptotics from non geometric configurations. Even restricted to geometric contributions the amplitude is not completely worked out. While the phase is known to be the Regge action, the so called measure factor has remained mysterious for a decade. In the toy model case of the 6j symbol this measure factor has a nice geometric interpretation of $V^{-1/2}$ leading to speculations that a similar interpretation should be possible also in the 4D case. In this paper we provide the first geometric interpretation of the geometric part of the asymptotic for the spin foam consisting of two glued 4-simplices (decomposition of the 4-sphere) in the Barrett-Crane model in the large internal spin regime.
2308.01233
Martiros Khurshudyan
Martiros Khurshudyan
Swampland criteria and neutrino generation in a non-cold dark matter universe
accepted in Astrophysics (Astrofizika)
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this paper, the implications of string Swampland criteria for a dark energy-dominated universe, where we have a deviation from the cold dark matter model, will be discussed. In particular, we have considered two models. One of them is one parameter model, while the second one has been crafted to reveal the dynamics in the deviation. The analysis has been obtained through the use of Gaussian processes (GPs) and $H(z)$ expansion rate data (a $30$-point sample deduced from a differential age method and a $10$-point sample obtained from the radial BAO method). We learned that the tension with the Swampland criteria still will survive as in the cases of the models where dark matter is cold. In the analysis besides mentioned $40$-point $H(z)$ data, we used the latest values of $H_{0}$ reported by the Planck and Hubble missions to reveal possible solutions for the $H_{0}$ tension problem. Finally, the constraints on the neutrino generation number have been obtained revealing interesting results to be discussed yet. This and various related questions have been left to be discussed in forthcoming papers.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Aug 2023 15:40:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-08-03
[ [ "Khurshudyan", "Martiros", "" ] ]
In this paper, the implications of string Swampland criteria for a dark energy-dominated universe, where we have a deviation from the cold dark matter model, will be discussed. In particular, we have considered two models. One of them is one parameter model, while the second one has been crafted to reveal the dynamics in the deviation. The analysis has been obtained through the use of Gaussian processes (GPs) and $H(z)$ expansion rate data (a $30$-point sample deduced from a differential age method and a $10$-point sample obtained from the radial BAO method). We learned that the tension with the Swampland criteria still will survive as in the cases of the models where dark matter is cold. In the analysis besides mentioned $40$-point $H(z)$ data, we used the latest values of $H_{0}$ reported by the Planck and Hubble missions to reveal possible solutions for the $H_{0}$ tension problem. Finally, the constraints on the neutrino generation number have been obtained revealing interesting results to be discussed yet. This and various related questions have been left to be discussed in forthcoming papers.
1910.03933
David Benisty
Shreya Banerjee, David Benisty and Eduardo I. Guendelman
Running Dark Energy and Dark Matter from Dynamical Spacetime
6 pages, 4 figures, modified version
Bulg.J.Phys. 48 (2021) no.2, 117-137
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Running Dark Energy and Dark Matter models are candidates to resolve the Hubble constant tension. However the model does not consider a Lagrangian formulation directly. In this paper we formulate an action principle where the Running Vacuum Model (RVM) is obtained from an action principle, with a scalar field model for the whole dark components. The Dynamical Spacetime vector field $\chi_\mu$ is a Lagrange multiplier that forces the kinetic term of the scalar field to behave as the modified dark matter. When we replace the vector field by a derivative of a scalar the model predicts diffusion interactions between the dark components with a different correspondence to the RVM. We test the models with the Cosmic Chronometers, Type Ia Supernova, Quasars, Gamma ray Bursts and the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations data sets. We find that $\Lambda$CDM is still the best model. However this formulation suggests an action principle for the $\Lambda$CDM, the RVM model and other extensions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 Oct 2019 06:08:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:39:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:44:14 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-04-26
[ [ "Banerjee", "Shreya", "" ], [ "Benisty", "David", "" ], [ "Guendelman", "Eduardo I.", "" ] ]
Running Dark Energy and Dark Matter models are candidates to resolve the Hubble constant tension. However the model does not consider a Lagrangian formulation directly. In this paper we formulate an action principle where the Running Vacuum Model (RVM) is obtained from an action principle, with a scalar field model for the whole dark components. The Dynamical Spacetime vector field $\chi_\mu$ is a Lagrange multiplier that forces the kinetic term of the scalar field to behave as the modified dark matter. When we replace the vector field by a derivative of a scalar the model predicts diffusion interactions between the dark components with a different correspondence to the RVM. We test the models with the Cosmic Chronometers, Type Ia Supernova, Quasars, Gamma ray Bursts and the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations data sets. We find that $\Lambda$CDM is still the best model. However this formulation suggests an action principle for the $\Lambda$CDM, the RVM model and other extensions.
gr-qc/0104049
Roy Maartens
Roy Maartens (Portsmouth), Bahram Mashhoon (Missouri-Columbia), David Matravers (Portsmouth)
Holonomy and gravitomagnetism
6 pages Latex (IOP style); new results covering stationary axisymmetric spacetimes; version accepted for Class. Quant. Grav
Class.Quant.Grav. 19 (2002) 195-202
10.1088/0264-9381/19/2/301
null
gr-qc
null
We analyze parallel transport of a vector field around an equatorial orbit in Kerr and stationary axisymmetric spacetimes that are reflection symmetric about their equatorial planes. As in Schwarzschild spacetime, there is a band structure of holonomy invariance. The new feature introduced by rotation is a shift in the timelike component of the vector, which is the holonomic manifestation of the gravitomagnetic clock effect.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:15:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:01:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Maartens", "Roy", "", "Portsmouth" ], [ "Mashhoon", "Bahram", "", "Missouri-Columbia" ], [ "Matravers", "David", "", "Portsmouth" ] ]
We analyze parallel transport of a vector field around an equatorial orbit in Kerr and stationary axisymmetric spacetimes that are reflection symmetric about their equatorial planes. As in Schwarzschild spacetime, there is a band structure of holonomy invariance. The new feature introduced by rotation is a shift in the timelike component of the vector, which is the holonomic manifestation of the gravitomagnetic clock effect.
gr-qc/9712006
Michele Maggiore
Stefano Foffa and Michele Maggiore
Anisotropic String Cosmology at Large Curvatures
16 pages, Latex, 2 figures
Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 023505
10.1103/PhysRevD.58.023505
IFUP-TH/53-97
gr-qc
null
We study the effect of the antisymmetric tensor field $B_{\mu\nu}$ on the large curvature phase of string cosmology. It is well-known that a non-vanishing value of $H=dB$ leads to an anisotropic expansion of the spatial dimensions. Correspondingly, in the string phase of the model, including $\alpha '$ corrections, we find anisotropic fixed points of the evolution, which act as regularizing attractors of the lowest order solutions. The attraction basin can also include isotropic initial conditions for the scale factors. We present explicit examples at order $\alpha '$ for different values of the number of spatial dimensions and for different ans\"{a}tze for $H$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Dec 1997 12:14:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Foffa", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Maggiore", "Michele", "" ] ]
We study the effect of the antisymmetric tensor field $B_{\mu\nu}$ on the large curvature phase of string cosmology. It is well-known that a non-vanishing value of $H=dB$ leads to an anisotropic expansion of the spatial dimensions. Correspondingly, in the string phase of the model, including $\alpha '$ corrections, we find anisotropic fixed points of the evolution, which act as regularizing attractors of the lowest order solutions. The attraction basin can also include isotropic initial conditions for the scale factors. We present explicit examples at order $\alpha '$ for different values of the number of spatial dimensions and for different ans\"{a}tze for $H$.
2201.12210
Surajit Kalita
Surajit Kalita and Lupamudra Sarmah
Weak-field limit of $f(R)$ gravity to unify peculiar white dwarfs
10 pages with 1 figure; accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
PLB 827 (2022) 136942
10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136942
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE astro-ph.SR
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In recent years, the idea of sub- and super-Chandrasekhar limiting mass white dwarfs (WDs), which are potential candidates to produce under- and over-luminous type Ia supernovae, respectively, has been a key interest in the scientific community. Although researchers have proposed different models to explain these peculiar objects, modified theories of Einstein's gravity, particularly $f(R)$ gravity with $R$ being the scalar curvature, seems to be one of the finest choices to explain both the regimes of these peculiar WDs. It was already shown that considering higher-order corrections to the Starobinsky model with two parameters, the structure of sub- and super-Chandrasekhar progenitor WDs can be explained self consistently. It is also well-known that WDs can be considered Newtonian objects because of their large size. In this paper, we derive the weak-field limit of $f(R)$ gravity, which turns out to be the higher-order correction to the Poisson equation. Later, we use this equation to obtain the structures of sub- and super-Chandrasekhar limiting mass WDs at various central densities incorporating just one model parameter.
[ { "created": "Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:08:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-02-04
[ [ "Kalita", "Surajit", "" ], [ "Sarmah", "Lupamudra", "" ] ]
In recent years, the idea of sub- and super-Chandrasekhar limiting mass white dwarfs (WDs), which are potential candidates to produce under- and over-luminous type Ia supernovae, respectively, has been a key interest in the scientific community. Although researchers have proposed different models to explain these peculiar objects, modified theories of Einstein's gravity, particularly $f(R)$ gravity with $R$ being the scalar curvature, seems to be one of the finest choices to explain both the regimes of these peculiar WDs. It was already shown that considering higher-order corrections to the Starobinsky model with two parameters, the structure of sub- and super-Chandrasekhar progenitor WDs can be explained self consistently. It is also well-known that WDs can be considered Newtonian objects because of their large size. In this paper, we derive the weak-field limit of $f(R)$ gravity, which turns out to be the higher-order correction to the Poisson equation. Later, we use this equation to obtain the structures of sub- and super-Chandrasekhar limiting mass WDs at various central densities incorporating just one model parameter.
2103.13203
Shibendu Gupta Choudhury
Shibendu Gupta Choudhury, Ananda Dasgupta and Narayan Banerjee
The Raychaudhuri equation for a quantized timelike geodesic congruence
14 pages, major changes, version accepted for publication in EPJC
Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 906 (2021)
10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09714-4
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A recent attempt to arrive at a quantum version of Raychaudhuri's equation is looked at critically. It is shown that the method, and even the idea, has some inherent problems. The issues are pointed out here. We have also shown that it is possible to salvage the method in some limited domain of applicability. Although no generality can be claimed, a quantum version of the equation should be useful in the context of ascertaining the existence of a singularity in the quantum regime. The equation presented in the present work holds for arbitrary $n + 1$ dimensions. An important feature of the Hamiltonian in the operator form is that it admits a self-adjoint extension quite generally. Thus, the conservation of probability is ensured.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:04:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 5 Oct 2021 13:22:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-10-19
[ [ "Choudhury", "Shibendu Gupta", "" ], [ "Dasgupta", "Ananda", "" ], [ "Banerjee", "Narayan", "" ] ]
A recent attempt to arrive at a quantum version of Raychaudhuri's equation is looked at critically. It is shown that the method, and even the idea, has some inherent problems. The issues are pointed out here. We have also shown that it is possible to salvage the method in some limited domain of applicability. Although no generality can be claimed, a quantum version of the equation should be useful in the context of ascertaining the existence of a singularity in the quantum regime. The equation presented in the present work holds for arbitrary $n + 1$ dimensions. An important feature of the Hamiltonian in the operator form is that it admits a self-adjoint extension quite generally. Thus, the conservation of probability is ensured.
0911.4417
Sergio Zerbini
S. A. Hayward, R. Di Criscienzo, M. Nadalini, L. Vanzo, S. Zerbini
Comment on "On the tunneling through the black hole horizon" [arXiv:0910.3934]
latex file, 1 figure
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The arguments of the above article [arXiv:0910.3934] do not apply to the papers which it criticizes, and contain several key errors, including a fundamental misunderstanding about the equivalence principle.
[ { "created": "Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:38:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-24
[ [ "Hayward", "S. A.", "" ], [ "Di Criscienzo", "R.", "" ], [ "Nadalini", "M.", "" ], [ "Vanzo", "L.", "" ], [ "Zerbini", "S.", "" ] ]
The arguments of the above article [arXiv:0910.3934] do not apply to the papers which it criticizes, and contain several key errors, including a fundamental misunderstanding about the equivalence principle.
2308.00371
Chopin Soo
Chopin Soo
Cosmic time and the initial state of the universe
17 pages, 2 appendices
Universe, 2023, Volume 9, Issue 12, 489
10.3390/universe9120489
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The exact solution of the Hamiltonian constraint in canonical gravity and the resultant reduction of Einstein's theory reveal the synergy between gravitation and the intrinsic cosmic clock of our expanding universe. Intrinsic Time Geometrodynamics advocates a paradigm shift from four covariances to just spatial diffeomorphism invariance. Consequently, causal time-ordering and quantum Schrodinger-Heisenberg evolution in cosmic time become meaningful. The natural addition of a Cotton-York term to the physical Hamiltonian changes the initial data problem radically. In the classical context, this is studied with the Lichnerowicz-York equation; quantum mechanically, it lends weight to the origin of the universe as an exact Chern-Simons Hartle-Hawking state, which features Euclidean-Lorentzian instanton tunneling. At the level of expectation values, this quantum state yields a low-entropy hot smooth Robertson-Walker beginning in accord with Penrose's Weyl Curvature Hypothesis. The Chern-Simons Hartle-Hawking state also manifests transverse traceless quantum metric fluctuations, with, at the lowest approximation, scale-invariant two-point correlations as one of its defining characteristics.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Aug 2023 08:27:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:25:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-11-27
[ [ "Soo", "Chopin", "" ] ]
The exact solution of the Hamiltonian constraint in canonical gravity and the resultant reduction of Einstein's theory reveal the synergy between gravitation and the intrinsic cosmic clock of our expanding universe. Intrinsic Time Geometrodynamics advocates a paradigm shift from four covariances to just spatial diffeomorphism invariance. Consequently, causal time-ordering and quantum Schrodinger-Heisenberg evolution in cosmic time become meaningful. The natural addition of a Cotton-York term to the physical Hamiltonian changes the initial data problem radically. In the classical context, this is studied with the Lichnerowicz-York equation; quantum mechanically, it lends weight to the origin of the universe as an exact Chern-Simons Hartle-Hawking state, which features Euclidean-Lorentzian instanton tunneling. At the level of expectation values, this quantum state yields a low-entropy hot smooth Robertson-Walker beginning in accord with Penrose's Weyl Curvature Hypothesis. The Chern-Simons Hartle-Hawking state also manifests transverse traceless quantum metric fluctuations, with, at the lowest approximation, scale-invariant two-point correlations as one of its defining characteristics.
gr-qc/0007065
Pedro Gonzalez
Pedro F. Gonzalez-Diaz (IMAFF, Csic)
Kinks, energy conditions and closed timelike curves
11 pages, LaTex, 1 figure, to appear in IJMPD
Int.J.Mod.Phys. D9 (2000) 531-541
10.1142/S0218271800000475
IMAFF-RCA-00-07
gr-qc
null
A link between the possibility of extending a geodessically incomplete kinked spacetime to a spacetime which is geodesically complete and the energy conditions is discussed for the case of a cylindrically-symmetric spacetime kink. It is concluded that neither the strong nor the weak energy condition can be satisfied in the four-dimensional example, though the latter condition may survive on the transversal sections of such a spacetime. It is also shown that the matter which propagates quantum-mechanically in a kinked spacetime can always be trapped by closed timelike curves, but signaling connections between that matter and any possible observer can only be made of totally incoherent radiation, so preventing observation of causality violation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:27:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Gonzalez-Diaz", "Pedro F.", "", "IMAFF, Csic" ] ]
A link between the possibility of extending a geodessically incomplete kinked spacetime to a spacetime which is geodesically complete and the energy conditions is discussed for the case of a cylindrically-symmetric spacetime kink. It is concluded that neither the strong nor the weak energy condition can be satisfied in the four-dimensional example, though the latter condition may survive on the transversal sections of such a spacetime. It is also shown that the matter which propagates quantum-mechanically in a kinked spacetime can always be trapped by closed timelike curves, but signaling connections between that matter and any possible observer can only be made of totally incoherent radiation, so preventing observation of causality violation.
gr-qc/0009044
Pedro Marronetti
Pedro Marronetti and Richard A. Matzner
Solving the Initial Value Problem of two Black Holes
4 pages, 3 figures. Minor corrections, some points clarified, and one reference added. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Phys.Rev.Lett.85:5500-5503,2000
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5500
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
We solve the elliptic equations associated with the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints, corresponding to a system composed of two black holes with arbitrary linear and angular momentum. These new solutions are based on a Kerr-Schild spacetime slicing which provides more physically realistic solutions than the initial data based on conformally flat metric/maximal slicing methods. The singularity/inner boundary problems are circumvented by a new technique that allows the use of an elliptic solver on a Cartesian grid where no points are excised, simplifying enormously the numerical problem.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:17:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:39:49 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Nov 2000 22:56:26 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Marronetti", "Pedro", "" ], [ "Matzner", "Richard A.", "" ] ]
We solve the elliptic equations associated with the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints, corresponding to a system composed of two black holes with arbitrary linear and angular momentum. These new solutions are based on a Kerr-Schild spacetime slicing which provides more physically realistic solutions than the initial data based on conformally flat metric/maximal slicing methods. The singularity/inner boundary problems are circumvented by a new technique that allows the use of an elliptic solver on a Cartesian grid where no points are excised, simplifying enormously the numerical problem.
2402.16250
Xinliang An
Xinliang An, Hong Kiat Tan
A Proof of Weak Cosmic Censorship Conjecture for the Spherically Symmetric Einstein-Maxwell-Charged Scalar Field System
148 pages
null
null
null
gr-qc math-ph math.AP math.DG math.MP
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Under spherical symmetry, we show that the weak cosmic censorship holds for the gravitational collapse of the Einstein-Maxwell-charged scalar field system. Namely, for this system, with generic initial data, the formed spacetime singularities are concealed inside black-hole regions. This generalizes Christodoulou's celebrated results to the charged case. Due to the presence of charge $Q$ and the complexification of the scalar field $\phi$, multiple delicate features and miraculous monotonic properties of the Einstein-(real) scalar field system are not present. We develop a systematical approach to incorporate $Q$ and the complex-valued $\phi$ into the integrated arguments. For instance, we discover a new path, employing the reduced mass ratio, to establish the sharp trapped surface formation criterion for the charged case. Due to the complex structure and the absence of translational symmetry of $\phi$, we also carry out detailed modified scale-critical BV area estimates with renormalized quantities to deal with $Q$ and $\phi$. We present a new $C^1$ extension criterion by utilizing the Doppler exponent to elucidate the blueshift effect, analogous to the role of integrating vorticity in the Beale-Kato-Madja breakdown criterion for incompressible fluids. Furthermore, by utilizing only double-null foliations, we establish the desired first and second instability theorems for the charged scenarios and identify generic initial conditions for the non-appearance of naked singularities. Our instability argument requires intricate generalizations of the treatment for the uncharged case via analyzing the precise contribution of the charged terms and its connection to the reduced mass ratio.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:28:36 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-02-27
[ [ "An", "Xinliang", "" ], [ "Tan", "Hong Kiat", "" ] ]
Under spherical symmetry, we show that the weak cosmic censorship holds for the gravitational collapse of the Einstein-Maxwell-charged scalar field system. Namely, for this system, with generic initial data, the formed spacetime singularities are concealed inside black-hole regions. This generalizes Christodoulou's celebrated results to the charged case. Due to the presence of charge $Q$ and the complexification of the scalar field $\phi$, multiple delicate features and miraculous monotonic properties of the Einstein-(real) scalar field system are not present. We develop a systematical approach to incorporate $Q$ and the complex-valued $\phi$ into the integrated arguments. For instance, we discover a new path, employing the reduced mass ratio, to establish the sharp trapped surface formation criterion for the charged case. Due to the complex structure and the absence of translational symmetry of $\phi$, we also carry out detailed modified scale-critical BV area estimates with renormalized quantities to deal with $Q$ and $\phi$. We present a new $C^1$ extension criterion by utilizing the Doppler exponent to elucidate the blueshift effect, analogous to the role of integrating vorticity in the Beale-Kato-Madja breakdown criterion for incompressible fluids. Furthermore, by utilizing only double-null foliations, we establish the desired first and second instability theorems for the charged scenarios and identify generic initial conditions for the non-appearance of naked singularities. Our instability argument requires intricate generalizations of the treatment for the uncharged case via analyzing the precise contribution of the charged terms and its connection to the reduced mass ratio.
0710.3880
Jorge P\'aramos
J. Paramos and O. Bertolami
Galileo satellite constellation and extensions to General Relativity
Based on talk presented by one of us (J.P.) at the 1st. Colloquium "Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme", Toulouse, France, 1-4 October 2007. To be published in the Proceedings of the Colloquium
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We consider the impact of some known extensions of General Relativity in observables that will be available with the Galileo positioning systems, and draw conclusions as to the possibility of measuring them. We specifically address the effects of the presence of a cosmological constant, a Yukawa-like addition to the Newtonian potential, and the existence of an extra, constant acceleration. We also consider the phenomenological impact of a broad class of metric theories, which can be classified through the parameterized Post-Newtonian formalism.
[ { "created": "Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:07:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-10-23
[ [ "Paramos", "J.", "" ], [ "Bertolami", "O.", "" ] ]
We consider the impact of some known extensions of General Relativity in observables that will be available with the Galileo positioning systems, and draw conclusions as to the possibility of measuring them. We specifically address the effects of the presence of a cosmological constant, a Yukawa-like addition to the Newtonian potential, and the existence of an extra, constant acceleration. We also consider the phenomenological impact of a broad class of metric theories, which can be classified through the parameterized Post-Newtonian formalism.
2307.03011
Robie Hennigar
Masaya Amo, Antonia M. Frassino, Robie A. Hennigar
Entropy Bounds for Rotating AdS Black Holes
14 pages, 1 figure; v2: updated to match published version
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.241401
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose novel thermodynamic inequalities that apply to stationary asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes. These inequalities incorporate the thermodynamic volume and refine the reverse isoperimetric inequality. To assess the validity of our conjectures, we apply them to a wide range of analytical black hole solutions, observing compelling evidence in their favour. Intriguingly, our findings indicate that these inequalities may also apply for black holes of non-spherical horizon topology, as we show their validity as well for thin black rings in AdS.
[ { "created": "Thu, 6 Jul 2023 14:20:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:28:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-12-13
[ [ "Amo", "Masaya", "" ], [ "Frassino", "Antonia M.", "" ], [ "Hennigar", "Robie A.", "" ] ]
We propose novel thermodynamic inequalities that apply to stationary asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes. These inequalities incorporate the thermodynamic volume and refine the reverse isoperimetric inequality. To assess the validity of our conjectures, we apply them to a wide range of analytical black hole solutions, observing compelling evidence in their favour. Intriguingly, our findings indicate that these inequalities may also apply for black holes of non-spherical horizon topology, as we show their validity as well for thin black rings in AdS.
1806.07134
Jean-Luc Lehners
Alice Di Tucci and Jean-Luc Lehners
Unstable no-boundary fluctuations from sums over regular metrics
22 pages, 8 figures
Phys. Rev. D 98, 103506 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.103506
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It was recently shown by Feldbrugge et al. that the no-boundary proposal, defined via a Lorentzian path integral and in minisuperspace, leads to unstable fluctuations, in disagreement with early universe observations. In these calculations many off-shell geometries summed over in the path integral in fact contain singularities, and the question arose whether the instability might ultimately be caused by these off-shell singularities. We address this question here by considering a sum over purely regular geometries, by extending a calculation pioneered by Halliwell and Louko. We confirm that the fluctuations are unstable, even in this restricted context which, arguably, is closer in spirit to the original proposal of Hartle and Hawking. Elucidating the reasons for the instability of the no-boundary proposal will hopefully show how to overcome these difficulties, or pave the way to new theories of initial conditions for the universe.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:51:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-11-14
[ [ "Di Tucci", "Alice", "" ], [ "Lehners", "Jean-Luc", "" ] ]
It was recently shown by Feldbrugge et al. that the no-boundary proposal, defined via a Lorentzian path integral and in minisuperspace, leads to unstable fluctuations, in disagreement with early universe observations. In these calculations many off-shell geometries summed over in the path integral in fact contain singularities, and the question arose whether the instability might ultimately be caused by these off-shell singularities. We address this question here by considering a sum over purely regular geometries, by extending a calculation pioneered by Halliwell and Louko. We confirm that the fluctuations are unstable, even in this restricted context which, arguably, is closer in spirit to the original proposal of Hartle and Hawking. Elucidating the reasons for the instability of the no-boundary proposal will hopefully show how to overcome these difficulties, or pave the way to new theories of initial conditions for the universe.
0711.1868
Nicolas Yunes
Daniel Grumiller (MIT), Nicolas Yunes (Penn State)
How do Black Holes Spin in Chern-Simons Modified Gravity?
20 pages, 1 figure. Submitted to PRD
Phys.Rev.D77:044015,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.044015
IGC-07/11-1, MIT-CTP 3908
gr-qc hep-th
null
No Kerr-like exact solution has yet been found in Chern-Simons modified gravity. Intrigued by this absence, we study stationary and axisymmetric metrics that could represent the exterior field of spinning black holes. For the standard choice of the background scalar, the modified field equations decouple into the Einstein equations and additional constraints. These constraints eliminate essentially all solutions except for Schwarzschild. For non-canonical choices of the background scalar, we find several exact solutions of the modified field equations, including mathematical black holes and pp-waves. We show that the ultrarelativistically boosted Kerr metric can satisfy the modified field equations, and we argue that physical spinning black holes may exist in Chern-Simons modified gravity only if the metric breaks stationarity, axisymmetry or energy-momentum conservation.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:05:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Grumiller", "Daniel", "", "MIT" ], [ "Yunes", "Nicolas", "", "Penn State" ] ]
No Kerr-like exact solution has yet been found in Chern-Simons modified gravity. Intrigued by this absence, we study stationary and axisymmetric metrics that could represent the exterior field of spinning black holes. For the standard choice of the background scalar, the modified field equations decouple into the Einstein equations and additional constraints. These constraints eliminate essentially all solutions except for Schwarzschild. For non-canonical choices of the background scalar, we find several exact solutions of the modified field equations, including mathematical black holes and pp-waves. We show that the ultrarelativistically boosted Kerr metric can satisfy the modified field equations, and we argue that physical spinning black holes may exist in Chern-Simons modified gravity only if the metric breaks stationarity, axisymmetry or energy-momentum conservation.
1907.03897
Zack Carson
Zack Carson, Brian C. Seymour, Kent Yagi
Future Prospects for Probing Scalar-Tensor Theories with Gravitational Waves from Mixed Binaries
8 pages, 8 figures; updated to match with the version published in CQG
null
10.1088/1361-6382/ab6a1f
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The extreme-gravity collisions of binaries with one black hole and one neutron star provide for excellent tests of general relativity. We here study how well one can constrain theories beyond general relativity with additional scalar fields that allow for spontaneous scalarization of neutron stars, and those motivated from string theory. We find that existing bounds can be improved with current gravitational-wave detectors if the black hole mass is sufficiently small. Bounds will further improve by many orders of magnitude with future detections, especially by combining multiple events.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Jul 2019 22:33:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:07:07 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:10:49 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:39:53 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2020-04-08
[ [ "Carson", "Zack", "" ], [ "Seymour", "Brian C.", "" ], [ "Yagi", "Kent", "" ] ]
The extreme-gravity collisions of binaries with one black hole and one neutron star provide for excellent tests of general relativity. We here study how well one can constrain theories beyond general relativity with additional scalar fields that allow for spontaneous scalarization of neutron stars, and those motivated from string theory. We find that existing bounds can be improved with current gravitational-wave detectors if the black hole mass is sufficiently small. Bounds will further improve by many orders of magnitude with future detections, especially by combining multiple events.
2308.11886
Shao-Wen Wei
Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu
Thermodynamic Nature of Black Holes in Coexistence Region
5 pages, 5 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Studying the system state of coexistence regions has important applications in revealing detailed microscopic interactions between different phases. However, the thermodynamic nature in the coexistence black hole regions has been neglected in previous studies. In this work, we introduce two new ratio parameters to investigate these coexistence states. The first parameter measures the ratio of the horizon radii of the statured coexistence small and large black holes. Of particular interest, we demonstrate that it can serve as an order parameter to characterize the first-order phase transition. Furthermore, combining with the ratio of the ratio of the small black hole molecule number to the total molecule number, each black hole state in the coexistence region is uniquely determined via these two introduced parameters bounded between 0 and 1. These results are quite significant in analytical study of black hole phase transition and uncover the thermodynamical microscopic nature of black hole in the coexistence regions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 23 Aug 2023 03:19:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-08-24
[ [ "Wei", "Shao-Wen", "" ], [ "Liu", "Yu-Xiao", "" ] ]
Studying the system state of coexistence regions has important applications in revealing detailed microscopic interactions between different phases. However, the thermodynamic nature in the coexistence black hole regions has been neglected in previous studies. In this work, we introduce two new ratio parameters to investigate these coexistence states. The first parameter measures the ratio of the horizon radii of the statured coexistence small and large black holes. Of particular interest, we demonstrate that it can serve as an order parameter to characterize the first-order phase transition. Furthermore, combining with the ratio of the ratio of the small black hole molecule number to the total molecule number, each black hole state in the coexistence region is uniquely determined via these two introduced parameters bounded between 0 and 1. These results are quite significant in analytical study of black hole phase transition and uncover the thermodynamical microscopic nature of black hole in the coexistence regions.
2107.12776
Gamal G.L. Nashed
G.G.L. Nashed and K. Bamba
Black holes solutions in power-law Maxwell-$f(T)$ gravity in diverse dimensions
17 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in Physics of the Dark Universe
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We investigate the solutions of black holes in $f(T)$ gravity with nonlinear power-law Maxwell field, where $T$ is the torsion scalar in teleparalelism. In particular, we introduce the Langranian with diverse dimensions in which the quadratic polynomial form of $f(T)$ couples with the nonlinear power-law Maxwell field. We explore the leverage of the nonlinear electrodynamics on the space-time behavior. It is found that these new black hole solutions tend towards those in general relativity without any limit. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the singularity of the curvature invariant and the torsion scalar is softer than the quadratic form of the charged field equations in $f(T)$ gravity and much milder than that in the classical general relativity because of the nonlinearity of the Maxwell field. In addition, from the analyses of physical and thermodynamic quantities of the mass, charge and the Hawking temperature of black holes, it is shown that the power-law parameter affects the asymptotic behavior of the radial coordinate of the charged terms, and that a higher-order nonlinear power-law Maxwell field imparts the black holes with the local stability.
[ { "created": "Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:57:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-07-28
[ [ "Nashed", "G. G. L.", "" ], [ "Bamba", "K.", "" ] ]
We investigate the solutions of black holes in $f(T)$ gravity with nonlinear power-law Maxwell field, where $T$ is the torsion scalar in teleparalelism. In particular, we introduce the Langranian with diverse dimensions in which the quadratic polynomial form of $f(T)$ couples with the nonlinear power-law Maxwell field. We explore the leverage of the nonlinear electrodynamics on the space-time behavior. It is found that these new black hole solutions tend towards those in general relativity without any limit. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the singularity of the curvature invariant and the torsion scalar is softer than the quadratic form of the charged field equations in $f(T)$ gravity and much milder than that in the classical general relativity because of the nonlinearity of the Maxwell field. In addition, from the analyses of physical and thermodynamic quantities of the mass, charge and the Hawking temperature of black holes, it is shown that the power-law parameter affects the asymptotic behavior of the radial coordinate of the charged terms, and that a higher-order nonlinear power-law Maxwell field imparts the black holes with the local stability.
2003.11095
Marc Schneider
Cecilia Giavoni and Marc Schneider
Quantum effects across dynamical horizons
24 pages, journal version
Class. Quantum Grav. 37 (2020) 215020
10.1088/1361-6382/abb576
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a generalization of the Hawking effect for dynamical trapping horizons by calculating the tunneling rate in the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. It turns out that all horizons classified by Hayward are subjected to thermal quantum effects. While the Hawking effect for future outer and past inner trapping horizons is given as a particle emission, we show that the Hawking effect for future inner and past outer trapping horizons translates to an absorption. The universality of the treatment allows a natural transfer to the static case.
[ { "created": "Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:24:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-10-19
[ [ "Giavoni", "Cecilia", "" ], [ "Schneider", "Marc", "" ] ]
We present a generalization of the Hawking effect for dynamical trapping horizons by calculating the tunneling rate in the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. It turns out that all horizons classified by Hayward are subjected to thermal quantum effects. While the Hawking effect for future outer and past inner trapping horizons is given as a particle emission, we show that the Hawking effect for future inner and past outer trapping horizons translates to an absorption. The universality of the treatment allows a natural transfer to the static case.
gr-qc/0505018
Xiaoning Wu
Xiaoning Wu, Chiang-Mei Chen and James M. Nester
Quasi-local energy-momentum and energy flux at null infinity
14 pages, accepted by Phys.Rev.D
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 124010
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.124010
null
gr-qc
null
The null infinity limit of the gravitational energy-momentum and energy flux determined by the covariant Hamiltonian quasi-local expressions is evaluated using the NP spin coefficients. The reference contribution is considered by three different embedding approaches. All of them give the expected Bondi energy and energy flux.
[ { "created": "Wed, 4 May 2005 14:01:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 2 Jun 2005 05:44:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Wu", "Xiaoning", "" ], [ "Chen", "Chiang-Mei", "" ], [ "Nester", "James M.", "" ] ]
The null infinity limit of the gravitational energy-momentum and energy flux determined by the covariant Hamiltonian quasi-local expressions is evaluated using the NP spin coefficients. The reference contribution is considered by three different embedding approaches. All of them give the expected Bondi energy and energy flux.
gr-qc/0006094
hamid Reza Sepangi
S. S. Gousheh and H. R. Sepangi
Wave packets and initial conditions in quantum cosmology
12 pages, 12 eps figures, to appear in Phys. Lett. A
Phys.Lett. A272 (2000) 304-312
10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00443-6
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
We discuss the construction of wave packets resulting from the solutions of a class of Wheeler-DeWitt equations in Robertson-Walker type cosmologies. We present an ansatz for the initial conditions which leads to a unique determination of the expansion coefficients in the construction of the wave packets with probability distributions which, in an interesting contrast to some of the earlier works, agree well with all possible classical paths. The possible relationship between these initial conditions and signature transition in the context of classical cosmology is also discussed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:07:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Gousheh", "S. S.", "" ], [ "Sepangi", "H. R.", "" ] ]
We discuss the construction of wave packets resulting from the solutions of a class of Wheeler-DeWitt equations in Robertson-Walker type cosmologies. We present an ansatz for the initial conditions which leads to a unique determination of the expansion coefficients in the construction of the wave packets with probability distributions which, in an interesting contrast to some of the earlier works, agree well with all possible classical paths. The possible relationship between these initial conditions and signature transition in the context of classical cosmology is also discussed.
1603.05839
Jose M. M. Senovilla
Marc Mars, Tim-Torben Paetz, Jos\'e M. M. Senovilla, Walter Simon
Characterization of (asymptotically) Kerr-de Sitter-like spacetimes at null infinity
49 pages. v2: Revised version with some changes with respect to the published paper in order to amend a mistake in the statements of theorems 4 and 6 in arXiv:1307.5018v2 (corrected in v3). The validity of all results remains unaltered
null
10.1088/0264-9381/33/15/155001
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate solutions $(\mathcal{M}, g)$ to Einstein's vacuum field equations with positive cosmological constant $\Lambda$ which admit a smooth past null infinity $\mathcal{J}^-$ \`a la Penrose and a Killing vector field whose associated Mars-Simon tensor (MST) vanishes. The main purpose of this work is to provide a characterization of these spacetimes in terms of their Cauchy data on $\mathcal{J}^-$. Along the way, we also study spacetimes for which the MST does not vanish. In that case there is an ambiguity in its definition which is captured by a scalar function $Q$. We analyze properties of the MST for different choices of $Q$. In doing so, we are led to a definition of "asymptotically Kerr-de Sitter-like spacetimes", which we also characterize in terms of their asymptotic data on $\mathcal{J}^-$.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:09:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:20:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-12-20
[ [ "Mars", "Marc", "" ], [ "Paetz", "Tim-Torben", "" ], [ "Senovilla", "José M. M.", "" ], [ "Simon", "Walter", "" ] ]
We investigate solutions $(\mathcal{M}, g)$ to Einstein's vacuum field equations with positive cosmological constant $\Lambda$ which admit a smooth past null infinity $\mathcal{J}^-$ \`a la Penrose and a Killing vector field whose associated Mars-Simon tensor (MST) vanishes. The main purpose of this work is to provide a characterization of these spacetimes in terms of their Cauchy data on $\mathcal{J}^-$. Along the way, we also study spacetimes for which the MST does not vanish. In that case there is an ambiguity in its definition which is captured by a scalar function $Q$. We analyze properties of the MST for different choices of $Q$. In doing so, we are led to a definition of "asymptotically Kerr-de Sitter-like spacetimes", which we also characterize in terms of their asymptotic data on $\mathcal{J}^-$.
2005.03028
Kyriakos Destounis Dr.
Kyriakos Destounis, Rodrigo D. B. Fontana and Filipe C. Mena
Accelerating black holes: quasinormal modes and late-time tails
15 pages, 8 figures, matches published version
Phys. Rev. D 102, 044005 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.044005
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Black holes found in binaries move at very high velocities relative to our own reference frame and can accelerate due to the emission of gravitational radiation. Here, we investigate the numerical stability and late-time behavior of linear scalar perturbations in accelerating black holes described by the $C-$metric. We identify a family of quasinormal modes associated with the photon surface and a brand new family of purely imaginary modes associated with the boost parameter of the accelerating black hole spacetime. When the accelerating black hole is charged, we find a third family of modes which dominates the ringdown waveform near extremality. Our frequency and time domain analysis indicate that such spacetimes are stable under scalar fluctuations, while the late-time behavior follows an exponential decay law, dominated by quasinormal modes. This result is in contrast with the common belief that such perturbations, for black holes without a cosmological constant, always have a power-law cutoff. In this sense, our results suggest that the asymptotic structure of black hole backgrounds does not always dictate how radiative fields behave at late times.
[ { "created": "Wed, 6 May 2020 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 4 Aug 2020 19:13:39 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-08-06
[ [ "Destounis", "Kyriakos", "" ], [ "Fontana", "Rodrigo D. B.", "" ], [ "Mena", "Filipe C.", "" ] ]
Black holes found in binaries move at very high velocities relative to our own reference frame and can accelerate due to the emission of gravitational radiation. Here, we investigate the numerical stability and late-time behavior of linear scalar perturbations in accelerating black holes described by the $C-$metric. We identify a family of quasinormal modes associated with the photon surface and a brand new family of purely imaginary modes associated with the boost parameter of the accelerating black hole spacetime. When the accelerating black hole is charged, we find a third family of modes which dominates the ringdown waveform near extremality. Our frequency and time domain analysis indicate that such spacetimes are stable under scalar fluctuations, while the late-time behavior follows an exponential decay law, dominated by quasinormal modes. This result is in contrast with the common belief that such perturbations, for black holes without a cosmological constant, always have a power-law cutoff. In this sense, our results suggest that the asymptotic structure of black hole backgrounds does not always dictate how radiative fields behave at late times.
2307.11463
Vahideh Memari Rishakani
Mustafa Halilsoy and Vahideh Memari
General Relativistic Fall on a Thick-Plate
11 pages, 1 figure
Int. J. Theor. Phys.,62, 219 (2023)
10.1007/s10773-023-05474-x
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
As an extension of a thin-shell, we adopt a single parametric plane-symmetric Kasner-type spacetime to represent an exact thick-plate. This naturally extends the domain wall spacetime to a domain thick-wall case. Physical properties of such a plate with symmetry axis $z$ and thickness $0\leq z\leq z_{0}$ are investigated. Geodesic analysis determines the possibility of a Newtonian-like fall, namely with constant negative acceleration as it is near the Earth's surface. This restricts the Kasner-like exponents to a finely-tuned set, which together with the thickness and energy parameter determine the G-force of the plate. In contrast to the inverse square law, the escape velocity of the thick-shell is unbounded. The metric is regular everywhere but expectedly the energy-momentum of the thick-plate remains problematic.
[ { "created": "Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:58:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-10-13
[ [ "Halilsoy", "Mustafa", "" ], [ "Memari", "Vahideh", "" ] ]
As an extension of a thin-shell, we adopt a single parametric plane-symmetric Kasner-type spacetime to represent an exact thick-plate. This naturally extends the domain wall spacetime to a domain thick-wall case. Physical properties of such a plate with symmetry axis $z$ and thickness $0\leq z\leq z_{0}$ are investigated. Geodesic analysis determines the possibility of a Newtonian-like fall, namely with constant negative acceleration as it is near the Earth's surface. This restricts the Kasner-like exponents to a finely-tuned set, which together with the thickness and energy parameter determine the G-force of the plate. In contrast to the inverse square law, the escape velocity of the thick-shell is unbounded. The metric is regular everywhere but expectedly the energy-momentum of the thick-plate remains problematic.
2010.14918
Rodrigo Ferreira Sobreiro
Amanda Guerrieri and Rodrigo F. Sobreiro
Non-relativistic limit of gravity theories in the first order formalism
27 pages. No figures. V2 - Section 5 rewritten. Final version accepted for publication at JHEP
JHEP 03 (2021) 104
10.1007/JHEP03(2021)104
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the non-relativistic limit of gravity in four dimensions in the first order formalism. First, we revisit the case of the Einstein-Hilbert action and formally discuss some geometrical configurations in vacuum and in the presence of matter at leading order. Second, we consider the more general Mardones-Zanelli action and its non-relativistic limit. The field equations and some interesting geometries, in vacuum and in the presence of matter, are formally obtained. Remarkably, in contrast to the Einstein-Hilbert limit, the set of field equations is fully determined because the boost connection appears in the action and field equations. It is found that the cosmological constant must disappear in the non-relativistic Mardones-Zanelli action at leading order. The conditions for Newtonian absolute time be acceptable are also discussed. It turns out that Newtonian absolute time can be safely implemented with reasonable conditions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:28:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:01:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-03-15
[ [ "Guerrieri", "Amanda", "" ], [ "Sobreiro", "Rodrigo F.", "" ] ]
We consider the non-relativistic limit of gravity in four dimensions in the first order formalism. First, we revisit the case of the Einstein-Hilbert action and formally discuss some geometrical configurations in vacuum and in the presence of matter at leading order. Second, we consider the more general Mardones-Zanelli action and its non-relativistic limit. The field equations and some interesting geometries, in vacuum and in the presence of matter, are formally obtained. Remarkably, in contrast to the Einstein-Hilbert limit, the set of field equations is fully determined because the boost connection appears in the action and field equations. It is found that the cosmological constant must disappear in the non-relativistic Mardones-Zanelli action at leading order. The conditions for Newtonian absolute time be acceptable are also discussed. It turns out that Newtonian absolute time can be safely implemented with reasonable conditions.
2203.06506
Reinoud Slagter
Reinoud Jan Slagter
The Dilaton Black Hole on a Conformal Invariant Five Dimensional Warped Spacetime: Paradoxes Possibly Resolved?
V4 preliminary version. Some typos were corrected and the layout improved. Any comment is welcome! 19 pictures
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
A thorough investigation is presented of the exact black hole solution on a warped five-dimensional spacetime in conformal dilaton gravity (CDG), found in earlier work. Summarized, we will prove: The black hole solution in the CDG model on a warped 5D spacetime: 1. It is an exact solution for the metric components as well as for the dilaton field. 2.The quintic polynomial describing the zero's of the model, has no essential singularities. 3.If we write $^{(5)}g_{\mu\nu}=\omega^{4/3}{^{(5)}}{\tilde g_{\mu\nu}}, ^{(5)}\tilde g_{\mu\nu}=^{(4)}\tilde g_{\mu\nu}+n_\mu n_\nu, ^{(4)}\tilde g_{\mu\nu}=\bar\omega^2 {^{(4)}}\bar g{\mu\nu}$ then ${^{(4)}}\bar g{\mu\nu}$ is conformally flat and with $n_\mu$ the normal to the brane. 4. It fits the antipodal boundary condition, i.e., antipodal points in the projected space are identified using the embedding of a Klein surface in $\mathbb{C}^4$. 5. One can apply 't Hooft's back reaction method in constructing the unitary S-matrix and there is no "inside" of the black hole. 6. The contribution from the bulk determines the poles on the effective 4D spacetime. 7. The zeros of the quintic resolvent can analytically described by the icosahedral equation, i.e., in terms of hypergeometric functions and elliptic modular functions. 8. The Hopf fibration of the Klein bottle can be applied.
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2022-04-20
[ [ "Slagter", "Reinoud Jan", "" ] ]
A thorough investigation is presented of the exact black hole solution on a warped five-dimensional spacetime in conformal dilaton gravity (CDG), found in earlier work. Summarized, we will prove: The black hole solution in the CDG model on a warped 5D spacetime: 1. It is an exact solution for the metric components as well as for the dilaton field. 2.The quintic polynomial describing the zero's of the model, has no essential singularities. 3.If we write $^{(5)}g_{\mu\nu}=\omega^{4/3}{^{(5)}}{\tilde g_{\mu\nu}}, ^{(5)}\tilde g_{\mu\nu}=^{(4)}\tilde g_{\mu\nu}+n_\mu n_\nu, ^{(4)}\tilde g_{\mu\nu}=\bar\omega^2 {^{(4)}}\bar g{\mu\nu}$ then ${^{(4)}}\bar g{\mu\nu}$ is conformally flat and with $n_\mu$ the normal to the brane. 4. It fits the antipodal boundary condition, i.e., antipodal points in the projected space are identified using the embedding of a Klein surface in $\mathbb{C}^4$. 5. One can apply 't Hooft's back reaction method in constructing the unitary S-matrix and there is no "inside" of the black hole. 6. The contribution from the bulk determines the poles on the effective 4D spacetime. 7. The zeros of the quintic resolvent can analytically described by the icosahedral equation, i.e., in terms of hypergeometric functions and elliptic modular functions. 8. The Hopf fibration of the Klein bottle can be applied.
2301.07326
Tao Wang
Zhi-Shuo Qu, Towe Wang, Chao-Jun Feng
Images of nonsingular nonrotating black holes in conformal gravity
10 pages, 6 figures, footnotes and references added
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The accretion disk around a black hole and its emissions play an essential role in theoretical analysis of the black hole image. In the literature, two analytical toy models of accretions are widely adopted: the spherical model and the thin disk model. They are different geometrically but both thin optically. We polish them for free-falling accretions around static spherical black holes. As an application, we investigate the image of a class of nonsingular black holes conformally related to the Schwarzschild black hole, which are the vacuum solution of a family of conformal gravity theories. Results are compared with the Schwarzschild black hole of the same mass. Our results indicate that the conformal factor does not affect the shadow radius seen by distant observers, but it leaves an imprint on the intensity image of black hole.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Jan 2023 06:19:47 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 26 Feb 2023 19:41:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-02-28
[ [ "Qu", "Zhi-Shuo", "" ], [ "Wang", "Towe", "" ], [ "Feng", "Chao-Jun", "" ] ]
The accretion disk around a black hole and its emissions play an essential role in theoretical analysis of the black hole image. In the literature, two analytical toy models of accretions are widely adopted: the spherical model and the thin disk model. They are different geometrically but both thin optically. We polish them for free-falling accretions around static spherical black holes. As an application, we investigate the image of a class of nonsingular black holes conformally related to the Schwarzschild black hole, which are the vacuum solution of a family of conformal gravity theories. Results are compared with the Schwarzschild black hole of the same mass. Our results indicate that the conformal factor does not affect the shadow radius seen by distant observers, but it leaves an imprint on the intensity image of black hole.
gr-qc/0004051
Michael C. Ashworth
Michael C. Ashworth Sean A. Hayward
Noether Currents of Charged Spherical Black Holes
4 pages
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 064024
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.064024
null
gr-qc
null
We calculate the Noether currents and charges for Einstein-Maxwell theory using a version of the Wald approach. In spherical symmetry, the choice of time can be taken as the Kodama vector. For the static case, the resulting combined Einstein-Maxwell charge is just the mass of the black hole. Using either a classically defined entropy or the Iyer-Wald selection rules, the entropy is found to be just a quarter of the area of the trapping horizon. We propose identifying the combined Noether charge as an energy associated with the Kodama time. For the extremal black hole case, we discuss the problem of Wald's rescaling of the surface gravity to define the entropy.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:37:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Hayward", "Michael C. Ashworth Sean A.", "" ] ]
We calculate the Noether currents and charges for Einstein-Maxwell theory using a version of the Wald approach. In spherical symmetry, the choice of time can be taken as the Kodama vector. For the static case, the resulting combined Einstein-Maxwell charge is just the mass of the black hole. Using either a classically defined entropy or the Iyer-Wald selection rules, the entropy is found to be just a quarter of the area of the trapping horizon. We propose identifying the combined Noether charge as an energy associated with the Kodama time. For the extremal black hole case, we discuss the problem of Wald's rescaling of the surface gravity to define the entropy.
1201.4160
Frans Klinkhamer
F. R. Klinkhamer
Entropic-gravity derivation of MOND
6 pages; v5: published version
Mod. Phys. Lett. A 27, 1250056 (2012)
10.1142/S0217732312500563
KA-TP-02-2012
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A heuristic entropic-gravity derivation has previously been given of the gravitational two-body force of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). Here, it is shown that also another characteristic of MOND can be recovered, namely, the external field effect (implying a violation of the Strong Equivalence Principle). In fact, the derivation gives precisely the modified Poisson equation which Bekenstein and Milgrom proposed as a consistent nonrelativistic theory of MOND.
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2012-04-05
[ [ "Klinkhamer", "F. R.", "" ] ]
A heuristic entropic-gravity derivation has previously been given of the gravitational two-body force of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). Here, it is shown that also another characteristic of MOND can be recovered, namely, the external field effect (implying a violation of the Strong Equivalence Principle). In fact, the derivation gives precisely the modified Poisson equation which Bekenstein and Milgrom proposed as a consistent nonrelativistic theory of MOND.
1706.07446
Daniel George
Daniel George, Hongyu Shen, E. A. Huerta
Deep Transfer Learning: A new deep learning glitch classification method for advanced LIGO
null
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.101501
null
gr-qc astro-ph.IM cs.CV cs.LG cs.NE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The exquisite sensitivity of the advanced LIGO detectors has enabled the detection of multiple gravitational wave signals. The sophisticated design of these detectors mitigates the effect of most types of noise. However, advanced LIGO data streams are contaminated by numerous artifacts known as glitches: non-Gaussian noise transients with complex morphologies. Given their high rate of occurrence, glitches can lead to false coincident detections, obscure and even mimic gravitational wave signals. Therefore, successfully characterizing and removing glitches from advanced LIGO data is of utmost importance. Here, we present the first application of Deep Transfer Learning for glitch classification, showing that knowledge from deep learning algorithms trained for real-world object recognition can be transferred for classifying glitches in time-series based on their spectrogram images. Using the Gravity Spy dataset, containing hand-labeled, multi-duration spectrograms obtained from real LIGO data, we demonstrate that this method enables optimal use of very deep convolutional neural networks for classification given small training datasets, significantly reduces the time for training the networks, and achieves state-of-the-art accuracy above 98.8%, with perfect precision-recall on 8 out of 22 classes. Furthermore, new types of glitches can be classified accurately given few labeled examples with this technique. Once trained via transfer learning, we show that the convolutional neural networks can be truncated and used as excellent feature extractors for unsupervised clustering methods to identify new classes based on their morphology, without any labeled examples. Therefore, this provides a new framework for dynamic glitch classification for gravitational wave detectors, which are expected to encounter new types of noise as they undergo gradual improvements to attain design sensitivity.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:11:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-07-15
[ [ "George", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Shen", "Hongyu", "" ], [ "Huerta", "E. A.", "" ] ]
The exquisite sensitivity of the advanced LIGO detectors has enabled the detection of multiple gravitational wave signals. The sophisticated design of these detectors mitigates the effect of most types of noise. However, advanced LIGO data streams are contaminated by numerous artifacts known as glitches: non-Gaussian noise transients with complex morphologies. Given their high rate of occurrence, glitches can lead to false coincident detections, obscure and even mimic gravitational wave signals. Therefore, successfully characterizing and removing glitches from advanced LIGO data is of utmost importance. Here, we present the first application of Deep Transfer Learning for glitch classification, showing that knowledge from deep learning algorithms trained for real-world object recognition can be transferred for classifying glitches in time-series based on their spectrogram images. Using the Gravity Spy dataset, containing hand-labeled, multi-duration spectrograms obtained from real LIGO data, we demonstrate that this method enables optimal use of very deep convolutional neural networks for classification given small training datasets, significantly reduces the time for training the networks, and achieves state-of-the-art accuracy above 98.8%, with perfect precision-recall on 8 out of 22 classes. Furthermore, new types of glitches can be classified accurately given few labeled examples with this technique. Once trained via transfer learning, we show that the convolutional neural networks can be truncated and used as excellent feature extractors for unsupervised clustering methods to identify new classes based on their morphology, without any labeled examples. Therefore, this provides a new framework for dynamic glitch classification for gravitational wave detectors, which are expected to encounter new types of noise as they undergo gradual improvements to attain design sensitivity.
2306.13010
Thanasis Giannakopoulos
Thanasis Giannakopoulos, Nigel T. Bishop, David Hilditch, Denis Pollney, Miguel Zilh\~ao
Numerical convergence of model Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching
20 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables, data and code can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7981429 and https://github.com/ThanasisGiannakopoulos/model_CCE_CCM_public, updated to match published version
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.108.104033
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Gravitational waves provide a powerful enhancement to our understanding of fundamental physics. To make the most of their detection we need to accurately model the entire process of their emission and propagation toward interferometers. Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching are methods to compute gravitational waves at null infinity, a mathematical idealization of detector location, from numerical relativity simulations. Both methods can in principle contribute to modeling by providing highly accurate gravitational waveforms. An underappreciated subtlety in realizing this potential is posed by the (mere) weak hyperbolicity of the particular PDE systems solved in the characteristic formulation of the Einstein field equations. This shortcoming results from the popular choice of Bondi-like coordinates. So motivated, we construct toy models that capture that PDE structure and study Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching with them. Where possible we provide energy estimates for their solutions and perform careful numerical norm convergence tests to demonstrate the effect of weak hyperbolicity on Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching. Our findings strongly indicate that, as currently formulated, Cauchy-characteristic matching for the Einstein field equations would provide solutions that are, at best, convergent at an order lower than expected for the numerical method, and may be unstable. In contrast, under certain conditions, the extraction method can provide properly convergent solutions. Establishing however that these conditions hold for the aforementioned characteristic formulations is still an open problem.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:19:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:00:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-11-22
[ [ "Giannakopoulos", "Thanasis", "" ], [ "Bishop", "Nigel T.", "" ], [ "Hilditch", "David", "" ], [ "Pollney", "Denis", "" ], [ "Zilhão", "Miguel", "" ] ]
Gravitational waves provide a powerful enhancement to our understanding of fundamental physics. To make the most of their detection we need to accurately model the entire process of their emission and propagation toward interferometers. Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching are methods to compute gravitational waves at null infinity, a mathematical idealization of detector location, from numerical relativity simulations. Both methods can in principle contribute to modeling by providing highly accurate gravitational waveforms. An underappreciated subtlety in realizing this potential is posed by the (mere) weak hyperbolicity of the particular PDE systems solved in the characteristic formulation of the Einstein field equations. This shortcoming results from the popular choice of Bondi-like coordinates. So motivated, we construct toy models that capture that PDE structure and study Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching with them. Where possible we provide energy estimates for their solutions and perform careful numerical norm convergence tests to demonstrate the effect of weak hyperbolicity on Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching. Our findings strongly indicate that, as currently formulated, Cauchy-characteristic matching for the Einstein field equations would provide solutions that are, at best, convergent at an order lower than expected for the numerical method, and may be unstable. In contrast, under certain conditions, the extraction method can provide properly convergent solutions. Establishing however that these conditions hold for the aforementioned characteristic formulations is still an open problem.
1405.5232
Shamaila Rani
M. Sharif and Shamaila Rani
Viscous Dark Energy in $f(T)$ Gravity
17 pages, 12 figures
Mod. Phys. Lett. A 28(2013)1350118
10.1142/S0217732313501186
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the bulk viscosity taking dust matter in the generalized teleparallel gravity. We consider different dark energy models in this scenario along with a time dependent viscous model to construct the viscous equation of state parameter for these dark energy models. We discuss the graphical representation of this parameter to investigate the viscosity effects on the accelerating expansion of the universe. It is mentioned here that the behavior of the universe depends upon the viscous coefficients showing the transition from decelerating to accelerating phase. It leads to the crossing of phantom divide line and becomes phantom dominated for specific ranges of these coefficients.
[ { "created": "Sun, 18 May 2014 15:45:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Sharif", "M.", "" ], [ "Rani", "Shamaila", "" ] ]
We study the bulk viscosity taking dust matter in the generalized teleparallel gravity. We consider different dark energy models in this scenario along with a time dependent viscous model to construct the viscous equation of state parameter for these dark energy models. We discuss the graphical representation of this parameter to investigate the viscosity effects on the accelerating expansion of the universe. It is mentioned here that the behavior of the universe depends upon the viscous coefficients showing the transition from decelerating to accelerating phase. It leads to the crossing of phantom divide line and becomes phantom dominated for specific ranges of these coefficients.
1407.7243
George F. R. Ellis
George F R Ellis
The Evolving Block Universe and the Meshing Together of Times
23 pages,4 figures
Ann N Y Acad Sci. (2014) Oct;1326:26-41
10.1111/nyas.12559
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is proposed that spacetime should be regarded as an evolving block universe, bounded to the future by the present time, which continually extends to the future. This future boundary is defined at each time by measuring proper time along Ricci eigenlines from the start of the universe. A key point is that physical reality can be represented at many different scales: hence the passage of times may be seen as different at different scales, with quantum gravity determining the evolution of space time itself but quantum field theory determining the evolution of events within spacetime .The fundamental issue then arises as to how the effective times at different scales mesh together, leading to the concept so global and local times.
[ { "created": "Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:02:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-22
[ [ "Ellis", "George F R", "" ] ]
It is proposed that spacetime should be regarded as an evolving block universe, bounded to the future by the present time, which continually extends to the future. This future boundary is defined at each time by measuring proper time along Ricci eigenlines from the start of the universe. A key point is that physical reality can be represented at many different scales: hence the passage of times may be seen as different at different scales, with quantum gravity determining the evolution of space time itself but quantum field theory determining the evolution of events within spacetime .The fundamental issue then arises as to how the effective times at different scales mesh together, leading to the concept so global and local times.
2401.09502
Omar Mustafa
Omar Mustafa, Adriano R. Soares, Carlos F. S. Pereira, Ricardo L. L. Vit\'oria
On the Klein-Gordon oscillators in Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity global monopole spacetime and a Wu-Yang magnetic monopole
17 pages, 8 figures
Eur. Phys. J. C 84 (2024) 405
10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12781-y
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We consider Klein-Gordon (KG) particles in a global monopole (GM) spacetime within Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity (EiBI-gravity) and in a Wu-Yang magnetic monopole (WYMM). We discuss a set of KG-oscillators in such spacetime settings. We propose a textbook power series expansion for the KG radial wave function that allows us to retrieve the exact energy levels for KG-oscillators in a GM spacetime and a WYMM without EiBI-gravity. We, moreover, report some \textit{conditionally exact}, closed form, energy levels (through some parametric correlations) for KG-oscillators in a GM spacetime and a WYMM within EiBI-gravity, and for massless KG-oscillators in a GM spacetime and a WYMM within EiBI-gravity under the influence of a Coulomb plus linear Lorentz scalar potential. We study and discuss the effects of the Eddington parameter $\kappa$, GM-parameter $\alpha$, WYMM strength $\sigma$, KG-oscillators' frequency $\Omega$, and the coupling parameters of the Coulomb plus linear Lorentz scalar potential, on the spectroscopic structure of the KG-oscillators at hand. Such effects are studied over a vast range of the radial quantum number $n_r\geq 0$ and include energy levels clustering at $\kappa>>1$ (i.e., extreme EiBI-gravity), and at $|\sigma|>>1$ (i.e., extreme WYMM strength).
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:34:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-04-24
[ [ "Mustafa", "Omar", "" ], [ "Soares", "Adriano R.", "" ], [ "Pereira", "Carlos F. S.", "" ], [ "Vitória", "Ricardo L. L.", "" ] ]
We consider Klein-Gordon (KG) particles in a global monopole (GM) spacetime within Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity (EiBI-gravity) and in a Wu-Yang magnetic monopole (WYMM). We discuss a set of KG-oscillators in such spacetime settings. We propose a textbook power series expansion for the KG radial wave function that allows us to retrieve the exact energy levels for KG-oscillators in a GM spacetime and a WYMM without EiBI-gravity. We, moreover, report some \textit{conditionally exact}, closed form, energy levels (through some parametric correlations) for KG-oscillators in a GM spacetime and a WYMM within EiBI-gravity, and for massless KG-oscillators in a GM spacetime and a WYMM within EiBI-gravity under the influence of a Coulomb plus linear Lorentz scalar potential. We study and discuss the effects of the Eddington parameter $\kappa$, GM-parameter $\alpha$, WYMM strength $\sigma$, KG-oscillators' frequency $\Omega$, and the coupling parameters of the Coulomb plus linear Lorentz scalar potential, on the spectroscopic structure of the KG-oscillators at hand. Such effects are studied over a vast range of the radial quantum number $n_r\geq 0$ and include energy levels clustering at $\kappa>>1$ (i.e., extreme EiBI-gravity), and at $|\sigma|>>1$ (i.e., extreme WYMM strength).
0808.1967
Yuri Obukhov
Yuri N. Obukhov
Electromagnetic energy and momentum in moving media
22 pages, Latex AdP-style, to appear in Minkowski's centenary issue of Annalen der Physik
null
10.1002/andp.200810313
null
gr-qc hep-th physics.class-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The problem of the electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor is among the oldest and the most controversial in macroscopic electrodynamics. In the center of the issue is a dispute about the Minkowski and the Abraham tensors for moving media. An overview of the current situation is presented. After putting the discussion into a general Lagrange-Noether framework, the Minkowski tensor is recovered as a canonical energy-momentum. It is shown that the balance equations of energy, momentum, and angular momentum are always satisfied for an open electromagnetic system despite the lack of the symmetry of the canonical tensor. On the other hand, although the Abraham tensor is not defined from first principles, one can formulate a general symmetrization prescription provided a timelike vector is available. We analyze in detail the variational model of a relativistic ideal fluid with isotropic electric and magnetic properties interacting with the electromagnetic field. The relation between the Minkowski energy-momentum tensor, the canonical energy-momentum of the medium and the Abraham tensor is clarified. It is demonstrated that the Abraham energy-momentum is relevant when the 4-velocity of matter is the only covariant variable that enters the constitutive tensor.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:41:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-08-15
[ [ "Obukhov", "Yuri N.", "" ] ]
The problem of the electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor is among the oldest and the most controversial in macroscopic electrodynamics. In the center of the issue is a dispute about the Minkowski and the Abraham tensors for moving media. An overview of the current situation is presented. After putting the discussion into a general Lagrange-Noether framework, the Minkowski tensor is recovered as a canonical energy-momentum. It is shown that the balance equations of energy, momentum, and angular momentum are always satisfied for an open electromagnetic system despite the lack of the symmetry of the canonical tensor. On the other hand, although the Abraham tensor is not defined from first principles, one can formulate a general symmetrization prescription provided a timelike vector is available. We analyze in detail the variational model of a relativistic ideal fluid with isotropic electric and magnetic properties interacting with the electromagnetic field. The relation between the Minkowski energy-momentum tensor, the canonical energy-momentum of the medium and the Abraham tensor is clarified. It is demonstrated that the Abraham energy-momentum is relevant when the 4-velocity of matter is the only covariant variable that enters the constitutive tensor.
2210.01909
Michael Gammon
Michael Gammon, Robert Mann
Slowly Rotating Black Holes in 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet Gravity
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Since the recent derivation of a well-defined $D\rightarrow 4$ limit for regularized 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity, there has been considerable interest in testing it as an alternative to Einstein's general theory of relativity. In this paper we construct slowly rotating black hole solutions for 4DEGB gravity in asymptotically flat, de Sitter, and anti-de Sitter spacetimes. At leading order in the rotation parameter, exact solutions of the metric functions are derived and studied for all three of these cases. We compare how physical properties (innermost stable circular orbits, photon rings, black hole shadow, etc.) of the solutions are modified by varying coupling strengths of the 4DEGB theory relative to standard Einstein gravity results. We find that a vanishing or negative cosmological constant in 4DEGB gravity enforces a minimum mass on the black hole solutions, whereas a positive cosmological constant enforces both a minimum \textit{and} maximum mass with a horizon root structure directly analogous to the Reissner-Nordstr\"om de Sitter spacetime. Besides this, many of the physical properties are qualitatively similar to general relativity, with the greatest deviations typically being found in the low (near-minimal) mass regime.
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2024-04-02
[ [ "Gammon", "Michael", "" ], [ "Mann", "Robert", "" ] ]
Since the recent derivation of a well-defined $D\rightarrow 4$ limit for regularized 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity, there has been considerable interest in testing it as an alternative to Einstein's general theory of relativity. In this paper we construct slowly rotating black hole solutions for 4DEGB gravity in asymptotically flat, de Sitter, and anti-de Sitter spacetimes. At leading order in the rotation parameter, exact solutions of the metric functions are derived and studied for all three of these cases. We compare how physical properties (innermost stable circular orbits, photon rings, black hole shadow, etc.) of the solutions are modified by varying coupling strengths of the 4DEGB theory relative to standard Einstein gravity results. We find that a vanishing or negative cosmological constant in 4DEGB gravity enforces a minimum mass on the black hole solutions, whereas a positive cosmological constant enforces both a minimum \textit{and} maximum mass with a horizon root structure directly analogous to the Reissner-Nordstr\"om de Sitter spacetime. Besides this, many of the physical properties are qualitatively similar to general relativity, with the greatest deviations typically being found in the low (near-minimal) mass regime.
gr-qc/0507085
Ugur Camci
Ugur Camci
Dirac Analysis and Integrability of Geodesic Equations for Cylindrically Symmetric Spacetimes
12 Pages, Latex, no figures
Int.J.Mod.Phys. D12 (2003) 1431
10.1142/S0218271803003621
null
gr-qc
null
Dirac's constraint analysis and the symplectic structure of geodesic equations are obtained for the general cylindrically symmetric stationary spacetime. For this metric, using the obtained first order Lagrangian, the geodesic equations of motion are integrated, and found some solutions for Lewis, Levi-Civita, and Van Stockum spacetimes.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:06:47 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Camci", "Ugur", "" ] ]
Dirac's constraint analysis and the symplectic structure of geodesic equations are obtained for the general cylindrically symmetric stationary spacetime. For this metric, using the obtained first order Lagrangian, the geodesic equations of motion are integrated, and found some solutions for Lewis, Levi-Civita, and Van Stockum spacetimes.
2211.08027
Fethi M. Ramazanoglu
Andrew Coates and Fethi M. Ramazano\u{g}lu
Coordinate singularities of self-interacting vector field theories
5 pages, 2 figures. Minor changes to bring into line with published version in PRL
Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 021401 (2023)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.021401
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Self-interacting vectors are seeing a burst of interest where various groups demonstrated that the field evolution ends in finite time. Two nonequivalent criteria have been offered to identify this breakdown: (i) the vector constraint equation cannot be satisfied beyond a point where the breakdown occurs, (ii) the dynamics is governed by an effective metric that becomes singular at the breakdown. We show that (i) identifies a coordinate singularity, and can be removed by a change of coordinates. Hence, it does not signify a physical problem, and cannot determine the validity of a theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:19:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:19:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-01-19
[ [ "Coates", "Andrew", "" ], [ "Ramazanoğlu", "Fethi M.", "" ] ]
Self-interacting vectors are seeing a burst of interest where various groups demonstrated that the field evolution ends in finite time. Two nonequivalent criteria have been offered to identify this breakdown: (i) the vector constraint equation cannot be satisfied beyond a point where the breakdown occurs, (ii) the dynamics is governed by an effective metric that becomes singular at the breakdown. We show that (i) identifies a coordinate singularity, and can be removed by a change of coordinates. Hence, it does not signify a physical problem, and cannot determine the validity of a theory.
1406.2571
Ivan Arraut
Ivan Arraut
The Komar mass function in the de-Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley non-linear theory of massive gravity
Version to appear in Physical Review D
Phys.Rev.D90, (2014) 124082
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.124082
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
I derive the Komar mass/function for the Schwarszchild de-Sitter (S-dS) black-hole inside the dRGT non-linear theory of massive gravity by taking the usual notion of time-like Killing vector in unitary gauge. The dRGT Komar function depends on the dynamics of the St\"uckelberg fields through the gauge transformation function. It goes to the standard value obtained in General Relativity (GR) if the spatial derivative of the gauge function vanishes. In such a case, the (gauge) function corresponds to the usual notion of time as in GR.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 Jun 2014 15:48:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:00:30 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-12-31
[ [ "Arraut", "Ivan", "" ] ]
I derive the Komar mass/function for the Schwarszchild de-Sitter (S-dS) black-hole inside the dRGT non-linear theory of massive gravity by taking the usual notion of time-like Killing vector in unitary gauge. The dRGT Komar function depends on the dynamics of the St\"uckelberg fields through the gauge transformation function. It goes to the standard value obtained in General Relativity (GR) if the spatial derivative of the gauge function vanishes. In such a case, the (gauge) function corresponds to the usual notion of time as in GR.
0902.0217
Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov
B.V. Turimov, B.J. Ahmedov, A.A. Abdujabbarov
Electromagnetic Fields of Slowly Rotating Magnetized Gravastars
5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication to Mod. Phys. Lett. A
Mod.Phys.Lett.A24:733-737,2009
10.1142/S0217732309030497
null
gr-qc astro-ph.SR
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the dipolar magnetic field configuration and present solutions of Maxwell equations in the internal background spacetime of a a slowly rotating gravastar. The shell of gravastar where magnetic field penetrated is modeled as sphere consisting of perfect highly magnetized fluid with infinite conductivity. Dipolar magnetic field of the gravastar is produced by a circular current loop symmetrically placed at radius $a$ at the equatorial plane.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:55:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-20
[ [ "Turimov", "B. V.", "" ], [ "Ahmedov", "B. J.", "" ], [ "Abdujabbarov", "A. A.", "" ] ]
We study the dipolar magnetic field configuration and present solutions of Maxwell equations in the internal background spacetime of a a slowly rotating gravastar. The shell of gravastar where magnetic field penetrated is modeled as sphere consisting of perfect highly magnetized fluid with infinite conductivity. Dipolar magnetic field of the gravastar is produced by a circular current loop symmetrically placed at radius $a$ at the equatorial plane.
1409.8534
Peter K.F. Kuhfittig
Peter K.F. Kuhfittig
On the stability of thin-shell wormholes
5 pages, no figures
Fundamental J. Mod. Phys., vol. 7, 111-119 (2014)
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A thin-shell wormhole is theoretically constructible by surgically grafting together two Schwarzschild spacetimes using the so-called cut-and-paste technique. By describing such a wormhole as the limiting case of a spherical shell, it is shown that the structure must be unstable to linearized radial perturbations. Some earlier studies by the author et al. have shown, however, that under certain conditions, thin-shell wormholes can be stable.
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2016-03-07
[ [ "Kuhfittig", "Peter K. F.", "" ] ]
A thin-shell wormhole is theoretically constructible by surgically grafting together two Schwarzschild spacetimes using the so-called cut-and-paste technique. By describing such a wormhole as the limiting case of a spherical shell, it is shown that the structure must be unstable to linearized radial perturbations. Some earlier studies by the author et al. have shown, however, that under certain conditions, thin-shell wormholes can be stable.
gr-qc/0103033
Edward Malec
Edward Malec and Gerhard Schaefer
Can Schwarzschildean gravitational fields suppress gravitational waves?
18 pages, Revtex. Added three references; a new comment in Sec. 7; several misprints corrected. To appear in the Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D64:044012,2001
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.044012
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
Gravitational waves in the linear approximation propagate in the Schwarzschild spacetime similarly as electromagnetic waves. A fraction of the radiation scatters off the curvature of the geometry. The energy of the backscattered part of an initially outgoing pulse of the quadrupole gravitational radiation is estimated by compact formulas depending on the initial energy, the Schwarzschild radius, and the location and width of the pulse. The backscatter becomes negligible in the short wavelength regime.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:04:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:06:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Malec", "Edward", "" ], [ "Schaefer", "Gerhard", "" ] ]
Gravitational waves in the linear approximation propagate in the Schwarzschild spacetime similarly as electromagnetic waves. A fraction of the radiation scatters off the curvature of the geometry. The energy of the backscattered part of an initially outgoing pulse of the quadrupole gravitational radiation is estimated by compact formulas depending on the initial energy, the Schwarzschild radius, and the location and width of the pulse. The backscatter becomes negligible in the short wavelength regime.
gr-qc/9903070
S. M. Kopeikin
Sergei M. Kopeikin
Timing Effects of Gravitational Waves from Localized Sources
6 pages, 2 figures, a talk given at the XXXIVth Rencontres de Moriond on "Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity", Les Arcs, 23-30 January 1999
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
Localized astronomical sources like a double stellar system, rotating neutron star, or a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way emit periodic gravitational waves. For a long time only a far-zone contribution of gravitational fields of the localized sources (plane-wave-front approximation) were a matter of theoretical analysis. We demonstrate how this analysis can be extended to take into account near-zone and intermediate-zone contributions as well. The formalism is used to calculate gravitational-wave corrections to the Shapiro time delay in binary pulsars and low-frequency (LF) pulsar timing noise produced by an ensemble of double stars in our galaxy.
[ { "created": "Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:38:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Kopeikin", "Sergei M.", "" ] ]
Localized astronomical sources like a double stellar system, rotating neutron star, or a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way emit periodic gravitational waves. For a long time only a far-zone contribution of gravitational fields of the localized sources (plane-wave-front approximation) were a matter of theoretical analysis. We demonstrate how this analysis can be extended to take into account near-zone and intermediate-zone contributions as well. The formalism is used to calculate gravitational-wave corrections to the Shapiro time delay in binary pulsars and low-frequency (LF) pulsar timing noise produced by an ensemble of double stars in our galaxy.
2403.19458
Vinod Kumar Bhardwaj Dr.
Bhojraj Singh Jayas and Vinod Kumar Bhardwaj
Evaluation of Transit cosmological model in $f(R,T^{\phi})$ theory of gravity
18 pages, 13 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
We have explored a transitioning cosmic model, depicting late-time accelerated expansion in $f(R,T^{\phi})$ theory of gravity for an isotropic and homogeneous universe, where the trace of energy-momentum tensor $T^{\phi}$ is the function of the self-interacting scalar field $\phi$. We have proposed an explicit solution to the derived model by utilizing a scale factor of the hybrid form $a(t) = t^{\alpha} e^{\beta t}$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are constants. To evaluate the best-fit values of free parameters of the suggested model, the statistical analysis based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method has been employed on 57 OHD points. We have described the dynamical features of the model like energy density, cosmic pressure, and equation of state parameter in the context of scalar field $\phi$. We have also described the potential and behavior of the scalar field for quintessence and phantom scenarios. The deceleration parameter depicts a transitioning universe with signature flipping at $z_t = 0.82$ with the present value of deceleration parameter $q_0=-0.41$. The violation of SEC for the derived model indicates the cosmic expansion at a faster rate. We have used statefinders to diagnose the model. The findings for our theoretical model indicate that the derived model agrees with observed findings within a particular range of limitations.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:30:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-03-29
[ [ "Jayas", "Bhojraj Singh", "" ], [ "Bhardwaj", "Vinod Kumar", "" ] ]
We have explored a transitioning cosmic model, depicting late-time accelerated expansion in $f(R,T^{\phi})$ theory of gravity for an isotropic and homogeneous universe, where the trace of energy-momentum tensor $T^{\phi}$ is the function of the self-interacting scalar field $\phi$. We have proposed an explicit solution to the derived model by utilizing a scale factor of the hybrid form $a(t) = t^{\alpha} e^{\beta t}$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are constants. To evaluate the best-fit values of free parameters of the suggested model, the statistical analysis based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method has been employed on 57 OHD points. We have described the dynamical features of the model like energy density, cosmic pressure, and equation of state parameter in the context of scalar field $\phi$. We have also described the potential and behavior of the scalar field for quintessence and phantom scenarios. The deceleration parameter depicts a transitioning universe with signature flipping at $z_t = 0.82$ with the present value of deceleration parameter $q_0=-0.41$. The violation of SEC for the derived model indicates the cosmic expansion at a faster rate. We have used statefinders to diagnose the model. The findings for our theoretical model indicate that the derived model agrees with observed findings within a particular range of limitations.
2008.12327
Parthapratim Pradhan
Parthapratim Pradhan
Black Hole versus Naked Singularity via Axial Perturbation
19 pages, 56 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.GA
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We differentiate non-extremal black hole, \emph{extremal} black hole and \emph{naked singularity} via metric perturbations for Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m spacetime. First we study the axial perturbations for \emph{extremal} Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black hole and compute the effective potential due to these perturbations. Then we study the axial perturbations for the naked singularity case and compute the effective potential. We show that for the non-extremal black hole, \emph{the effective potential outside the event horizon~($r_{+}$) is real and positive. While in between Cauchy horizon~($r_{-}$) and event horizon~($r_{-}<r<r_{+}$) the effective potential is negative.} For the \emph{extremal black hole, the effective potential is always positive}. Also for \emph{naked singularity, the effective potential is positive.} From the effective potential diagram, we show that the structure of effective potentials for extremal BH looks like a potential barrier outside the horizon. While for non-extremal BH, the structure of the effective potentials look like a \emph{potential well} rather than a potential barrier. For NS the structure of the effective potentials is \emph{neither a potential barrier nor a potential well. Preferably it looks like an exponential decay function}. We observe that the geometric construction of an effective potential barrier due to axial perturbations could allow us to distinguish between the non-extremal black hole, extremal black hole, and naked singularity. Stability of extremal BH has been discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:35:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-08-31
[ [ "Pradhan", "Parthapratim", "" ] ]
We differentiate non-extremal black hole, \emph{extremal} black hole and \emph{naked singularity} via metric perturbations for Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m spacetime. First we study the axial perturbations for \emph{extremal} Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black hole and compute the effective potential due to these perturbations. Then we study the axial perturbations for the naked singularity case and compute the effective potential. We show that for the non-extremal black hole, \emph{the effective potential outside the event horizon~($r_{+}$) is real and positive. While in between Cauchy horizon~($r_{-}$) and event horizon~($r_{-}<r<r_{+}$) the effective potential is negative.} For the \emph{extremal black hole, the effective potential is always positive}. Also for \emph{naked singularity, the effective potential is positive.} From the effective potential diagram, we show that the structure of effective potentials for extremal BH looks like a potential barrier outside the horizon. While for non-extremal BH, the structure of the effective potentials look like a \emph{potential well} rather than a potential barrier. For NS the structure of the effective potentials is \emph{neither a potential barrier nor a potential well. Preferably it looks like an exponential decay function}. We observe that the geometric construction of an effective potential barrier due to axial perturbations could allow us to distinguish between the non-extremal black hole, extremal black hole, and naked singularity. Stability of extremal BH has been discussed.
1011.4988
Aron Wall
Sudipta Sarkar, Aron C. Wall
Second Law Violations in Lovelock Gravity for Black Hole Mergers
15 pages, 1 figure, v2 Title change & minor revisions to match published version, v3 fixed accidental deletion of author names
Phys.Rev.D83:124048,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.124048
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the classical second law of black hole thermodynamics, for Lovelock theories (other than General Relativity), in arbitrary dimensions. Using the standard formula for black hole entropy, we construct scenarios involving the merger of two black holes in which the entropy instantaneously decreases. Our construction involves a Kaluza-Klein compactification down to a dimension in which one of the Lovelock terms is topological. We discuss some open issues in the definition of the second law which might be used to compensate this entropy decrease.
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2015-10-06
[ [ "Sarkar", "Sudipta", "" ], [ "Wall", "Aron C.", "" ] ]
We study the classical second law of black hole thermodynamics, for Lovelock theories (other than General Relativity), in arbitrary dimensions. Using the standard formula for black hole entropy, we construct scenarios involving the merger of two black holes in which the entropy instantaneously decreases. Our construction involves a Kaluza-Klein compactification down to a dimension in which one of the Lovelock terms is topological. We discuss some open issues in the definition of the second law which might be used to compensate this entropy decrease.
2105.07750
Yonadav Barry Ginat
Yonadav Barry Ginat
The Equivalence Principle and The Cosmological Constant Problem
The essay received an Honorable Mention in the Gravity Research Foundation essay competition 2021
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this essay I point out that, in the context of semi-classical gravity, the equivalence principle can mitigate the cosmological constant problem. On a Minkowski space-time background with the usual $\mathbb{R}^4$ topology, the vacuum self-energy is removed by normal ordering; this is allowed because it is not observable; I argue that, in a freely-falling frame of reference, the same must hold true, up to contributions from modes whose wavelength is of the order of the background radius of curvature. Thus, the equivalence principle implies that ultra-violet modes do not contribute to the effective energy-momentum tensor.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 May 2021 11:52:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-05-18
[ [ "Ginat", "Yonadav Barry", "" ] ]
In this essay I point out that, in the context of semi-classical gravity, the equivalence principle can mitigate the cosmological constant problem. On a Minkowski space-time background with the usual $\mathbb{R}^4$ topology, the vacuum self-energy is removed by normal ordering; this is allowed because it is not observable; I argue that, in a freely-falling frame of reference, the same must hold true, up to contributions from modes whose wavelength is of the order of the background radius of curvature. Thus, the equivalence principle implies that ultra-violet modes do not contribute to the effective energy-momentum tensor.