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1111.1071
Luis Herrera
L. Herrera, A. Di Prisco and J. Iba\~nez
On the Role of Electric Charge and Cosmological Constant in Structure Scalars
5 pages Latex. Published in Phys. Rev. D. Some typos corrected
Phys. Rev. D84,107501, (2011)
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.107501
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The physical meaning of structure scalars is analyzed for charged dissipative spherical fluids and for neutral dust in the presence of cosmological constant. The role played by such factors in the structure scalars is clearly brought out and physical consequences are discussed. Particular attention needs to be paid to the changes introduced by the above mentioned factors in the inhomogeneity factor and the evolution of the expansion scalar and the shear tensor.
[ { "created": "Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:58:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:19:38 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-03
[ [ "Herrera", "L.", "" ], [ "Di Prisco", "A.", "" ], [ "Ibañez", "J.", "" ] ]
The physical meaning of structure scalars is analyzed for charged dissipative spherical fluids and for neutral dust in the presence of cosmological constant. The role played by such factors in the structure scalars is clearly brought out and physical consequences are discussed. Particular attention needs to be paid to the changes introduced by the above mentioned factors in the inhomogeneity factor and the evolution of the expansion scalar and the shear tensor.
1303.5484
Maurizio Gasperini
L. Cosmai, G. Fanizza, M. Gasperini and L. Tedesco
Discriminating different models of luminosity-redshift distribution
11 pages, 6 figures. To appear in Class. Quantum Grav
null
10.1088/0264-9381/30/9/095011
BA-TH/672-13
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The beginning of the cosmological phase bearing the direct kinematic imprints of supernovae dimming may significantly vary within different models of late-time cosmology, even if such models are able to fit present SNe data at a comparable level of statistical accuracy. This effect -- useful in principle to discriminate among different physical interpretations of the luminosity-redshift relation -- is illustrated here with a pedagogical example based on the LTB geometry.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:34:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-15
[ [ "Cosmai", "L.", "" ], [ "Fanizza", "G.", "" ], [ "Gasperini", "M.", "" ], [ "Tedesco", "L.", "" ] ]
The beginning of the cosmological phase bearing the direct kinematic imprints of supernovae dimming may significantly vary within different models of late-time cosmology, even if such models are able to fit present SNe data at a comparable level of statistical accuracy. This effect -- useful in principle to discriminate among different physical interpretations of the luminosity-redshift relation -- is illustrated here with a pedagogical example based on the LTB geometry.
gr-qc/9304039
null
J.J.Halliwell
Quantum-Mechanical Histories and the Uncertainty Principle: I.Information-Theoretic Inequalities
40 pages (revised uncorrupted version), Imperial College Preprint IC 92-93/26
Phys.Rev. D48 (1993) 2739-2752
10.1103/PhysRevD.48.2739
null
gr-qc cond-mat hep-th
null
This paper is generally concerned with understanding how the uncertainty principle arises in formulations of quantum mechanics, such as the decoherent histories approach, whose central goal is the assignment of probabilities to histories. We first consider histories characterized by position or momentum projections at two moments of time. Both exact and approximate (Gaussian) projections are studied. Shannon information is used as a measure of the uncertainty expressed in the probabilities for these histories. We derive a number of inequalities in which the uncertainty principle is expressed as a lower bound on the information of phase space distributions derived from the probabilities for two-time histories. We go on to consider histories characterized by position samplings at $n$ moments of time. We derive a lower bound on the information of the joint probability for $n$ position samplings. Similar bounds are derived for histories characterized by samplings of other variables. All lower bounds on the information of histories have the general form $\ln \left( V_H / V_S \right) $, where $V_H$ is a volume element of history space, which we define, and $V_S$ is the volume of that space probed by the projections. We thus obtain a concise and general form of the uncertainty principle referring directly to the histories description of the system, and making no reference to notions of phase space.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Apr 1993 11:11:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 28 Apr 1993 10:42:05 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Halliwell", "J. J.", "" ] ]
This paper is generally concerned with understanding how the uncertainty principle arises in formulations of quantum mechanics, such as the decoherent histories approach, whose central goal is the assignment of probabilities to histories. We first consider histories characterized by position or momentum projections at two moments of time. Both exact and approximate (Gaussian) projections are studied. Shannon information is used as a measure of the uncertainty expressed in the probabilities for these histories. We derive a number of inequalities in which the uncertainty principle is expressed as a lower bound on the information of phase space distributions derived from the probabilities for two-time histories. We go on to consider histories characterized by position samplings at $n$ moments of time. We derive a lower bound on the information of the joint probability for $n$ position samplings. Similar bounds are derived for histories characterized by samplings of other variables. All lower bounds on the information of histories have the general form $\ln \left( V_H / V_S \right) $, where $V_H$ is a volume element of history space, which we define, and $V_S$ is the volume of that space probed by the projections. We thus obtain a concise and general form of the uncertainty principle referring directly to the histories description of the system, and making no reference to notions of phase space.
0910.5591
Evan Goetz
E. Goetz, P. Kalmus, S. Erickson, R. L. Savage Jr., G. Gonzalez, K. Kawabe, M. Landry, S. Marka, B. O'Reilly, K. Riles, D. Sigg and P. Willems
Precise calibration of LIGO test mass actuators using photon radiation pressure
13 pages, 6 figures, accepted by Classical and Quantum Gravity
Class.Quant.Grav.26:245011,2009
10.1088/0264-9381/26/24/245011
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Precise calibration of kilometer-scale interferometric gravitational wave detectors is crucial for source localization and waveform reconstruction. A technique that uses the radiation pressure of a power-modulated auxiliary laser to induce calibrated displacements of one of the ~10 kg arm cavity mirrors, a so-called photon calibrator, has been demonstrated previously and has recently been implemented on the LIGO detectors. In this article, we discuss the inherent precision and accuracy of the LIGO photon calibrators and several improvements that have been developed to reduce the estimated voice coil actuator calibration uncertainties to less than 2 percent (1-sigma). These improvements include accounting for rotation-induced apparent length variations caused by interferometer and photon calibrator beam centering offsets, absolute laser power measurement using temperature-controlled InGaAs photodetectors mounted on integrating spheres and calibrated by NIST, minimizing errors induced by localized elastic deformation of the mirror surface by using a two-beam configuration with the photon calibrator beams symmetrically displaced about the center of the optic, and simultaneously actuating the test mass with voice coil actuators and the photon calibrator to minimize fluctuations caused by the changing interferometer response. The photon calibrator is able to operate in the most sensitive interferometer configuration, and is expected to become a primary calibration method for future gravitational wave searches.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:33:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-02-23
[ [ "Goetz", "E.", "" ], [ "Kalmus", "P.", "" ], [ "Erickson", "S.", "" ], [ "Savage", "R. L.", "Jr." ], [ "Gonzalez", "G.", "" ], [ "Kawabe", "K.", "" ], [ "Landry", "M.", "" ], [ "Marka", "S.", "" ], [ "O'Reilly", "B.", "" ], [ "Riles", "K.", "" ], [ "Sigg", "D.", "" ], [ "Willems", "P.", "" ] ]
Precise calibration of kilometer-scale interferometric gravitational wave detectors is crucial for source localization and waveform reconstruction. A technique that uses the radiation pressure of a power-modulated auxiliary laser to induce calibrated displacements of one of the ~10 kg arm cavity mirrors, a so-called photon calibrator, has been demonstrated previously and has recently been implemented on the LIGO detectors. In this article, we discuss the inherent precision and accuracy of the LIGO photon calibrators and several improvements that have been developed to reduce the estimated voice coil actuator calibration uncertainties to less than 2 percent (1-sigma). These improvements include accounting for rotation-induced apparent length variations caused by interferometer and photon calibrator beam centering offsets, absolute laser power measurement using temperature-controlled InGaAs photodetectors mounted on integrating spheres and calibrated by NIST, minimizing errors induced by localized elastic deformation of the mirror surface by using a two-beam configuration with the photon calibrator beams symmetrically displaced about the center of the optic, and simultaneously actuating the test mass with voice coil actuators and the photon calibrator to minimize fluctuations caused by the changing interferometer response. The photon calibrator is able to operate in the most sensitive interferometer configuration, and is expected to become a primary calibration method for future gravitational wave searches.
1912.03149
Kirill Bronnikov
K.A. Bronnikov
Comment on "Linear superposition of regular black hole solutions of Einstein nonlinear electrodynamics"
4 pages, no figures
Phys. Rev. D 101, 128501 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.128501
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is argued that in the paper by A.A. Garcia-Diaz and G. Gutierrez-Cano [Phys. Rev. D 100, 064068 (2019)] on nonlinear electrodynamics coupled to general relativity, along with some interesting results and useful observations, many statements are either inaccurate or incomplete. In particular, the authors only consider solutions with an electric charge, whereas their magnetic counterparts have features of equal interest, both similar to and different from those of electric ones. Moreover, it is not mentioned that in electric solutions with a regular center the Lagrangian function $L(f)$ ($f = F_{\mu\nu} F^{\mu\nu}$) cannot have a Maxwell weak-field limit. The observation on superpositions of regular solutions suffers some inaccuracies. The present Comment tries to fill these and other gaps and to provide necessary corrections.
[ { "created": "Fri, 6 Dec 2019 14:28:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-07-01
[ [ "Bronnikov", "K. A.", "" ] ]
It is argued that in the paper by A.A. Garcia-Diaz and G. Gutierrez-Cano [Phys. Rev. D 100, 064068 (2019)] on nonlinear electrodynamics coupled to general relativity, along with some interesting results and useful observations, many statements are either inaccurate or incomplete. In particular, the authors only consider solutions with an electric charge, whereas their magnetic counterparts have features of equal interest, both similar to and different from those of electric ones. Moreover, it is not mentioned that in electric solutions with a regular center the Lagrangian function $L(f)$ ($f = F_{\mu\nu} F^{\mu\nu}$) cannot have a Maxwell weak-field limit. The observation on superpositions of regular solutions suffers some inaccuracies. The present Comment tries to fill these and other gaps and to provide necessary corrections.
gr-qc/0009097
Marcelo Alves
M.Alves (F.U.Rio de Janeiro) and V.B.Bezerra (F.U.Paraiba)
Dilaton Gravity with a Non-minmally Coupled Scalar Field
null
Int.J.Mod.Phys. D9 (2000) 697-704
10.1142/S0218271800000815
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
We discuss the two-dimensional dilaton gravity with a scalar field as the source matter. The coupling between the gravity and the scalar, massless, field is presented in an unusual form. We work out two examples of these couplings and solutions with black-hole behaviour are discussed and compared with those found in the literature.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:58:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Alves", "M.", "", "F.U.Rio de Janeiro" ], [ "Bezerra", "V. B.", "", "F.U.Paraiba" ] ]
We discuss the two-dimensional dilaton gravity with a scalar field as the source matter. The coupling between the gravity and the scalar, massless, field is presented in an unusual form. We work out two examples of these couplings and solutions with black-hole behaviour are discussed and compared with those found in the literature.
1610.07788
Diego Pavon
Jos\'e Pedro Mimoso and Diego Pav\'on
Considerations on the thermal equilibrium between matter and the cosmic horizon
4 pages, two columns, no figures, matches version published in the Physical Review
PRD 94, 103507(2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.103507
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A common feature in the thermodynamic analysis of homogeneous and isotropic world models is the assumption that the temperature of the fluids inside the cosmic horizon (including dark energy) coincides with the temperature of the latter, whether it be either the event or the apparent horizon. We examine up to what extent this assumption may be justified, given that these temperatures evolve under different time-temperature laws. We argue that while radiation cannot reach thermal equilibrium with the horizon, non-relativistic matter may, and dark energy might though only approximately.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:45:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:36:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-11-18
[ [ "Mimoso", "José Pedro", "" ], [ "Pavón", "Diego", "" ] ]
A common feature in the thermodynamic analysis of homogeneous and isotropic world models is the assumption that the temperature of the fluids inside the cosmic horizon (including dark energy) coincides with the temperature of the latter, whether it be either the event or the apparent horizon. We examine up to what extent this assumption may be justified, given that these temperatures evolve under different time-temperature laws. We argue that while radiation cannot reach thermal equilibrium with the horizon, non-relativistic matter may, and dark energy might though only approximately.
1107.0898
Jonathan Luk
Jonathan Luk
On the Local Existence for the Characteristic Initial Value Problem in General Relativity
null
null
null
null
gr-qc math-ph math.AP math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Given a truncated incoming null cone and a truncated outgoing null cone intersecting at a two sphere $S$ with smooth characteristic initial data, a theorem of Rendall shows that the vacuum Einstein equations can be solved in a small neighborhood of $S$ in the future of $S$. We show that in fact the vacuum Einstein equations can be solved in a neighborhood in the future of the cones, as long as the constraint equations are initially satisfied on the null cones. The proof is based on energy type estimates and relies heavily on the null structure of the Einstein equations in the double null foliation.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Jul 2011 15:20:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-07-06
[ [ "Luk", "Jonathan", "" ] ]
Given a truncated incoming null cone and a truncated outgoing null cone intersecting at a two sphere $S$ with smooth characteristic initial data, a theorem of Rendall shows that the vacuum Einstein equations can be solved in a small neighborhood of $S$ in the future of $S$. We show that in fact the vacuum Einstein equations can be solved in a neighborhood in the future of the cones, as long as the constraint equations are initially satisfied on the null cones. The proof is based on energy type estimates and relies heavily on the null structure of the Einstein equations in the double null foliation.
gr-qc/0302061
Kashif Alvi
Kashif Alvi
Note on ingoing coordinates for binary black holes
5 pages, no figures
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 104006
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.104006
null
gr-qc
null
In a previous paper, a binary black hole four-metric was presented in a post-Newtonian corotating coordinate system valid only up to the holes' apparent horizons. In this paper, I define an ingoing coordinate transformation that extends this corotating coordinate system through the holes' horizons and into their interiors. The motivation for using ingoing coordinates is that numerical simulations of black holes require the computational grid to extend inside the horizons. The coordinate transformation presented here makes the binary black hole four-metric suitable as a source of initial data for numerical simulations.
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:40:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Alvi", "Kashif", "" ] ]
In a previous paper, a binary black hole four-metric was presented in a post-Newtonian corotating coordinate system valid only up to the holes' apparent horizons. In this paper, I define an ingoing coordinate transformation that extends this corotating coordinate system through the holes' horizons and into their interiors. The motivation for using ingoing coordinates is that numerical simulations of black holes require the computational grid to extend inside the horizons. The coordinate transformation presented here makes the binary black hole four-metric suitable as a source of initial data for numerical simulations.
1806.09961
Andreas G. A. Pithis
Joseph Ben Geloun and Alexander Kegeles and Andreas G. A. Pithis
Minimizers of the dynamical Boulatov model
closest to published version
Eur. Phys. J. C (2018) 78: 996
10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6483-8
KCL-PH-TH/2018-7
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the Euler-Lagrange equation of the dynamical Boulatov model which is a simplicial model for 3d Euclidean quantum gravity augmented by a Laplace-Beltrami operator. We provide all its solutions on the space of left and right invariant functions that render the interaction of the model an equilateral tetrahedron. Surprisingly, for a non-linear equation of motion, the solution space forms a vector space. This space distinguishes three classes of solutions: saddle points, global and local minima of the action. Our analysis shows that there exists one parameter region of coupling constants for which the action admits degenerate global minima.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:18:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:08:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-12-10
[ [ "Geloun", "Joseph Ben", "" ], [ "Kegeles", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Pithis", "Andreas G. A.", "" ] ]
We study the Euler-Lagrange equation of the dynamical Boulatov model which is a simplicial model for 3d Euclidean quantum gravity augmented by a Laplace-Beltrami operator. We provide all its solutions on the space of left and right invariant functions that render the interaction of the model an equilateral tetrahedron. Surprisingly, for a non-linear equation of motion, the solution space forms a vector space. This space distinguishes three classes of solutions: saddle points, global and local minima of the action. Our analysis shows that there exists one parameter region of coupling constants for which the action admits degenerate global minima.
1904.12670
Wei Dongdong
Dongdong Wei, Xinhe Meng and Bin Wang
Detecting the processes of colliding plane gravitational waves by electromagnetic response signals
9 pages, 25 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we have considered how to detect the processes of plane gravitational waves colliding. The degenerate Ferrari-Ibanez solution describes the collision of plane gravitational waves with aligned linear polarization, and the solution of the interaction region is Schwarzschild-like metric by taking coordinate transformation, which impels us more interesting to detect the process to explore. We have calculated explicitly out the solutions of the electromagnetic field produced by the plane gravitational wave and the colliding region of plane gravitational waves perturbing a weak magnetic field background. The magnitudes are so small that the likelihood of detecting gravitational waves is only just emergence within the range of the most high-level modern apparatus such as the further upgraded aLIGO, but we can judge whether the collision process has occurred or not by measuring the amplitude and waveform of electromagnetic wave properties. Moreover, detecting electromagnetic waves can offer a new method to verify general relativity.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:56:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:57:42 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:30:07 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-09-27
[ [ "Wei", "Dongdong", "" ], [ "Meng", "Xinhe", "" ], [ "Wang", "Bin", "" ] ]
In this paper, we have considered how to detect the processes of plane gravitational waves colliding. The degenerate Ferrari-Ibanez solution describes the collision of plane gravitational waves with aligned linear polarization, and the solution of the interaction region is Schwarzschild-like metric by taking coordinate transformation, which impels us more interesting to detect the process to explore. We have calculated explicitly out the solutions of the electromagnetic field produced by the plane gravitational wave and the colliding region of plane gravitational waves perturbing a weak magnetic field background. The magnitudes are so small that the likelihood of detecting gravitational waves is only just emergence within the range of the most high-level modern apparatus such as the further upgraded aLIGO, but we can judge whether the collision process has occurred or not by measuring the amplitude and waveform of electromagnetic wave properties. Moreover, detecting electromagnetic waves can offer a new method to verify general relativity.
2208.10562
Anzhong Wang
Geeth Ongole, Hongchao Zhang, Tao Zhu, Anzhong Wang and Bin Wang
Dirac observables in the 4-dimensional phase space of Ashtekar's variables and spherically symmetric loop quantum black holes
revetex4-1, 2 tables and 13 figures. To appear in Universe for the Special Issue "Loop Quantum Gravity: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Abhay Ashtekar"
Universe 8 (2022) 543
10.3390/ universe8100543
null
gr-qc math-ph math.MP quant-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this paper, we study a proposal put forward recently by Bodendorfer, Mele and M\"unch and Garc\'\i{}a-Quismondo and Marug\'an, in which the two polymerization parameters of spherically symmetric black hole spacetimes are the Dirac observables of the four-dimensional Ashtekar's variables. In this model, black and white hole horizons in general exist and naturally divide the spacetime into the external and internal regions. In the external region, the spacetime can be made asymptotically flat by properly choosing the dependence of the two polymerization parameters on the Ashtekar variables. Then, we find that the asymptotical behavior of the spacetime is universal, and, to the leading order, the curvature invariants are independent of the mass parameter $m$. For example, the Kretschmann scalar approaches zero as $K \simeq A_0r^{-4}$ asymptotically, where $A_0$ is generally a non-zero constant and independent of $m$, and $r$ the geometric radius of the two-spheres. In the internal region, all the physical quantities are finite, and the Schwarzschild black hole singularity is replaced by a transition surface whose radius is always finite and non-zero. The quantum gravitational effects are negligible near the black hole horizon for very massive black holes. However, the behavior of the spacetime across the transition surface is significantly different from all loop quantum black holes studied so far. In particular, the location of the maximum amplitude of the curvature scalars is displaced from the transition surface and depends on $m$, so does the maximum amplitude. In addition, the radius of the white hole is much smaller than that of the black hole, and its exact value sensitively depends on $m$, too.
[ { "created": "Mon, 22 Aug 2022 19:39:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:38:46 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-10-21
[ [ "Ongole", "Geeth", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Hongchao", "" ], [ "Zhu", "Tao", "" ], [ "Wang", "Anzhong", "" ], [ "Wang", "Bin", "" ] ]
In this paper, we study a proposal put forward recently by Bodendorfer, Mele and M\"unch and Garc\'\i{}a-Quismondo and Marug\'an, in which the two polymerization parameters of spherically symmetric black hole spacetimes are the Dirac observables of the four-dimensional Ashtekar's variables. In this model, black and white hole horizons in general exist and naturally divide the spacetime into the external and internal regions. In the external region, the spacetime can be made asymptotically flat by properly choosing the dependence of the two polymerization parameters on the Ashtekar variables. Then, we find that the asymptotical behavior of the spacetime is universal, and, to the leading order, the curvature invariants are independent of the mass parameter $m$. For example, the Kretschmann scalar approaches zero as $K \simeq A_0r^{-4}$ asymptotically, where $A_0$ is generally a non-zero constant and independent of $m$, and $r$ the geometric radius of the two-spheres. In the internal region, all the physical quantities are finite, and the Schwarzschild black hole singularity is replaced by a transition surface whose radius is always finite and non-zero. The quantum gravitational effects are negligible near the black hole horizon for very massive black holes. However, the behavior of the spacetime across the transition surface is significantly different from all loop quantum black holes studied so far. In particular, the location of the maximum amplitude of the curvature scalars is displaced from the transition surface and depends on $m$, so does the maximum amplitude. In addition, the radius of the white hole is much smaller than that of the black hole, and its exact value sensitively depends on $m$, too.
gr-qc/9210005
Terry Goldman
T. Goldman, J. P\'erez-Mercader, Fred Cooper and Michael Martin Nieto
The Dark Matter Problem in Light of Quantum Gravity
13 pages, LaTeX, (3 figues, not included)
null
10.1016/0370-2693(92)91132-S
LA-UR-92-2642
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph
null
We show how, by considering the cumulative effect of tiny quantum gravitational fluctuations over very large distances, it may be possible to: ($a$) reconcile nucleosynthesis bounds on the density parameter of the Universe with the predictions of inflationary cosmology, and ($b$) reproduce the inferred variation of the density parameter with distance. Our calculation can be interpreted as a computation of the contribution of quantum gravitational degrees of freedom to the (local) energy density of the Universe.
[ { "created": "Thu, 8 Oct 1992 03:47:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Goldman", "T.", "" ], [ "Pérez-Mercader", "J.", "" ], [ "Cooper", "Fred", "" ], [ "Nieto", "Michael Martin", "" ] ]
We show how, by considering the cumulative effect of tiny quantum gravitational fluctuations over very large distances, it may be possible to: ($a$) reconcile nucleosynthesis bounds on the density parameter of the Universe with the predictions of inflationary cosmology, and ($b$) reproduce the inferred variation of the density parameter with distance. Our calculation can be interpreted as a computation of the contribution of quantum gravitational degrees of freedom to the (local) energy density of the Universe.
2204.03093
Etera R. Livine
Qian Chen, Etera R. Livine
Intertwiner Entanglement Excitation and Holonomy Operator
35 pages
null
10.1088/1361-6382/ac90aa
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the loop quantum gravity framework, spin network states carry entanglement between quantum excitations of the geometry at different space points. This intertwiner entanglement is gauge-invariant and comes from quantum superposition of spins and intertwiners. Bipartite entanglement can be interpreted as a witness of distance, while multipartite entanglement reflects the curvature of the quantum geometry. The present work investigates how the bipartite and multipartite intertwiner entanglement changes under the action of the holonomy operator, which is the basic building block of loop quantum gravity's dynamics. We reveal the relation between entanglement excitation and the dispersion of the holonomy operator. This leads to a new interesting connection between bulk geometry and boundary observables via the dynamics of entanglement.
[ { "created": "Wed, 6 Apr 2022 21:15:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-10-19
[ [ "Chen", "Qian", "" ], [ "Livine", "Etera R.", "" ] ]
In the loop quantum gravity framework, spin network states carry entanglement between quantum excitations of the geometry at different space points. This intertwiner entanglement is gauge-invariant and comes from quantum superposition of spins and intertwiners. Bipartite entanglement can be interpreted as a witness of distance, while multipartite entanglement reflects the curvature of the quantum geometry. The present work investigates how the bipartite and multipartite intertwiner entanglement changes under the action of the holonomy operator, which is the basic building block of loop quantum gravity's dynamics. We reveal the relation between entanglement excitation and the dispersion of the holonomy operator. This leads to a new interesting connection between bulk geometry and boundary observables via the dynamics of entanglement.
2312.09622
Alexey Smirnov
Alexey L. Smirnov
The initial data problem for a traversable wormhole with interacting mouths
9 pages, 2 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this study, we consider the time-symmetric initial data problem for GR minimally coupled with a phantom scalar field and a Maxwell field. The main focus is on initial data sets describing two interacting mouths of the same traversable wormhole. These data sets are similar in many respects to the Misner initial data with two black holes.
[ { "created": "Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:04:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-12-18
[ [ "Smirnov", "Alexey L.", "" ] ]
In this study, we consider the time-symmetric initial data problem for GR minimally coupled with a phantom scalar field and a Maxwell field. The main focus is on initial data sets describing two interacting mouths of the same traversable wormhole. These data sets are similar in many respects to the Misner initial data with two black holes.
1611.03096
Florian Hopfm\"uller
Florian Hopfm\"uller, Laurent Freidel
Gravity Degrees of Freedom on a Null Surface
28 pages, 3 figures. Second version with minor edits
Phys. Rev. D 95, 104006 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.104006
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A canonical analysis for general relativity is performed on a null surface without fixing the diffeomorphism gauge, and the canonical pairs of configuration and momentum variables are derived. Next to the well-known spin-2 pair, also spin-1 and spin-0 pairs are identified. The boundary action for a null boundary segment of spacetime is obtained, including terms on codimension two corners.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Nov 2016 21:13:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:29:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-05-17
[ [ "Hopfmüller", "Florian", "" ], [ "Freidel", "Laurent", "" ] ]
A canonical analysis for general relativity is performed on a null surface without fixing the diffeomorphism gauge, and the canonical pairs of configuration and momentum variables are derived. Next to the well-known spin-2 pair, also spin-1 and spin-0 pairs are identified. The boundary action for a null boundary segment of spacetime is obtained, including terms on codimension two corners.
1809.00868
Sanjib Dey
Sumeet Chougule, Sanjib Dey, Behnam Pourhassan, Mir Faizal
BTZ black holes in massive gravity
11 pages
Eur. Phys. J. C (2018) 78:685
10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6172-7
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyze certain aspects of BTZ black holes in massive theory of gravity. The black hole solution is obtained by using the Vainshtein and dRGT mechanism, which is asymptotically AdS with an electric charge. We study the Hawking radiation using the tunneling formalism as well as analyze the black hole chemistry for such system. Subsequently, we use the thermodynamic pressure-volume diagram to explore the efficiency of the Carnot heat engine for this system. Some of the important features arising from our solution include the non-existence of quantum effects, critical Van der Walls behaviour, thermal fluctuations and instabilities. Moreover, our solution violates the Reverse Isoperimetric Inequality and, thus, the black hole is super-entropic, perhaps which turns out to be the most interesting characteristics of the BTZ black hole in massive gravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 Sep 2018 10:05:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-09-05
[ [ "Chougule", "Sumeet", "" ], [ "Dey", "Sanjib", "" ], [ "Pourhassan", "Behnam", "" ], [ "Faizal", "Mir", "" ] ]
We analyze certain aspects of BTZ black holes in massive theory of gravity. The black hole solution is obtained by using the Vainshtein and dRGT mechanism, which is asymptotically AdS with an electric charge. We study the Hawking radiation using the tunneling formalism as well as analyze the black hole chemistry for such system. Subsequently, we use the thermodynamic pressure-volume diagram to explore the efficiency of the Carnot heat engine for this system. Some of the important features arising from our solution include the non-existence of quantum effects, critical Van der Walls behaviour, thermal fluctuations and instabilities. Moreover, our solution violates the Reverse Isoperimetric Inequality and, thus, the black hole is super-entropic, perhaps which turns out to be the most interesting characteristics of the BTZ black hole in massive gravity.
gr-qc/0702039
Matthew Pitkin
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration: B. Abbott, et al, M. Kramer and A. G. Lyne
Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars
21 pages, published in Phys. Rev. D, corrected GEO600 sensitvity curve in Figure 1
Phys.Rev.D76:042001,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042001
LIGO-P060011-05-Z
gr-qc astro-ph
null
We present upper limits on the gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars based on data from the third and fourth science runs of the LIGO and GEO600 gravitational wave detectors. The data from both runs have been combined coherently to maximise sensitivity. For the first time pulsars within binary (or multiple) systems have been included in the search by taking into account the signal modulation due to their orbits. Our upper limits are therefore the first measured for 56 of these pulsars. For the remaining 22, our results improve on previous upper limits by up to a factor of 10. For example, our tightest upper limit on the gravitational strain is 2.6e-25 for PSRJ1603-7202, and the equatorial ellipticity of PSRJ2124-3358 is less than 10^{-6}. Furthermore, our strain upper limit for the Crab pulsar is only 2.2 times greater than the fiducial spin-down limit.
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2008-11-26
[ [ "The LIGO Scientific Collaboration", "", "" ], [ "Abbott", "B.", "" ], [ "Kramer", "M.", "" ], [ "Lyne", "A. G.", "" ] ]
We present upper limits on the gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars based on data from the third and fourth science runs of the LIGO and GEO600 gravitational wave detectors. The data from both runs have been combined coherently to maximise sensitivity. For the first time pulsars within binary (or multiple) systems have been included in the search by taking into account the signal modulation due to their orbits. Our upper limits are therefore the first measured for 56 of these pulsars. For the remaining 22, our results improve on previous upper limits by up to a factor of 10. For example, our tightest upper limit on the gravitational strain is 2.6e-25 for PSRJ1603-7202, and the equatorial ellipticity of PSRJ2124-3358 is less than 10^{-6}. Furthermore, our strain upper limit for the Crab pulsar is only 2.2 times greater than the fiducial spin-down limit.
1404.2684
Shinji Tsujikawa
Shinji Tsujikawa
The effective field theory of inflation/dark energy and the Horndeski theory
39 pages, no figures, lecture note for the 7th Aegean Summer School, Paros, 23-28 September, 2013
Lect.Notes Phys. 892 (2015) 97-136
10.1007/978-3-319-10070-8_4
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The effective field theory (EFT) of cosmological perturbations is a useful framework to deal with the low-energy degrees of freedom present for inflation and dark energy. We review the EFT for modified gravitational theories by starting from the most general action in unitary gauge that involves the lapse function and the three-dimensional geometric scalar quantities appearing in the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) formalism. Expanding the action up to quadratic order in the perturbations and imposing conditions for the elimination of spatial derivatives higher than second order, we obtain the Lagrangian of curvature perturbations and gravitational waves with a single scalar degree of freedom. The resulting second-order Lagrangian is exploited for computing the scalar and tensor power spectra generated during inflation. We also show that the most general scalar-tensor theory with second-order equations of motion-Horndeski theory-belongs to the action of our general EFT framework and that the background equations of motion in Horndeski theory can be conveniently expressed in terms of three EFT parameters. Finally we study the equations of matter density perturbations and the effective gravitational coupling for dark energy models based on Horndeski theory, to confront the models with the observations of large-scale structures and weak lensing.
[ { "created": "Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:56:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Sep 2014 05:27:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-13
[ [ "Tsujikawa", "Shinji", "" ] ]
The effective field theory (EFT) of cosmological perturbations is a useful framework to deal with the low-energy degrees of freedom present for inflation and dark energy. We review the EFT for modified gravitational theories by starting from the most general action in unitary gauge that involves the lapse function and the three-dimensional geometric scalar quantities appearing in the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) formalism. Expanding the action up to quadratic order in the perturbations and imposing conditions for the elimination of spatial derivatives higher than second order, we obtain the Lagrangian of curvature perturbations and gravitational waves with a single scalar degree of freedom. The resulting second-order Lagrangian is exploited for computing the scalar and tensor power spectra generated during inflation. We also show that the most general scalar-tensor theory with second-order equations of motion-Horndeski theory-belongs to the action of our general EFT framework and that the background equations of motion in Horndeski theory can be conveniently expressed in terms of three EFT parameters. Finally we study the equations of matter density perturbations and the effective gravitational coupling for dark energy models based on Horndeski theory, to confront the models with the observations of large-scale structures and weak lensing.
1602.03460
Antoine Folacci
Yves D\'ecanini, Antoine Folacci and Mohamed Ould El Hadj
Waveforms in massive gravity and neutralization of giant black hole ringings
v1:We complete our work on resonant excitation of BHs in massive gravity (see arXiv:1401.0321[gr-qc] and arXiv:1402.2481[gr-qc]) and discuss more particularly the observability of giant ringings. v2:With additional remarks concerning waveforms corresponding to the weak instability regime. (To appear in PRD). v3:Close to the published version
Phys. Rev. D 93, 124027 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.124027
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A distorted black hole radiates gravitational waves in order to settle down in a smoother geometry. During that relaxation phase, a characteristic damped ringing is generated. It can be theoretically constructed from both the black hole quasinormal frequencies (which govern its oscillating behavior and its decay) and the associated excitation factors (which determine intrinsically its amplitude) by carefully taking into account the source of the distortion. In the framework of massive gravity, the excitation factors of the Schwarzschild black hole have an unexpected strong resonant behavior which, theoretically, could lead to giant and slowly decaying ringings. If massive gravity is relevant to physics, one can hope to observe these extraordinary ringings by using the next generations of gravitational wave detectors. Indeed, they could be generated by supermassive black holes if the graviton mass is not too small. In fact, by focusing on the odd-parity $\ell=1$ mode of the Fierz-Pauli field, we shall show here that such ringings are neutralized in waveforms due to (i) the excitation of the quasibound states of the black hole and (ii) the evanescent nature of the particular partial modes which could excite the concerned quasinormal modes. Despite this, with observational consequences in mind, it is interesting to note that the waveform amplitude is nevertheless rather pronounced and slowly decaying (this effect is now due to the long-lived quasibound states). It is worth noting also that, for very low values of the graviton mass (corresponding to the weak instability regime for the black hole), the waveform is now very clean and dominated by an ordinary ringing which could be used as a signature of massive gravity.
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2016-06-22
[ [ "Décanini", "Yves", "" ], [ "Folacci", "Antoine", "" ], [ "Hadj", "Mohamed Ould El", "" ] ]
A distorted black hole radiates gravitational waves in order to settle down in a smoother geometry. During that relaxation phase, a characteristic damped ringing is generated. It can be theoretically constructed from both the black hole quasinormal frequencies (which govern its oscillating behavior and its decay) and the associated excitation factors (which determine intrinsically its amplitude) by carefully taking into account the source of the distortion. In the framework of massive gravity, the excitation factors of the Schwarzschild black hole have an unexpected strong resonant behavior which, theoretically, could lead to giant and slowly decaying ringings. If massive gravity is relevant to physics, one can hope to observe these extraordinary ringings by using the next generations of gravitational wave detectors. Indeed, they could be generated by supermassive black holes if the graviton mass is not too small. In fact, by focusing on the odd-parity $\ell=1$ mode of the Fierz-Pauli field, we shall show here that such ringings are neutralized in waveforms due to (i) the excitation of the quasibound states of the black hole and (ii) the evanescent nature of the particular partial modes which could excite the concerned quasinormal modes. Despite this, with observational consequences in mind, it is interesting to note that the waveform amplitude is nevertheless rather pronounced and slowly decaying (this effect is now due to the long-lived quasibound states). It is worth noting also that, for very low values of the graviton mass (corresponding to the weak instability regime for the black hole), the waveform is now very clean and dominated by an ordinary ringing which could be used as a signature of massive gravity.
1703.01521
Thilina Shihan Weerathunga
Thilina S. Weerathunga, Soumya D. Mohanty
Performance of Particle Swarm Optimization on the fully-coherent all-sky search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences
14 pages, 8 figures, Corrected typos, Eq. 40 has been corrected
Phys. Rev. D 95, 124030 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.124030
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Fully-coherent all-sky search for gravitational wave (GW) signals from the coalescence of compact object binaries is a computationally expensive task. Approximations, such as semi-coherent coincidence searches, are currently used to circumvent the computational barrier with a concomitant loss in sensitivity. We explore the effectiveness of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) in addressing this problem. Our results, using a simulated network of detectors with initial LIGO design sensitivities and a realistic signal strength, show that PSO can successfully deliver a fully-coherent all-sky search with < 1/10 the number of likelihood evaluations needed for a grid-based search.
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2017-06-21
[ [ "Weerathunga", "Thilina S.", "" ], [ "Mohanty", "Soumya D.", "" ] ]
Fully-coherent all-sky search for gravitational wave (GW) signals from the coalescence of compact object binaries is a computationally expensive task. Approximations, such as semi-coherent coincidence searches, are currently used to circumvent the computational barrier with a concomitant loss in sensitivity. We explore the effectiveness of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) in addressing this problem. Our results, using a simulated network of detectors with initial LIGO design sensitivities and a realistic signal strength, show that PSO can successfully deliver a fully-coherent all-sky search with < 1/10 the number of likelihood evaluations needed for a grid-based search.
0801.2134
Bahram Mashhoon
Bahram Mashhoon
Spin-Gravity Coupling
10 pages, invited paper presented at the Mathisson Conference (17-20 October 2007, Warsaw, Poland), to appear in Acta Phys. Pol. B
Acta Phys.Polon.Supp.1:113-122,2008
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
null
Mathisson's spin-gravity coupling and its Larmor-equivalent interaction, namely, the spin-rotation coupling are discussed. The study of the latter leads to a critical examination of the basic role of locality in relativistic physics. The nonlocal theory of accelerated systems is outlined and some of its implications are described.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:59:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-02-10
[ [ "Mashhoon", "Bahram", "" ] ]
Mathisson's spin-gravity coupling and its Larmor-equivalent interaction, namely, the spin-rotation coupling are discussed. The study of the latter leads to a critical examination of the basic role of locality in relativistic physics. The nonlocal theory of accelerated systems is outlined and some of its implications are described.
2304.10422
Bing Tang
Jiayu Xie, Jie Wang, Bing Tang
Circular motion and chaos bound of a charged particle near charged 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-AdS black holes
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the circular motion and chaos bound of a charged particle near 4D charged AdS black holes in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory. By means of the Jacobian matrix, the analytical form of the Lyapunov exponent of the charged particle is constructed, which satisfies the upper bound when it is on the event horizon. By further expanding the Lyapunov exponent near the horizon and investigating a 4D charged Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-AdS black hole with different Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant, we find that it has some specific values to determine whether a violation of chaos bound. Besides, we find that in contrast to the static equilibrium, the circular motion of charged particle can have a larger Lyapunov exponent due to the existence of angular momentum. Moreover, we show that the black hole gets closer to the extremal state as the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant increases, and the bound is more easily violated. In addition, the range of particle charge that may violate the chaotic bound are found for different Gauss-Bonnet coupling constants. The results show that as the GB coupling parameter increases, the value of particle charge required to satisfy the violation of the chaos bound is even smaller.
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2023-06-16
[ [ "Xie", "Jiayu", "" ], [ "Wang", "Jie", "" ], [ "Tang", "Bing", "" ] ]
We investigate the circular motion and chaos bound of a charged particle near 4D charged AdS black holes in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory. By means of the Jacobian matrix, the analytical form of the Lyapunov exponent of the charged particle is constructed, which satisfies the upper bound when it is on the event horizon. By further expanding the Lyapunov exponent near the horizon and investigating a 4D charged Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-AdS black hole with different Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant, we find that it has some specific values to determine whether a violation of chaos bound. Besides, we find that in contrast to the static equilibrium, the circular motion of charged particle can have a larger Lyapunov exponent due to the existence of angular momentum. Moreover, we show that the black hole gets closer to the extremal state as the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant increases, and the bound is more easily violated. In addition, the range of particle charge that may violate the chaotic bound are found for different Gauss-Bonnet coupling constants. The results show that as the GB coupling parameter increases, the value of particle charge required to satisfy the violation of the chaos bound is even smaller.
1604.07306
Lavinia Heisenberg
Lavinia Heisenberg and Alexandre Refregier
Cosmology in massive gravity with effective composite metric
31 pages, 6 figures
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2016/09/020
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This paper is dedicated to scrutinizing the cosmology in massive gravity. A matter field of the dark sector is coupled to an effective composite metric while a standard matter field couples to the dynamical metric in the usual way. For this purpose, we study the dynamical system of cosmological solutions by using phase analysis, which provides an overview of the class of cosmological solutions in this setup. This also permits us to study the critical points of the cosmological equations together with their stability. We show the presence of stable attractor de Sitter critical points relevant to the late-time cosmic acceleration. Furthermore, we study the tensor, vector and scalar perturbations in the presence of standard matter fields and obtain the conditions for the absence of ghost and gradient instabilities. Hence, massive gravity in the presence of the effective composite metric can accommodate interesting dark energy phenomenology, that can be observationally distinguished from the standard model according to the expansion history and cosmic growth.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:16:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-09-21
[ [ "Heisenberg", "Lavinia", "" ], [ "Refregier", "Alexandre", "" ] ]
This paper is dedicated to scrutinizing the cosmology in massive gravity. A matter field of the dark sector is coupled to an effective composite metric while a standard matter field couples to the dynamical metric in the usual way. For this purpose, we study the dynamical system of cosmological solutions by using phase analysis, which provides an overview of the class of cosmological solutions in this setup. This also permits us to study the critical points of the cosmological equations together with their stability. We show the presence of stable attractor de Sitter critical points relevant to the late-time cosmic acceleration. Furthermore, we study the tensor, vector and scalar perturbations in the presence of standard matter fields and obtain the conditions for the absence of ghost and gradient instabilities. Hence, massive gravity in the presence of the effective composite metric can accommodate interesting dark energy phenomenology, that can be observationally distinguished from the standard model according to the expansion history and cosmic growth.
1205.6751
W. G. Unruh
W. G. Unruh
Irrotational, two-dimensional Surface waves in fluids
14 pages. To appear in Analog Gravity-- Proceedings of the Como Summer School 2011 ed D. Faccio et al, Springer-Velag
null
10.1007/978-3-319-00266-8_4
null
gr-qc physics.flu-dyn
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The equations for waves on the surface of an irrotational incompressible fluid are derived in the coordinates of the velocity potential/stream function. The low frequency shallow water approximation for these waves is derived for a varying bottom topography. Most importantly, the conserved norm for the surface waves is derived, important for quantisation of these waves and their use in analog models for black holes.
[ { "created": "Wed, 30 May 2012 16:49:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-05
[ [ "Unruh", "W. G.", "" ] ]
The equations for waves on the surface of an irrotational incompressible fluid are derived in the coordinates of the velocity potential/stream function. The low frequency shallow water approximation for these waves is derived for a varying bottom topography. Most importantly, the conserved norm for the surface waves is derived, important for quantisation of these waves and their use in analog models for black holes.
1304.1899
Christian Corda Prof.
Christian Corda
Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation for Black Hole Evaporation: no Information Loss
18 pages, definitive version accepted for publication in Annals of Physics. Comments are welcome. The results in arXiv:1210.7747 have been partially reviewed. Dedicated to the memory of the latter IFM Secretary Franco Pettini
Ann. Phys. 353, 71 (2015)
10.1016/j.aop.2014.11.002
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In 1976 S. Hawking claimed that "Because part of the information about the state of the system is lost down the hole, the final situation is represented by a density matrix rather than a pure quantum state" (Verbatim from ref. 2). This was the starting point of the popular "black hole (BH) information paradox". In a series of papers, together with collaborators, we naturally interpreted BH quasi-normal modes (QNMs) in terms of quantum levels discussing a model of excited BH somewhat similar to the historical semi-classical Bohr model of the structure of a hydrogen atom. Here we explicitly write down, for the same model, a time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for the system composed by Hawking radiation and BH QNMs. The physical state and the correspondent wave function are written in terms of an unitary evolution matrix instead of a density matrix. Thus, the final state results to be a pure quantum state instead of a mixed one. Hence, Hawking's claim is falsified because BHs result to be well defined quantum mechanical systems, having ordered, discrete quantum spectra, which respect 't Hooft's assumption that Schr\"oedinger equations can be used universally for all dynamics in the universe. As a consequence, information comes out in BH evaporation in terms of pure states in an unitary time dependent evolution. In Section 4 of this paper we show that the present approach permits also to solve the entanglement problem connected with the information paradox.
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2014-12-04
[ [ "Corda", "Christian", "" ] ]
In 1976 S. Hawking claimed that "Because part of the information about the state of the system is lost down the hole, the final situation is represented by a density matrix rather than a pure quantum state" (Verbatim from ref. 2). This was the starting point of the popular "black hole (BH) information paradox". In a series of papers, together with collaborators, we naturally interpreted BH quasi-normal modes (QNMs) in terms of quantum levels discussing a model of excited BH somewhat similar to the historical semi-classical Bohr model of the structure of a hydrogen atom. Here we explicitly write down, for the same model, a time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for the system composed by Hawking radiation and BH QNMs. The physical state and the correspondent wave function are written in terms of an unitary evolution matrix instead of a density matrix. Thus, the final state results to be a pure quantum state instead of a mixed one. Hence, Hawking's claim is falsified because BHs result to be well defined quantum mechanical systems, having ordered, discrete quantum spectra, which respect 't Hooft's assumption that Schr\"oedinger equations can be used universally for all dynamics in the universe. As a consequence, information comes out in BH evaporation in terms of pure states in an unitary time dependent evolution. In Section 4 of this paper we show that the present approach permits also to solve the entanglement problem connected with the information paradox.
gr-qc/9806053
Alex Kaganovich
E.I.Guendelman and A.B.Kaganovich
Dominance of a Dynamical Measure and Disappearance of the Cosmological Constant
10 pages
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We consider an action which consists of two terms: the first S_{1}=\int L_{1}\Phi d^{4}x and the second S_{2}=\int L_{2}\sqrt{-g}d^{4}x where \Phi is a measure which has to be determined dynamically. S_{1} satisfies the requirement that the transformation L_{1}\to L_{1}+const does not effect equations of motion. In the first order formalism, a constraint appears which allows to solve \chi =\Phi/\sqrt{-g}. Then, in a true vacuum state (TVS), \chi\to\infty and in the conformal Einstein frame no singularities are present, the energy density of TVS is zero without fine tuning of any scalar potential in S_{1} or S_{2}. When considering only a linear potential for a scalar field \phi in S_{1}, the continuous symmetry \phi\to\phi+const is respected. Surprisingly, in this case SSB takes place while no massless ("Goldstone") boson appears.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:45:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Guendelman", "E. I.", "" ], [ "Kaganovich", "A. B.", "" ] ]
We consider an action which consists of two terms: the first S_{1}=\int L_{1}\Phi d^{4}x and the second S_{2}=\int L_{2}\sqrt{-g}d^{4}x where \Phi is a measure which has to be determined dynamically. S_{1} satisfies the requirement that the transformation L_{1}\to L_{1}+const does not effect equations of motion. In the first order formalism, a constraint appears which allows to solve \chi =\Phi/\sqrt{-g}. Then, in a true vacuum state (TVS), \chi\to\infty and in the conformal Einstein frame no singularities are present, the energy density of TVS is zero without fine tuning of any scalar potential in S_{1} or S_{2}. When considering only a linear potential for a scalar field \phi in S_{1}, the continuous symmetry \phi\to\phi+const is respected. Surprisingly, in this case SSB takes place while no massless ("Goldstone") boson appears.
1710.06605
Mohammad Vahid Takook
M. V. Takook
Linear Gravity in de Sitter universe
13 pages,
Iranian Physical Journal, 3-1, 1-8 (2009)
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We give in this paper an explicit construction of the covariant quantization of the rank-two massless tensor field on de Sitter space (linear covariant quantum gravity on a de Sitter background). The main ingredient of the construction is an indecomposable representation of de Sitter group. We here make the choice of a specific simple gauge fixing. We show that our gauge fixing eliminates any infrared divergence in the two-point function for the traceless part of this field. But it is not possible to do the same for the pure trace part (conformal sector). We describe the related Krein space structure and covariant field operators. This work is in the continuation of our previous ones concerning the massless minimally coupled scalar fields and the massive tensor field on de Sitter.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:40:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-10-19
[ [ "Takook", "M. V.", "" ] ]
We give in this paper an explicit construction of the covariant quantization of the rank-two massless tensor field on de Sitter space (linear covariant quantum gravity on a de Sitter background). The main ingredient of the construction is an indecomposable representation of de Sitter group. We here make the choice of a specific simple gauge fixing. We show that our gauge fixing eliminates any infrared divergence in the two-point function for the traceless part of this field. But it is not possible to do the same for the pure trace part (conformal sector). We describe the related Krein space structure and covariant field operators. This work is in the continuation of our previous ones concerning the massless minimally coupled scalar fields and the massive tensor field on de Sitter.
1607.03505
Farook Rahaman
I. Radinschi, Farook Rahaman, Th. Grammenos, Sayeedul Islam
Einstein and M{\o}ller energy-momentum complexes for a new regular black hole solution with a nonlinear electrodynamics source
New figures and minor changes. Accepted in Adv.High.Ener.Phys
null
10.1155/2016/904930
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A study about the energy and momentum distributions of a new charged regular black hole solution with a nonlinear electrodynamics source is presented. The energy and momentum are calculated using the Einstein and M{\o}ller energy-momentum complexes. The results show that in both pseudotensorial prescriptions the expressions for the energy of the gravitational background depend on the mass $M$ and the charge $q$ of the black hole, an additional factor $\beta $ coming from the spacetime metric considered, and the radial coordinate $r$, while in both prescriptions all the momenta vanish. Further, it is pointed out that in some limiting and particular cases the two complexes yield the same expression for the energy distribution as that obtained in the relevant literature for the Schwarzschild black hole solution.
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2017-04-26
[ [ "Radinschi", "I.", "" ], [ "Rahaman", "Farook", "" ], [ "Grammenos", "Th.", "" ], [ "Islam", "Sayeedul", "" ] ]
A study about the energy and momentum distributions of a new charged regular black hole solution with a nonlinear electrodynamics source is presented. The energy and momentum are calculated using the Einstein and M{\o}ller energy-momentum complexes. The results show that in both pseudotensorial prescriptions the expressions for the energy of the gravitational background depend on the mass $M$ and the charge $q$ of the black hole, an additional factor $\beta $ coming from the spacetime metric considered, and the radial coordinate $r$, while in both prescriptions all the momenta vanish. Further, it is pointed out that in some limiting and particular cases the two complexes yield the same expression for the energy distribution as that obtained in the relevant literature for the Schwarzschild black hole solution.
1103.0783
Ghazal Geshnizjani
Jose Tomas Galvez Ghersi, Ghazal Geshnizjani, Federico Piazza, Sarah Shandera
Eternal inflation and a thermodynamic treatment of Einstein's equations
1 figure, matches the published version in JCAP
JCAP 1106:005,2011
10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/005
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In pursuing the intriguing resemblance of the Einstein equations to thermodynamic equations, most sharply seen in systems possessing horizons, we suggest that eternal inflation of the stochastic type may be a fruitful phenomenon to explore. We develop a thermodynamic first law for quasi-de Sitter space, valid on the horizon of a single observer's Hubble patch and explore consistancy with previous proposals for horizons of various types in dynamic and static situations. We use this framework to demonstrate that for the local observer fluctuations of the type necessary for stochastic eternal inflation fall within the regime where the thermodynamic approach is believed to apply. This scenario is interesting because of suggestive parallels to black hole evaporation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:04:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:46:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-10-03
[ [ "Ghersi", "Jose Tomas Galvez", "" ], [ "Geshnizjani", "Ghazal", "" ], [ "Piazza", "Federico", "" ], [ "Shandera", "Sarah", "" ] ]
In pursuing the intriguing resemblance of the Einstein equations to thermodynamic equations, most sharply seen in systems possessing horizons, we suggest that eternal inflation of the stochastic type may be a fruitful phenomenon to explore. We develop a thermodynamic first law for quasi-de Sitter space, valid on the horizon of a single observer's Hubble patch and explore consistancy with previous proposals for horizons of various types in dynamic and static situations. We use this framework to demonstrate that for the local observer fluctuations of the type necessary for stochastic eternal inflation fall within the regime where the thermodynamic approach is believed to apply. This scenario is interesting because of suggestive parallels to black hole evaporation.
0811.0299
Mikhail Smolyakov
Mikhail N. Smolyakov
Submanifolds in space-time with unphysical extra dimensions, cosmology and warped brane world models
4 pages, LaTeX, equations (19) and (20) corrected
Class.Quant.Grav.25:238003,2008; Erratum-ibid.27:109801,2010
10.1088/0264-9381/25/23/238003 10.1088/0264-9381/27/10/109801
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The explicit coordinate transformations which show the equivalence between a four-dimensional spatially flat cosmology and an appropriate submanifold in the flat five-dimensional Minkowski space-time are presented. Analogous procedure is made for the case of five-dimensional warped brane world models. Several examples are presented.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:59:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:46:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-04-29
[ [ "Smolyakov", "Mikhail N.", "" ] ]
The explicit coordinate transformations which show the equivalence between a four-dimensional spatially flat cosmology and an appropriate submanifold in the flat five-dimensional Minkowski space-time are presented. Analogous procedure is made for the case of five-dimensional warped brane world models. Several examples are presented.
1805.08644
Cong Zhang
Cong Zhang, Jerzy Lewandowski, Yongge Ma
Towards the self-adjointness of a Hamiltonian operator in loop quantum gravity
null
Phys. Rev. D 98, 086014 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.086014
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Although the physical Hamiltonian operator can be constructed in the deparameterized model of loop quantum gravity coupled to a scalar field, its property is still unknown. This open issue is attacked in this paper by considering an operator $\hat{H}_v$ representing the square of the physical Hamiltonian operator acting nontrivially on two-valent spin networks. The Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_v$ preserved by the graphing changing operator $\hat{H}_v$ is consist of spin networks with a single two-valent non-degenerate vertex. The matrix element of $\hat{H}_v$ are explicitly worked out in a suitable basis. It turns out that the operator $\hat{H}_v$ is essentially self-adjoint, which implies a well-defined physical Hamiltonian operator in $\mathcal{H}_v$ for the deparameterized model.
[ { "created": "Tue, 22 May 2018 14:49:40 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 23 May 2018 07:32:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:21:32 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 5 Jun 2019 14:26:30 GMT", "version": "v4" }, { "created": "Sun, 15 Dec 2019 14:59:48 GMT", "version": "v5" } ]
2019-12-17
[ [ "Zhang", "Cong", "" ], [ "Lewandowski", "Jerzy", "" ], [ "Ma", "Yongge", "" ] ]
Although the physical Hamiltonian operator can be constructed in the deparameterized model of loop quantum gravity coupled to a scalar field, its property is still unknown. This open issue is attacked in this paper by considering an operator $\hat{H}_v$ representing the square of the physical Hamiltonian operator acting nontrivially on two-valent spin networks. The Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_v$ preserved by the graphing changing operator $\hat{H}_v$ is consist of spin networks with a single two-valent non-degenerate vertex. The matrix element of $\hat{H}_v$ are explicitly worked out in a suitable basis. It turns out that the operator $\hat{H}_v$ is essentially self-adjoint, which implies a well-defined physical Hamiltonian operator in $\mathcal{H}_v$ for the deparameterized model.
1109.5821
Luca Fabbri
Stefano Vignolo, Luca Fabbri
Spin fluids in Bianchi-I f(R)-cosmology with torsion
18 pages
Int. J. Geom. Meth. Mod. Phys. 9, 1250054 (2012)
10.1142/S0219887812500545
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study Weyssenhoff spin fluids in Bianchi type-I cosmological models, within the framework of torsional f(R)-gravity; the resulting field equations are derived and discussed in both Jordan and Einstein frames, clarifying the role played by the spin and the non-linearity of the gravitational Lagrangian f(R) in generating the torsional dynamical contributions. The general conservation laws holding for f(R)-gravity with torsion are employed to provide the conditions needed to ensure the preservation of the Hamiltonian constraint and the consequent correct formulation of the associated initial value problem. Examples are eventually given.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:48:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:49:05 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2012-08-01
[ [ "Vignolo", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Fabbri", "Luca", "" ] ]
We study Weyssenhoff spin fluids in Bianchi type-I cosmological models, within the framework of torsional f(R)-gravity; the resulting field equations are derived and discussed in both Jordan and Einstein frames, clarifying the role played by the spin and the non-linearity of the gravitational Lagrangian f(R) in generating the torsional dynamical contributions. The general conservation laws holding for f(R)-gravity with torsion are employed to provide the conditions needed to ensure the preservation of the Hamiltonian constraint and the consequent correct formulation of the associated initial value problem. Examples are eventually given.
2311.08344
Ernesto Contreras
A. Rueda, E. Contreras
Geodesic analysis and steady accretion on a traversable wormhole
null
Annals of Physics 459, 169540 (2023)
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work, we analyze the behavior of light and matter as they pass near and through a traversable wormhole. In particular, we study the trajectories of massive and massless particles and the dust accretion around a traversable wormhole previously reported in Eur. Phys. J. C \textbf{82} (2022) no.7, 605. For massive particles, we integrate the trajectory equation for ingoing and outgoing geodesics and classify the orbits of particles scattered by the wormhole in accordance with their asymptotic behavior far from the throat. We represent all the time--like trajectories in an embedding surface where it is shown explicitly the trajectories of i) particles that deviate from the throat and remain in the same universe, ii) particles that traverse the wormhole to another universe, and iii) particles that get trapped in the wormhole in unstable circular orbits. For the massless particles, we numerically integrate the trajectory equation to show the ray-tracing around the wormhole specifying the particles that traverse the wormhole and those that are only deviated by the throat. For the study of accretion, we consider the steady and spherically symmetric accretion of dust. Our results show that the wormhole parameters can significantly affect the behavior of light and matter near the wormhole. Some comparisons with the behavior of matter around black holes are made.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:40:57 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-11-15
[ [ "Rueda", "A.", "" ], [ "Contreras", "E.", "" ] ]
In this work, we analyze the behavior of light and matter as they pass near and through a traversable wormhole. In particular, we study the trajectories of massive and massless particles and the dust accretion around a traversable wormhole previously reported in Eur. Phys. J. C \textbf{82} (2022) no.7, 605. For massive particles, we integrate the trajectory equation for ingoing and outgoing geodesics and classify the orbits of particles scattered by the wormhole in accordance with their asymptotic behavior far from the throat. We represent all the time--like trajectories in an embedding surface where it is shown explicitly the trajectories of i) particles that deviate from the throat and remain in the same universe, ii) particles that traverse the wormhole to another universe, and iii) particles that get trapped in the wormhole in unstable circular orbits. For the massless particles, we numerically integrate the trajectory equation to show the ray-tracing around the wormhole specifying the particles that traverse the wormhole and those that are only deviated by the throat. For the study of accretion, we consider the steady and spherically symmetric accretion of dust. Our results show that the wormhole parameters can significantly affect the behavior of light and matter near the wormhole. Some comparisons with the behavior of matter around black holes are made.
2310.16799
Andrew Laeuger
Andrew Laeuger, Brian Seymour, Yanbei Chen, Hang Yu
Measuring Supermassive Black Hole Properties via Gravitational Radiation from Eccentrically Orbiting Stellar Mass Black Hole Binaries
12 pages (main text excluding references and appendices), 11 figures, submitted to PRD
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
There may exist stellar-mass binary black holes (BBH) which merge while orbiting nearby a supermassive black hole (SMBH). In such a triple system, the SMBH will modulate the gravitational waveform of the BBH through orbital Doppler shift and de Sitter precession of the angular momentum. Future space-based GW observatories focused on the milli- and decihertz band will be uniquely poised to observe these waveform modulations, as the GW frequency from stellar-mass BBHs varies slowly in this band while modulation effects accumulate. In this work, we apply the Fisher information matrix formalism to estimate how well space-borne GW detectors can measure properties of BBH+SMBH hierarchical triples using the GW from orbiting BBH. We extend previous work by considering the more realistic case of an eccentric orbit around the SMBH, and notably include the effects of orbital pericenter precession. We find that for detector concepts such as LISA, B-DECIGO, and TianGO, we can extract the SMBH mass and semimajor axis of the orbit with a fractional uncertainty below the 0.1% level over a wide range of triple system parameters. Furthermore, we find that the effects of pericenter precession and orbital eccentricity significantly improve our ability to measure this system. We also find that while LISA could measure these systems, the decihertz detector concepts B-DECIGO and TianGO would enable better sensitivity to the triple's parameters.
[ { "created": "Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:29:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-10-26
[ [ "Laeuger", "Andrew", "" ], [ "Seymour", "Brian", "" ], [ "Chen", "Yanbei", "" ], [ "Yu", "Hang", "" ] ]
There may exist stellar-mass binary black holes (BBH) which merge while orbiting nearby a supermassive black hole (SMBH). In such a triple system, the SMBH will modulate the gravitational waveform of the BBH through orbital Doppler shift and de Sitter precession of the angular momentum. Future space-based GW observatories focused on the milli- and decihertz band will be uniquely poised to observe these waveform modulations, as the GW frequency from stellar-mass BBHs varies slowly in this band while modulation effects accumulate. In this work, we apply the Fisher information matrix formalism to estimate how well space-borne GW detectors can measure properties of BBH+SMBH hierarchical triples using the GW from orbiting BBH. We extend previous work by considering the more realistic case of an eccentric orbit around the SMBH, and notably include the effects of orbital pericenter precession. We find that for detector concepts such as LISA, B-DECIGO, and TianGO, we can extract the SMBH mass and semimajor axis of the orbit with a fractional uncertainty below the 0.1% level over a wide range of triple system parameters. Furthermore, we find that the effects of pericenter precession and orbital eccentricity significantly improve our ability to measure this system. We also find that while LISA could measure these systems, the decihertz detector concepts B-DECIGO and TianGO would enable better sensitivity to the triple's parameters.
1307.7859
Amalaya Khurshudyan
Martiros Khurshudyan and Amalya Khurshudyan
Interacting varying Ghost Dark energy models in General Relativity
null
null
10.1007/s10509-015-2341-4
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Motivated by recent developments in Cosmology we would like to consider an extension of the Ghost DE which we will call as varying Ghost DE. Ghost DE like other models was introduced recently as a possible way to explain accelerated expansion of the Universe. For the phenomenological origin of the varying Ghost dark energy in our Universe we can suggest an existence of some unknown dynamics between the Ghost Dark energy and a fluid which evaporated completely making sense of the proposed effect. Moreover, we assume that this was in the epochs and scales which are unreachable by nowadays experiments, like in very early Universe. In this study we will investigate the model for cosmological validity. We will apply observational and causality constraints to illuminate physically correct behavior of the model from the phenomenological one. We saw that an interaction between the varying Ghost DE and cold DM~(CDM) also provides a solution to the cosmological coincidence problem. And we found that the Ghost DE behaves as a matter like fluid in early Universe.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:01:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 4 Nov 2014 11:27:05 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-07-28
[ [ "Khurshudyan", "Martiros", "" ], [ "Khurshudyan", "Amalya", "" ] ]
Motivated by recent developments in Cosmology we would like to consider an extension of the Ghost DE which we will call as varying Ghost DE. Ghost DE like other models was introduced recently as a possible way to explain accelerated expansion of the Universe. For the phenomenological origin of the varying Ghost dark energy in our Universe we can suggest an existence of some unknown dynamics between the Ghost Dark energy and a fluid which evaporated completely making sense of the proposed effect. Moreover, we assume that this was in the epochs and scales which are unreachable by nowadays experiments, like in very early Universe. In this study we will investigate the model for cosmological validity. We will apply observational and causality constraints to illuminate physically correct behavior of the model from the phenomenological one. We saw that an interaction between the varying Ghost DE and cold DM~(CDM) also provides a solution to the cosmological coincidence problem. And we found that the Ghost DE behaves as a matter like fluid in early Universe.
1111.5558
Gonzalo Olmo
Gonzalo J. Olmo
Palatini approach to bouncing cosmologies and DSR-like effects
4 pages. Proceedings of Loops'11, Madrid. To appear in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
null
10.1088/1742-6596/360/1/012034
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is shown that a quadratic gravitational Lagrangian in the Palatini formulation is able to capture different aspects of quantum gravity phenomenology in a single framework. In particular, in this theory field excitations propagating with different energy-densities perceive different background metrics, a fundamental characteristic of the DSR and Rainbow Gravity approaches. This theory, however, avoids the so-called soccer ball problem. Also, the resulting isotropic and anisotropic cosmologies are free from the big bang singularity. This singularity avoidance occurs non-perturbatively and shares some similitudes with the effective dynamics of loop quantum cosmology.
[ { "created": "Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:14:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-03
[ [ "Olmo", "Gonzalo J.", "" ] ]
It is shown that a quadratic gravitational Lagrangian in the Palatini formulation is able to capture different aspects of quantum gravity phenomenology in a single framework. In particular, in this theory field excitations propagating with different energy-densities perceive different background metrics, a fundamental characteristic of the DSR and Rainbow Gravity approaches. This theory, however, avoids the so-called soccer ball problem. Also, the resulting isotropic and anisotropic cosmologies are free from the big bang singularity. This singularity avoidance occurs non-perturbatively and shares some similitudes with the effective dynamics of loop quantum cosmology.
2104.05250
Aurore Blelly
Aurore Blelly and J\'er\^ome Bobin and Herv\'e Moutarde
Sparse data inpainting for the recovery of Galactic-binary gravitational wave signals from gapped data
null
null
10.1093/mnras/stab3314
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE astro-ph.IM
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The forthcoming space-based gravitational wave observatory LISA will open a new window for the measurement of galactic binaries, which will deliver unprecedented information about these systems. However, the detection of galactic binary gravitational wave signals is challenged by the presence of gaps in the data. Whether being planned or not, gapped data dramatically reduce our ability to detect faint signals and the risk of misdetection soars. Inspired by advances in signal processing, we introduce a \nonparametric inpainting algorithm based on the sparse representation of the galactic binary signal in the Fourier domain. In contrast to traditional inpainting approaches, noise statistics are known theoretically on ungapped measurements only. This calls for the joint recovery of both the ungapped noise and the galactic binary signal. We thoroughly show that sparse inpainting yields an accurate estimation of the gravitational imprint of the galactic binaries. Additionally, we highlight that the proposed algorithm produces a statistically consistent ungapped noise estimate. We further evaluate the performances of the proposed inpainting methods to recover the gravitational wave signal on a simple example involving verification galactic binaries recently proposed in LISA data challenges.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:34:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-11-24
[ [ "Blelly", "Aurore", "" ], [ "Bobin", "Jérôme", "" ], [ "Moutarde", "Hervé", "" ] ]
The forthcoming space-based gravitational wave observatory LISA will open a new window for the measurement of galactic binaries, which will deliver unprecedented information about these systems. However, the detection of galactic binary gravitational wave signals is challenged by the presence of gaps in the data. Whether being planned or not, gapped data dramatically reduce our ability to detect faint signals and the risk of misdetection soars. Inspired by advances in signal processing, we introduce a \nonparametric inpainting algorithm based on the sparse representation of the galactic binary signal in the Fourier domain. In contrast to traditional inpainting approaches, noise statistics are known theoretically on ungapped measurements only. This calls for the joint recovery of both the ungapped noise and the galactic binary signal. We thoroughly show that sparse inpainting yields an accurate estimation of the gravitational imprint of the galactic binaries. Additionally, we highlight that the proposed algorithm produces a statistically consistent ungapped noise estimate. We further evaluate the performances of the proposed inpainting methods to recover the gravitational wave signal on a simple example involving verification galactic binaries recently proposed in LISA data challenges.
0709.0073
Alejandro Cabo
Alejandro Cabo Bizet and Alejandro Cabo Montes de Oca
Static Universe model existing due to the Matter-Dark Energy coupling
5 pages, 4 figures, a file of a different work was somehow uploaded in the past version. We regret this happening
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
The work investigate a static, isotropic and almost homogeneous Universe containing a real scalar field modeling the Dark-Energy (quintaessence) interacting with pressureless matter. It is argued that the interaction between matter and the Dark Energy, is essential for the very existence of the considered solution. Assuming the possibility that Dark-Energy can be furnished by the Dilaton (a scalar field reflecting the condensation of string states with zero angular momentum) we fix the value of scalar field at the origin to the Planck scale. It became possible to fix the ratio of the amount of Dark Energy to matter energy, in the currently estimated value 0.7/0.3, and also the observed magnitude of the Hubble constant. The value of the mass for the scalar field chosen for fixing the above ratio and Hubble effect strength, results to be of the order of 10^{-29}cm^{-1}, a small mass which seems to be compatible with the zero mass of the Dilaton in the lowest approximations.
[ { "created": "Sat, 1 Sep 2007 19:37:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:41:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-09-04
[ [ "Bizet", "Alejandro Cabo", "" ], [ "de Oca", "Alejandro Cabo Montes", "" ] ]
The work investigate a static, isotropic and almost homogeneous Universe containing a real scalar field modeling the Dark-Energy (quintaessence) interacting with pressureless matter. It is argued that the interaction between matter and the Dark Energy, is essential for the very existence of the considered solution. Assuming the possibility that Dark-Energy can be furnished by the Dilaton (a scalar field reflecting the condensation of string states with zero angular momentum) we fix the value of scalar field at the origin to the Planck scale. It became possible to fix the ratio of the amount of Dark Energy to matter energy, in the currently estimated value 0.7/0.3, and also the observed magnitude of the Hubble constant. The value of the mass for the scalar field chosen for fixing the above ratio and Hubble effect strength, results to be of the order of 10^{-29}cm^{-1}, a small mass which seems to be compatible with the zero mass of the Dilaton in the lowest approximations.
1008.3137
Burkhard Kleihaus
Betti Hartmann, Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Meike List
Rotating Boson Stars in 5 Dimensions
17 pages, 6 figures
Phys.Rev.D82:084022,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.084022
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study rotating boson stars in five spacetime dimensions. The boson fields consist of a complex doublet scalar field. Considering boson stars rotating in two orthogonal planes with both angular momenta of equal magnitude, a special ansatz for the boson field and the metric allows for solutions with nontrivial dependence on the radial coordinate only. The charge of the scalar field equals the sum of the angular momenta. The rotating boson stars are globally regular and asymptotically flat. For our choice of a sixtic potential the rotating boson star solutions possess a flat spacetime limit. We study the solutions in flat and curved spacetime.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:19:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-21
[ [ "Hartmann", "Betti", "" ], [ "Kleihaus", "Burkhard", "" ], [ "Kunz", "Jutta", "" ], [ "List", "Meike", "" ] ]
We study rotating boson stars in five spacetime dimensions. The boson fields consist of a complex doublet scalar field. Considering boson stars rotating in two orthogonal planes with both angular momenta of equal magnitude, a special ansatz for the boson field and the metric allows for solutions with nontrivial dependence on the radial coordinate only. The charge of the scalar field equals the sum of the angular momenta. The rotating boson stars are globally regular and asymptotically flat. For our choice of a sixtic potential the rotating boson star solutions possess a flat spacetime limit. We study the solutions in flat and curved spacetime.
1806.04547
Sergei Kopeikin
Sergei M. Kopeikin (University of Missouri, USA)
Carter-like Constant of Motion in Newtonian Gravity is the Vinti Integral
2 pages
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compare the Vinti integral of the classic celestial mechanics with a conserved Carter-like integral of motion for an axially-symmetric body in the Newtonian theory that has been recently found by Clifford Will. We demonstrate that the integrals are identical. It sheds new light on the Newtonian limit of the Kerr geometry.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:07:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-06-13
[ [ "Kopeikin", "Sergei M.", "", "University of Missouri, USA" ] ]
We compare the Vinti integral of the classic celestial mechanics with a conserved Carter-like integral of motion for an axially-symmetric body in the Newtonian theory that has been recently found by Clifford Will. We demonstrate that the integrals are identical. It sheds new light on the Newtonian limit of the Kerr geometry.
1207.4303
Diego Rubiera-Garcia
Gonzalo J. Olmo and Diego Rubiera-Garcia
Nonsingular charged black holes \`{a} la Palatini
10 single column pages
null
10.1142/S0218271812500678
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We argue that the quantum nature of matter and gravity should lead to a discretization of the allowed states of the matter confined in the interior of black holes. To support and illustrate this idea, we consider a quadratic extension of General Relativity formulated \`{a} la Palatini and show that nonrotating, electrically charged black holes develop a compact core at the Planck density which is nonsingular if the mass spectrum satisfies a certain discreteness condition. We also find that the area of the core is proportional to the number of charges times the Planck area.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:45:42 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-05
[ [ "Olmo", "Gonzalo J.", "" ], [ "Rubiera-Garcia", "Diego", "" ] ]
We argue that the quantum nature of matter and gravity should lead to a discretization of the allowed states of the matter confined in the interior of black holes. To support and illustrate this idea, we consider a quadratic extension of General Relativity formulated \`{a} la Palatini and show that nonrotating, electrically charged black holes develop a compact core at the Planck density which is nonsingular if the mass spectrum satisfies a certain discreteness condition. We also find that the area of the core is proportional to the number of charges times the Planck area.
0804.4184
Lawrence E. Kidder
Michael Boyle, Alessandra Buonanno, Lawrence E. Kidder, Abdul H. Mrou\'e, Yi Pan, Harald P. Pfeiffer, Mark A. Scheel
High-accuracy numerical simulation of black-hole binaries: Computation of the gravitational-wave energy flux and comparisons with post-Newtonian approximants
modified non-Keplerian flux improves agreement with NR; updated error bound of NR-PN comparison; added refs
Phys.Rev.D78:104020,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.104020
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Expressions for the gravitational wave (GW) energy flux and center-of-mass energy of a compact binary are integral building blocks of post-Newtonian (PN) waveforms. In this paper, we compute the GW energy flux and GW frequency derivative from a highly accurate numerical simulation of an equal-mass, non-spinning black hole binary. We also estimate the (derivative of the) center-of-mass energy from the simulation by assuming energy balance. We compare these quantities with the predictions of various PN approximants (adiabatic Taylor and Pade models; non-adiabatic effective-one-body (EOB) models). We find that Pade summation of the energy flux does not accelerate the convergence of the flux series; nevertheless, the Pade flux is markedly closer to the numerical result for the whole range of the simulation (about 30 GW cycles). Taylor and Pade models overestimate the increase in flux and frequency derivative close to merger, whereas EOB models reproduce more faithfully the shape of and are closer to the numerical flux, frequency derivative and derivative of energy. We also compare the GW phase of the numerical simulation with Pade and EOB models. Matching numerical and untuned 3.5 PN order waveforms, we find that the phase difference accumulated until $M \omega = 0.1$ is -0.12 radians for Pade approximants, and 0.50 (0.45) radians for an EOB approximant with Keplerian (non-Keplerian) flux. We fit free parameters within the EOB models to minimize the phase difference, and confirm degeneracies among these parameters. By tuning pseudo 4PN order coefficients in the radial potential or in the flux, or, if present, the location of the pole in the flux, we find that the accumulated phase difference can be reduced - if desired - to much less than the estimated numerical phase error (0.02 radians).
[ { "created": "Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:21:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:16:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-02-23
[ [ "Boyle", "Michael", "" ], [ "Buonanno", "Alessandra", "" ], [ "Kidder", "Lawrence E.", "" ], [ "Mroué", "Abdul H.", "" ], [ "Pan", "Yi", "" ], [ "Pfeiffer", "Harald P.", "" ], [ "Scheel", "Mark A.", "" ] ]
Expressions for the gravitational wave (GW) energy flux and center-of-mass energy of a compact binary are integral building blocks of post-Newtonian (PN) waveforms. In this paper, we compute the GW energy flux and GW frequency derivative from a highly accurate numerical simulation of an equal-mass, non-spinning black hole binary. We also estimate the (derivative of the) center-of-mass energy from the simulation by assuming energy balance. We compare these quantities with the predictions of various PN approximants (adiabatic Taylor and Pade models; non-adiabatic effective-one-body (EOB) models). We find that Pade summation of the energy flux does not accelerate the convergence of the flux series; nevertheless, the Pade flux is markedly closer to the numerical result for the whole range of the simulation (about 30 GW cycles). Taylor and Pade models overestimate the increase in flux and frequency derivative close to merger, whereas EOB models reproduce more faithfully the shape of and are closer to the numerical flux, frequency derivative and derivative of energy. We also compare the GW phase of the numerical simulation with Pade and EOB models. Matching numerical and untuned 3.5 PN order waveforms, we find that the phase difference accumulated until $M \omega = 0.1$ is -0.12 radians for Pade approximants, and 0.50 (0.45) radians for an EOB approximant with Keplerian (non-Keplerian) flux. We fit free parameters within the EOB models to minimize the phase difference, and confirm degeneracies among these parameters. By tuning pseudo 4PN order coefficients in the radial potential or in the flux, or, if present, the location of the pole in the flux, we find that the accumulated phase difference can be reduced - if desired - to much less than the estimated numerical phase error (0.02 radians).
gr-qc/0403022
Robert T. Jantzen
Donato Bini, Christian Cherubini, Robert T. Jantzen, Giovanni Miniutti
The Simon and Simon-Mars Tensors for Stationary Einstein-Maxwell Fields
12 pages, Latex IOP article class, no figures
Class.Quant.Grav. 21 (2004) 1987-1998
10.1088/0264-9381/21/8/005
null
gr-qc
null
Modulo conventional scale factors, the Simon and Simon-Mars tensors are defined for stationary vacuum spacetimes so that their equality follows from the Bianchi identities of the second kind. In the nonvacuum case one can absorb additional source terms into a redefinition of the Simon tensor so that this equality is maintained. Among the electrovacuum class of solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations, the expression for the Simon tensor in the Kerr-Newman-Taub-NUT spacetime in terms of the Ernst potential is formally the same as in the vacuum case (modulo a scale factor), and its vanishing guarantees the simultaneous alignment of the principal null directions of the Weyl tensor, the Papapetrou field associated with the timelike Killing vector field, the electromagnetic field of the spacetime and even the Killing-Yano tensor.
[ { "created": "Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:59:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Bini", "Donato", "" ], [ "Cherubini", "Christian", "" ], [ "Jantzen", "Robert T.", "" ], [ "Miniutti", "Giovanni", "" ] ]
Modulo conventional scale factors, the Simon and Simon-Mars tensors are defined for stationary vacuum spacetimes so that their equality follows from the Bianchi identities of the second kind. In the nonvacuum case one can absorb additional source terms into a redefinition of the Simon tensor so that this equality is maintained. Among the electrovacuum class of solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations, the expression for the Simon tensor in the Kerr-Newman-Taub-NUT spacetime in terms of the Ernst potential is formally the same as in the vacuum case (modulo a scale factor), and its vanishing guarantees the simultaneous alignment of the principal null directions of the Weyl tensor, the Papapetrou field associated with the timelike Killing vector field, the electromagnetic field of the spacetime and even the Killing-Yano tensor.
1112.4882
Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga
T. Asselmeyer-Maluga and J. Krol
Exotic Smoothness and Quantum Gravity II: exotic R^4, singularities and cosmology
23 pages, 5 figures, iopart style, important changes in the global hyperbolicity part thanks to M. Sanchez
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.GT math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Since the first work on exotic smoothness in physics, it was folklore to assume a direct influence of exotic smoothness to quantum gravity. In the second paper, we calculate the "smoothness structure" part of the path integral in quantum gravity for the exotic R^4 as non-compact manifold. We discuss the influence of the "sum over geometries" to the "sum over smoothness structure". There are two types of exotic R^4: large (no smooth embedded 3-sphere) and small (smooth embedded 3-sphere). A large exotic R^4 can be produced by using topologically slice but smoothly non-slice knots whereas a small exotic R^4 is constructed by a 5-dimensional h-cobordism between compact 4-manifolds. The results are applied to the calculation of expectation values, i.e. we discuss the two observables, volume and Wilson loop. Then the appearance of naked singularities is analyzed. By using Mostow rigidity, we obtain a justification of area and volume quantization again. Finally exotic smoothness of the R^4 produces in all cases (small or large) a cosmological constant.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:27:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:46:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2012-01-19
[ [ "Asselmeyer-Maluga", "T.", "" ], [ "Krol", "J.", "" ] ]
Since the first work on exotic smoothness in physics, it was folklore to assume a direct influence of exotic smoothness to quantum gravity. In the second paper, we calculate the "smoothness structure" part of the path integral in quantum gravity for the exotic R^4 as non-compact manifold. We discuss the influence of the "sum over geometries" to the "sum over smoothness structure". There are two types of exotic R^4: large (no smooth embedded 3-sphere) and small (smooth embedded 3-sphere). A large exotic R^4 can be produced by using topologically slice but smoothly non-slice knots whereas a small exotic R^4 is constructed by a 5-dimensional h-cobordism between compact 4-manifolds. The results are applied to the calculation of expectation values, i.e. we discuss the two observables, volume and Wilson loop. Then the appearance of naked singularities is analyzed. By using Mostow rigidity, we obtain a justification of area and volume quantization again. Finally exotic smoothness of the R^4 produces in all cases (small or large) a cosmological constant.
2105.03485
Stephanie Brown
Stephanie M. Brown and Collin D. Capano and Badri Krishnan
Using gravitational waves to distinguish between neutron stars and black holes in compact binary mergers
16 pages, 7 figures, 13 tables
ApJ 941 98 (2022)
10.3847/1538-4357/ac98fe
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In August 2017, the first detection of a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, made it possible to study neutron stars in compact binary systems using gravitational waves. Despite being the loudest gravitational wave event detected to date (in terms of signal-to-noise ratio), it was not possible to unequivocally determine that GW170817 was caused by the merger of two neutron stars instead of two black holes from the gravitational-wave data alone. That distinction was primarily due to the accompanying electromagnetic counterpart. This raises the question: under what circumstances can gravitational-wave data alone, in the absence of an electromagnetic signal, be used to distinguish between different types of mergers? Here, we study whether a neutron star-black hole binary merger can be distinguished from a binary black hole merger using gravitational-wave data alone. We build on earlier results using chiral effective field theory to explore whether the data from LIGO and Virgo, LIGO A+, LIGO Voyager, the Einstein Telescope, or Cosmic Explorer could lead to such a distinction. The results suggest that the present LIGO-Virgo detector network will most likely be unable to distinguish between these systems even with the planned near-term upgrades. However, given an event with favorable parameters, third-generation instruments such as Cosmic Explorer will be capable of making this distinction. This result further strengthens the science case for third-generation detectors.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 May 2021 20:06:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 23 Jan 2023 18:43:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-01-24
[ [ "Brown", "Stephanie M.", "" ], [ "Capano", "Collin D.", "" ], [ "Krishnan", "Badri", "" ] ]
In August 2017, the first detection of a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, made it possible to study neutron stars in compact binary systems using gravitational waves. Despite being the loudest gravitational wave event detected to date (in terms of signal-to-noise ratio), it was not possible to unequivocally determine that GW170817 was caused by the merger of two neutron stars instead of two black holes from the gravitational-wave data alone. That distinction was primarily due to the accompanying electromagnetic counterpart. This raises the question: under what circumstances can gravitational-wave data alone, in the absence of an electromagnetic signal, be used to distinguish between different types of mergers? Here, we study whether a neutron star-black hole binary merger can be distinguished from a binary black hole merger using gravitational-wave data alone. We build on earlier results using chiral effective field theory to explore whether the data from LIGO and Virgo, LIGO A+, LIGO Voyager, the Einstein Telescope, or Cosmic Explorer could lead to such a distinction. The results suggest that the present LIGO-Virgo detector network will most likely be unable to distinguish between these systems even with the planned near-term upgrades. However, given an event with favorable parameters, third-generation instruments such as Cosmic Explorer will be capable of making this distinction. This result further strengthens the science case for third-generation detectors.
gr-qc/9407039
Jonathan Halliwell
C.Anastopoulos and J.J.Halliwell
Generalized Uncertainty Relations and Long Time Limits for Quantum Brownian Motion Models
35 pages (plain Tex, revised to avoid corruption during file transmission), Imperial College preprint 92-93/25 (1994)
Phys.Rev.D51:6870-6885,1995
10.1103/PhysRevD.51.6870
null
gr-qc cond-mat
null
We study the time evolution of the reduced Wigner function for a class of quantum Brownian motion models. We derive two generalized uncertainty relations. The first consists of a sharp lower bound on the uncertainty function, $U = (\Delta p)^2 (\Delta q)^2 $, after evolution for time $t$ in the presence of an environment. The second, a stronger and simpler result, consists of a lower bound at time $t$ on a modified uncertainty function, essentially the area enclosed by the $1-\sigma$ contour of the Wigner function. In both cases the minimizing initial state is a non-minimal Gaussian pure state. These generalized uncertainty relations supply a measure of the comparative size of quantum and thermal fluctuations. We prove two simple inequalites, relating uncertainty to von Neumann entropy, and the von Neumann entropy to linear entropy. We also prove some results on the long-time limit of the Wigner function for arbitrary initial states. For the harmonic oscillator the Wigner function for all initial states becomes a Gaussian at large times (often, but not always, a thermal state). We derive the explicit forms of the long-time limit for the free particle (which does not in general go to a Gaussian), and also for more general potentials in the approximation of high temperature.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Jul 1994 14:02:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 27 Jul 1994 15:22:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-08-11
[ [ "Anastopoulos", "C.", "" ], [ "Halliwell", "J. J.", "" ] ]
We study the time evolution of the reduced Wigner function for a class of quantum Brownian motion models. We derive two generalized uncertainty relations. The first consists of a sharp lower bound on the uncertainty function, $U = (\Delta p)^2 (\Delta q)^2 $, after evolution for time $t$ in the presence of an environment. The second, a stronger and simpler result, consists of a lower bound at time $t$ on a modified uncertainty function, essentially the area enclosed by the $1-\sigma$ contour of the Wigner function. In both cases the minimizing initial state is a non-minimal Gaussian pure state. These generalized uncertainty relations supply a measure of the comparative size of quantum and thermal fluctuations. We prove two simple inequalites, relating uncertainty to von Neumann entropy, and the von Neumann entropy to linear entropy. We also prove some results on the long-time limit of the Wigner function for arbitrary initial states. For the harmonic oscillator the Wigner function for all initial states becomes a Gaussian at large times (often, but not always, a thermal state). We derive the explicit forms of the long-time limit for the free particle (which does not in general go to a Gaussian), and also for more general potentials in the approximation of high temperature.
1406.4552
Juan Margalef-Bentabol
Juan Margalef-Bentabol and Eduardo J.S. Villase\~nor
Topology of the Misner Space and its g-boundary
17 pages, 13 images (new versions update bibliography and correct some minor typos)
General Relativity and Gravitation, 46 (2014) 1755
10.1007/s10714-014-1755-6
null
gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Misner space is a simplified $2$-dimensional model of the $4$-dimensional Taub-NUT space that reproduces some of its pathological behaviours. In this paper we provide an explicit base of the topology of the complete Misner space $\mathbb{R}^{1,1}/boost$. Besides we prove that some parts of this space, that behave like topological boundaries, are equivalent to the $g$-boundaries of the Misner space.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:36:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:06:43 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:10:09 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2017-02-13
[ [ "Margalef-Bentabol", "Juan", "" ], [ "Villaseñor", "Eduardo J. S.", "" ] ]
The Misner space is a simplified $2$-dimensional model of the $4$-dimensional Taub-NUT space that reproduces some of its pathological behaviours. In this paper we provide an explicit base of the topology of the complete Misner space $\mathbb{R}^{1,1}/boost$. Besides we prove that some parts of this space, that behave like topological boundaries, are equivalent to the $g$-boundaries of the Misner space.
gr-qc/0101048
Luca Lusanna
Luca Lusanna (INFN, Firenze)
The Rest-Frame Instant Form of Metric Gravity
106 pages, revtex file
Gen.Rel.Grav.33:1579-1696,2001
10.1023/A:1012297028267
FI/TH-0010
gr-qc
null
In a special class of globally hyperbolic, topologically trivial, asymptotically flat at spatial infinity spacetimes selected by the requirement of absence of supertranslations (compatible with Christodoulou-Klainermann spacetimes) it is possible to define the {\it rest-frame instant form} of ADM canonical gravity by using Dirac's strategy of adding ten extra variables at spatial infinity and ten extra first class constraints implying the gauge nature of these variables. The final canonical Hamiltonian is the weak ADM energy and a discussion of the Hamiltonian gauge transformations generated by the eight first class ADM constraints is given. When there is matter and the Newton constant is switched off, one recovers the description of the matter on the Wigner hyperplanes of the rest-frame instant form of dynamics in Minkowski spacetime.
[ { "created": "Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:13:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Lusanna", "Luca", "", "INFN, Firenze" ] ]
In a special class of globally hyperbolic, topologically trivial, asymptotically flat at spatial infinity spacetimes selected by the requirement of absence of supertranslations (compatible with Christodoulou-Klainermann spacetimes) it is possible to define the {\it rest-frame instant form} of ADM canonical gravity by using Dirac's strategy of adding ten extra variables at spatial infinity and ten extra first class constraints implying the gauge nature of these variables. The final canonical Hamiltonian is the weak ADM energy and a discussion of the Hamiltonian gauge transformations generated by the eight first class ADM constraints is given. When there is matter and the Newton constant is switched off, one recovers the description of the matter on the Wigner hyperplanes of the rest-frame instant form of dynamics in Minkowski spacetime.
gr-qc/0001084
Avraham E. Mayo
Avraham E. Mayo
Can one increase the luminosity of a Schwarzschild black hole?
17 pages, REVTEX, Submitted to Physical Review D
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We illustrate how Hawking's radiance from a Schwarzschild black hole is modified by the electrostatic self-interaction of the emitted charged particles. A W.K.B approximation shows that the probability for a self-interacting charged particle to propagate from the interior to the exterior of the horizon is increased relative to the corresponding probability for neutral particles. We also demonstrate how the electric potential of a charged test object in the black hole's vicinity gives rise to pair creation. We analyze this phenomenon semiclassically by considering the existence of the appropriate Klein region. Finally we discuss the possible energy source for the process.
[ { "created": "Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:29:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Mayo", "Avraham E.", "" ] ]
We illustrate how Hawking's radiance from a Schwarzschild black hole is modified by the electrostatic self-interaction of the emitted charged particles. A W.K.B approximation shows that the probability for a self-interacting charged particle to propagate from the interior to the exterior of the horizon is increased relative to the corresponding probability for neutral particles. We also demonstrate how the electric potential of a charged test object in the black hole's vicinity gives rise to pair creation. We analyze this phenomenon semiclassically by considering the existence of the appropriate Klein region. Finally we discuss the possible energy source for the process.
1104.4199
G\'abor Zsolt T\'oth
Istvan Racz, Gabor Zsolt Toth
Numerical investigation of the late-time Kerr tails
33 pages, 12 figures
Class.Quant.Grav.28:195003,2011
10.1088/0264-9381/28/19/195003
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The late-time behavior of a scalar field on fixed Kerr background is examined in a numerical framework incorporating the techniques of conformal compactification and hyperbolic initial value formulation. The applied code is 1+(1+2) as it is based on the use of the spectral method in the angular directions while in the time-radial section fourth order finite differencing, along with the method of lines, is applied. The evolution of various types of stationary and non-stationary pure multipole initial states are investigated. The asymptotic decay rates are determined not only in the domain of outer communication but along the event horizon and at future null infinity as well. The decay rates are found to be different for stationary and non-stationary initial data, and they also depend on the fall off properties of the initial data toward future null infinity. The energy and angular momentum transfers are found to show significantly different behavior in the initial phase of the time evolution. The quasinormal ringing phase and the tail phase are also investigated. In the tail phase, the decay exponents for the energy and angular momentum losses at future null infinity are found to be smaller than at the horizon which is in accordance with the behavior of the field itself and it means that at late times the energy and angular momentum falling into the black hole become negligible in comparison with the energy and angular momentum radiated toward future null infinity. The energy and angular momentum balances are used as additional verifications of the reliability of our numerical method.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:14:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:12:49 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-19
[ [ "Racz", "Istvan", "" ], [ "Toth", "Gabor Zsolt", "" ] ]
The late-time behavior of a scalar field on fixed Kerr background is examined in a numerical framework incorporating the techniques of conformal compactification and hyperbolic initial value formulation. The applied code is 1+(1+2) as it is based on the use of the spectral method in the angular directions while in the time-radial section fourth order finite differencing, along with the method of lines, is applied. The evolution of various types of stationary and non-stationary pure multipole initial states are investigated. The asymptotic decay rates are determined not only in the domain of outer communication but along the event horizon and at future null infinity as well. The decay rates are found to be different for stationary and non-stationary initial data, and they also depend on the fall off properties of the initial data toward future null infinity. The energy and angular momentum transfers are found to show significantly different behavior in the initial phase of the time evolution. The quasinormal ringing phase and the tail phase are also investigated. In the tail phase, the decay exponents for the energy and angular momentum losses at future null infinity are found to be smaller than at the horizon which is in accordance with the behavior of the field itself and it means that at late times the energy and angular momentum falling into the black hole become negligible in comparison with the energy and angular momentum radiated toward future null infinity. The energy and angular momentum balances are used as additional verifications of the reliability of our numerical method.
1907.01460
Sebastian Ulbricht
Sebastian Ulbricht, Robert Alexander M\"uller, Andrey Surzhykov
Gravitational effects on geonium and free electron $\mathrm{g}_s$-factor measurements in a Penning trap
12 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. D 100, 064029 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.064029
null
gr-qc physics.atom-ph quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a theoretical analysis of an electron confined by a Penning trap, also known as geonium, that is affected by gravity. In particular, we investigate the gravitational influence on the electron dynamics and the electromagnetic field of the trap. We consider the special case of a homogeneous gravitational field, which is represented by Rindler spacetime. In this spacetime the Hamiltonian of an electron with anomalous magnetic moment is constructed. Based on this Hamiltonian and the exact solution to Maxwell equations for the field of a Penning trap in Rindler spacetime, we derived the transition energies of geonium up to the relativistic corrections of $1/\mathrm{c}^2$. These transition energies are used to obtain an extension of the well known $\mathrm{g}_s$-factor formula introduced by L. S. Brown and G. Gabrielse [Rev. Mod. Phys. 58, 233 1986].
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Jul 2019 15:44:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:25:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-09-24
[ [ "Ulbricht", "Sebastian", "" ], [ "Müller", "Robert Alexander", "" ], [ "Surzhykov", "Andrey", "" ] ]
We present a theoretical analysis of an electron confined by a Penning trap, also known as geonium, that is affected by gravity. In particular, we investigate the gravitational influence on the electron dynamics and the electromagnetic field of the trap. We consider the special case of a homogeneous gravitational field, which is represented by Rindler spacetime. In this spacetime the Hamiltonian of an electron with anomalous magnetic moment is constructed. Based on this Hamiltonian and the exact solution to Maxwell equations for the field of a Penning trap in Rindler spacetime, we derived the transition energies of geonium up to the relativistic corrections of $1/\mathrm{c}^2$. These transition energies are used to obtain an extension of the well known $\mathrm{g}_s$-factor formula introduced by L. S. Brown and G. Gabrielse [Rev. Mod. Phys. 58, 233 1986].
1510.03204
Hongsheng Zhang
Hongsheng Zhang, Xin-Zhou Li
Ghost free massive gravity with singular reference metrics
6pages, no figure
Phys. Rev. D 93, 124039 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.124039
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
An auxiliary metric (reference metric) is inevitable in massive gravity theory. In the scenario of gauge/gravity duality, a singular reference metric corresponds to momentum dissipations, which describes the electric and heat conductivity for normal conductors. We demonstrate in detail that the massive gravity with singular reference metric is ghost-free.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:49:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-06-22
[ [ "Zhang", "Hongsheng", "" ], [ "Li", "Xin-Zhou", "" ] ]
An auxiliary metric (reference metric) is inevitable in massive gravity theory. In the scenario of gauge/gravity duality, a singular reference metric corresponds to momentum dissipations, which describes the electric and heat conductivity for normal conductors. We demonstrate in detail that the massive gravity with singular reference metric is ghost-free.
1405.2439
Shin'ichi Nojiri
Shin'ichi Nojiri and Sergei D. Odintsov
Instabilities and Anti-Evaporation of Reissner-Nordstr\"om Black Holes in modified $F(R)$ gravity
LaTeX 11 pages, no figure, publication data: Physics Letters B 735, 376-382 (2014)
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2014.06.070
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the instabilities and related anti-evaporation of the extremal Reissner-Nordstr\"om (RN) black hole in $F(R)$ gravity. It is remarkable that the effective electric charge can be generated for some solutions of $F(R)$ gravity without electromagnetic field. The anti-evaporation effect occurs but it emerges only in the strong coupling limit of the effective gravitational coupling. The instabilities of RN black hole are also investigated when the electromagnetic sector is added to the action of $F(R)$ gravity. We show the anti-evaporation occurs in the Maxwell-$F(R)$ gravity with the arbitrary gravitational coupling constant although it does not occur in the Maxwell-Einstein gravity. Furthermore, general spherically-symmetric solution of $F(R)$ gravity in the Einstein frame is obtained.
[ { "created": "Sat, 10 May 2014 14:43:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:02:56 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:56:09 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Sun, 5 Oct 2014 10:21:37 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Nojiri", "Shin'ichi", "" ], [ "Odintsov", "Sergei D.", "" ] ]
We study the instabilities and related anti-evaporation of the extremal Reissner-Nordstr\"om (RN) black hole in $F(R)$ gravity. It is remarkable that the effective electric charge can be generated for some solutions of $F(R)$ gravity without electromagnetic field. The anti-evaporation effect occurs but it emerges only in the strong coupling limit of the effective gravitational coupling. The instabilities of RN black hole are also investigated when the electromagnetic sector is added to the action of $F(R)$ gravity. We show the anti-evaporation occurs in the Maxwell-$F(R)$ gravity with the arbitrary gravitational coupling constant although it does not occur in the Maxwell-Einstein gravity. Furthermore, general spherically-symmetric solution of $F(R)$ gravity in the Einstein frame is obtained.
2109.00875
Steffen Gielen
Bianca Dittrich, Steffen Gielen and Susanne Schander
Lorentzian quantum cosmology goes simplicial
47 pages, 19 figures; v4: fixed a few typos, added some references to figures
Class. Quant. Grav. 39 (2022), 035012
10.1088/1361-6382/ac42ad
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We employ the methods of discrete (Lorentzian) Regge calculus for analysing Lorentzian quantum cosmology models with a special focus on discrete analogues of the no-boundary proposal for the early universe. We use a simple 4-polytope, a subdivided 4-polytope and shells of discrete 3-spheres as triangulations to model a closed universe with cosmological constant, and examine the semiclassical path integral for these different choices. We find that the shells give good agreement with continuum results for small values of the scale factor and in particular for finer discretisations of the boundary 3-sphere, while the simple and subdivided 4-polytopes can only be compared with the continuum in certain regimes, and in particular are not able to capture a transition from Euclidean geometry with small scale factor to a large Lorentzian one. Finally, we consider a closed universe filled with dust particles and discretised by shells of 3-spheres. This model can approximate the continuum case quite well. Our results embed the no-boundary proposal in a discrete setting where it is possibly more naturally defined, and prepare for its discussion within the realm of spin foams.
[ { "created": "Thu, 2 Sep 2021 12:36:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 7 Sep 2021 18:59:31 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:45:00 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:08:31 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2022-01-24
[ [ "Dittrich", "Bianca", "" ], [ "Gielen", "Steffen", "" ], [ "Schander", "Susanne", "" ] ]
We employ the methods of discrete (Lorentzian) Regge calculus for analysing Lorentzian quantum cosmology models with a special focus on discrete analogues of the no-boundary proposal for the early universe. We use a simple 4-polytope, a subdivided 4-polytope and shells of discrete 3-spheres as triangulations to model a closed universe with cosmological constant, and examine the semiclassical path integral for these different choices. We find that the shells give good agreement with continuum results for small values of the scale factor and in particular for finer discretisations of the boundary 3-sphere, while the simple and subdivided 4-polytopes can only be compared with the continuum in certain regimes, and in particular are not able to capture a transition from Euclidean geometry with small scale factor to a large Lorentzian one. Finally, we consider a closed universe filled with dust particles and discretised by shells of 3-spheres. This model can approximate the continuum case quite well. Our results embed the no-boundary proposal in a discrete setting where it is possibly more naturally defined, and prepare for its discussion within the realm of spin foams.
1603.02398
Huaifan Li
Xiongying Guo, Huaifan Li, Lichun Zhang, Ren Zhao
The phase transition of higher dimensional Charged black holes
15 pages,14 figures,references adjusted
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper,we have studied phase transitions of higher dimensional charge black hole with spherical symmetry. we calculated the local energy and local temperature, and find that these state parameters satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. We analyze the critical behavior of black hole thermodynamic system by taking state parameters $(Q,\Phi)$ of black hole thermodynamic system, in accordance with considering to the state parameters $(P,V)$ of Van der Waals system respectively. we obtain the critical point of black hole thermodynamic system, and find the critical point is independent of the dual independent variables we selected. This result for asymptotically flat space is consistent with that for AdS spacetime, and is intrinsic property of black hole thermodynamic system.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 Mar 2016 07:09:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:19:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-04-26
[ [ "Guo", "Xiongying", "" ], [ "Li", "Huaifan", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Lichun", "" ], [ "Zhao", "Ren", "" ] ]
In this paper,we have studied phase transitions of higher dimensional charge black hole with spherical symmetry. we calculated the local energy and local temperature, and find that these state parameters satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. We analyze the critical behavior of black hole thermodynamic system by taking state parameters $(Q,\Phi)$ of black hole thermodynamic system, in accordance with considering to the state parameters $(P,V)$ of Van der Waals system respectively. we obtain the critical point of black hole thermodynamic system, and find the critical point is independent of the dual independent variables we selected. This result for asymptotically flat space is consistent with that for AdS spacetime, and is intrinsic property of black hole thermodynamic system.
gr-qc/0510025
Alexey Toporensky
A.V.Toporensky and P.V.Tretyakov
Recollapsing Bianchi I brane worlds
9 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Gravitation and Cosmology
Grav.Cosmol. 11 (2005) 226-228
null
null
gr-qc
null
We investigate the possibility for a flat Bianchi I brane Universe to recollaps due to the presence of a negative "dark radiation" and an anisotropic stress in the form of a homogeneous magnetic field, localized on the brane.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:21:45 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Toporensky", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Tretyakov", "P. V.", "" ] ]
We investigate the possibility for a flat Bianchi I brane Universe to recollaps due to the presence of a negative "dark radiation" and an anisotropic stress in the form of a homogeneous magnetic field, localized on the brane.
1001.1266
Christian Boehmer
Christian G. Boehmer, Lukas Hollenstein, Francisco S. N. Lobo, Sanjeev S. Seahra
Stability of the Einstein static universe in modified theories of gravity
3 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of the Twelfth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity
null
10.1142/9789814374552_0379
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a brief overview of the stability analysis of the Einstein static universe in various modified theories of gravity, like f(R) gravity, Gauss-Bonnet or f(G) gravity, and Horava-Lifshitz gravity.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:11:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-11-15
[ [ "Boehmer", "Christian G.", "" ], [ "Hollenstein", "Lukas", "" ], [ "Lobo", "Francisco S. N.", "" ], [ "Seahra", "Sanjeev S.", "" ] ]
We present a brief overview of the stability analysis of the Einstein static universe in various modified theories of gravity, like f(R) gravity, Gauss-Bonnet or f(G) gravity, and Horava-Lifshitz gravity.
0808.1615
Vitor Cardoso
Vitor Cardoso, Paolo Pani, Mariano Cadoni, Marco Cavaglia
Instability of hyper-compact Kerr-like objects
15 pages, 3 figures. To be published in CQG
Class.Quant.Grav.25:195010,2008
10.1088/0264-9381/25/19/195010
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Viable alternatives to astrophysical black holes include hyper-compact objects without horizon, such as gravastars, boson stars, wormholes and superspinars. The authors have recently shown that typical rapidly-spinning gravastars and boson stars develop a strong instability. That analysis is extended in this paper to a wide class of horizonless objects with approximate Kerr-like geometry. A detailed investigation of wormholes and superspinars is presented, using plausible models and mirror boundary conditions at the surface. Like gravastars and boson stars, these objects are unstable with very short instability timescales. This result strengthens previous conclusions that observed hyper-compact astrophysical objects with large rotation are likely to be black holes.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:14:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Cardoso", "Vitor", "" ], [ "Pani", "Paolo", "" ], [ "Cadoni", "Mariano", "" ], [ "Cavaglia", "Marco", "" ] ]
Viable alternatives to astrophysical black holes include hyper-compact objects without horizon, such as gravastars, boson stars, wormholes and superspinars. The authors have recently shown that typical rapidly-spinning gravastars and boson stars develop a strong instability. That analysis is extended in this paper to a wide class of horizonless objects with approximate Kerr-like geometry. A detailed investigation of wormholes and superspinars is presented, using plausible models and mirror boundary conditions at the surface. Like gravastars and boson stars, these objects are unstable with very short instability timescales. This result strengthens previous conclusions that observed hyper-compact astrophysical objects with large rotation are likely to be black holes.
0906.3827
Lukasz Glinka
Lukasz Andrzej Glinka
Thermodynamical Quantum Gravity
16 pages
in L.A. Glinka (Ed.) "Towards New Cosmology From Quantum Gravity & Particle Physics", Applied Mathematics and Physics, vol. 2, no. 3 (2014): 66-72
10.12691/amp-2-3-2
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The canonically quantized 3+1 General Relativity with the global one dimensionality conjecture defines the model, which dimensionally reduced and secondary quantized yields the one-dimensional quantum field theory wherein the generic one-point correlations create a boson mass responsible for quantum gravity. In this paper, this simple model is developed in a wider sense. We propose to consider the thermodynamics of space quanta, constructed ab initio from the entropic formalism, as the quantum gravity phenomenology.
[ { "created": "Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:34:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:10:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-06-11
[ [ "Glinka", "Lukasz Andrzej", "" ] ]
The canonically quantized 3+1 General Relativity with the global one dimensionality conjecture defines the model, which dimensionally reduced and secondary quantized yields the one-dimensional quantum field theory wherein the generic one-point correlations create a boson mass responsible for quantum gravity. In this paper, this simple model is developed in a wider sense. We propose to consider the thermodynamics of space quanta, constructed ab initio from the entropic formalism, as the quantum gravity phenomenology.
2111.03734
Eli\v{s}ka Pol\'a\v{s}kov\'a
Eli\v{s}ka Pol\'a\v{s}kov\'a, Pavel Krtou\v{s}
Higher-dimensional black holes with multiple equal rotations
null
Phys. Rev. D 105, 044041 (2022)
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.044041
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study a limit of the Kerr-(A)dS spacetime in a general dimension where an arbitrary number of its rotational parameters is set equal. The resulting metric after the limit formally splits into two parts - the first part has the form of the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS metric analogous to the metric of the entire spacetime, but only for the directions not subject to the limit, and the second part can be interpreted as the K\"{a}hler metrics. However, this separation is not integrable, thus it does not lead to a product of independent manifolds. We also reconstruct the original number of explicit and hidden symmetries associated with Killing vectors and Killing tensors. Therefore, the resulting spacetime represents a special subcase of the generalized Kerr-NUT-(A)dS metric that retains the full Killing tower of symmetries. In $D=6$, we present evidence of an enhanced symmetry structure after the limit. Namely, we find additional Killing vectors and show that one of the Killing tensors becomes reducible as it can be decomposed into Killing vectors.
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2022-03-02
[ [ "Polášková", "Eliška", "" ], [ "Krtouš", "Pavel", "" ] ]
We study a limit of the Kerr-(A)dS spacetime in a general dimension where an arbitrary number of its rotational parameters is set equal. The resulting metric after the limit formally splits into two parts - the first part has the form of the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS metric analogous to the metric of the entire spacetime, but only for the directions not subject to the limit, and the second part can be interpreted as the K\"{a}hler metrics. However, this separation is not integrable, thus it does not lead to a product of independent manifolds. We also reconstruct the original number of explicit and hidden symmetries associated with Killing vectors and Killing tensors. Therefore, the resulting spacetime represents a special subcase of the generalized Kerr-NUT-(A)dS metric that retains the full Killing tower of symmetries. In $D=6$, we present evidence of an enhanced symmetry structure after the limit. Namely, we find additional Killing vectors and show that one of the Killing tensors becomes reducible as it can be decomposed into Killing vectors.
1210.4149
Emilio Rub\'in de Celis
E. Rub\'in de Celis, O. P. Santill\'an and C. Simeone
Probing global aspects of a geometry by the self-force on a charge; cylindical thin-shell wormholes
16 pages, 4 figues. Minor corrections. Accepted version for publication in Phys. Rev. D
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.86.124009
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We obtain the self-interaction for a point charge in the space-time of a cylindrical thin-shell wormhole connecting two identical locally flat geometries with a constant deficit angle. Although this wormhole geometry is locally indistinguishable from a cosmic string background, the corresponding self-forces are different even at the qualitative level. In fact in the cosmic string geometry the force is always repulsive while for the wormhole background we find that the force may point outwards or towards the wormhole throat depending on the parameters of the configuration. These results suggest that the study of the electromagnetic fields of charged particles is a useful tool for testing the global properties of a given background.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:52:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:13:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-11
[ [ "de Celis", "E. Rubín", "" ], [ "Santillán", "O. P.", "" ], [ "Simeone", "C.", "" ] ]
We obtain the self-interaction for a point charge in the space-time of a cylindrical thin-shell wormhole connecting two identical locally flat geometries with a constant deficit angle. Although this wormhole geometry is locally indistinguishable from a cosmic string background, the corresponding self-forces are different even at the qualitative level. In fact in the cosmic string geometry the force is always repulsive while for the wormhole background we find that the force may point outwards or towards the wormhole throat depending on the parameters of the configuration. These results suggest that the study of the electromagnetic fields of charged particles is a useful tool for testing the global properties of a given background.
1402.6166
Jozef Skakala
Jozef Skakala (IISER-TVM), S. Shankaranarayanan (IISER-TVM)
No minimally coupled scalar black hole hair in Lanczos-Lovelock gravity
9 pages, v2: minor changes, the final version accepted for publication in Class.Quant.Grav
Class.Quant.Grav. 31 (2014) 175005
10.1088/0264-9381/31/17/175005
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We extend here the result of Bekenstein [1,2] proving the non-existence of minimally coupled scalar black hole hair in general relativity to the Lanczos-Lovelock gravity in arbitrary dimension with non-negative coupling constants. The only physical requirement on the multiplet of minimally coupled scalar fields is that it fulfills the weak energy condition. We also assume, similarly to Bekenstein, spherical symmetry and asymptotic flatness.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:55:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 8 Jul 2014 15:35:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-08-11
[ [ "Skakala", "Jozef", "", "IISER-TVM" ], [ "Shankaranarayanan", "S.", "", "IISER-TVM" ] ]
We extend here the result of Bekenstein [1,2] proving the non-existence of minimally coupled scalar black hole hair in general relativity to the Lanczos-Lovelock gravity in arbitrary dimension with non-negative coupling constants. The only physical requirement on the multiplet of minimally coupled scalar fields is that it fulfills the weak energy condition. We also assume, similarly to Bekenstein, spherical symmetry and asymptotic flatness.
gr-qc/0606032
Parampreet Singh
Parampreet Singh, Kevin Vandersloot, G. V. Vereshchagin
Non-Singular Bouncing Universes in Loop Quantum Cosmology
Minor changes and one figure added to improve presentation. References added. To appear in Physical Review D
Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 043510
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.043510
IGPG-06/6-1
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
null
Non-perturbative quantum geometric effects in Loop Quantum Cosmology predict a $\rho^2$ modification to the Friedmann equation at high energies. The quadratic term is negative definite and can lead to generic bounces when the matter energy density becomes equal to a critical value of the order of the Planck density. The non-singular bounce is achieved for arbitrary matter without violation of positive energy conditions. By performing a qualitative analysis we explore the nature of the bounce for inflationary and Cyclic model potentials. For the former we show that inflationary trajectories are attractors of the dynamics after the bounce implying that inflation can be harmoniously embedded in LQC. For the latter difficulties associated with singularities in cyclic models can be overcome. We show that non-singular cyclic models can be constructed with a small variation in the original Cyclic model potential by making it slightly positive in the regime where scalar field is negative.
[ { "created": "Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:41:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:50:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Singh", "Parampreet", "" ], [ "Vandersloot", "Kevin", "" ], [ "Vereshchagin", "G. V.", "" ] ]
Non-perturbative quantum geometric effects in Loop Quantum Cosmology predict a $\rho^2$ modification to the Friedmann equation at high energies. The quadratic term is negative definite and can lead to generic bounces when the matter energy density becomes equal to a critical value of the order of the Planck density. The non-singular bounce is achieved for arbitrary matter without violation of positive energy conditions. By performing a qualitative analysis we explore the nature of the bounce for inflationary and Cyclic model potentials. For the former we show that inflationary trajectories are attractors of the dynamics after the bounce implying that inflation can be harmoniously embedded in LQC. For the latter difficulties associated with singularities in cyclic models can be overcome. We show that non-singular cyclic models can be constructed with a small variation in the original Cyclic model potential by making it slightly positive in the regime where scalar field is negative.
1802.09024
Vasilis Oikonomou
Jaume de Haro, S.D. Odintsov, V.K. Oikonomou
Viable Inflationary Evolution from Loop Quantum Cosmology Scalar-Tensor Theory
PRD Accepted
Phys. Rev. D 97, 084052 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.084052
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work we construct a bottom-up reconstruction technique for Loop Quantum Cosmology scalar-tensor theories, from the observational indices. Particularly, the reconstruction technique is based on fixing the functional form of the scalar-to-tensor ratio as a function of the $e$-foldings number. The aim of the technique is to realize viable inflationary scenarios, and the only assumption that must hold true in order for the reconstruction technique to work is that the dynamical evolution of the scalar field obeys the slow-roll conditions. We shall use two functional forms for the scalar-to-tensor ratio, one of which corresponds to a popular inflationary class of models, the $\alpha$-attractors. For the latter, we shall calculate the leading order behavior of the spectral index and we shall demonstrate that the resulting inflationary theory is viable and compatible with the latest Planck and BICEP2/Keck-Array data. In addition, we shall find the classical limit of the theory, and as we demonstrate, the Loop Quantum Cosmology corrected theory and the classical theory are identical at leading order in the perturbative expansion quantified by the parameter $\rho_c$, which is the critical density of the quantum theory. Finally, by using the formalism of slow-roll scalar-tensor Loop Quantum Cosmology, we shall investigate how several inflationary potentials can be realized by the quantum theory, and we shall calculate directly the slow-roll indices and the corresponding observational indices. In addition, the $f(R)$ gravity frame picture is presented.
[ { "created": "Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:38:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Apr 2018 16:27:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-05-02
[ [ "de Haro", "Jaume", "" ], [ "Odintsov", "S. D.", "" ], [ "Oikonomou", "V. K.", "" ] ]
In this work we construct a bottom-up reconstruction technique for Loop Quantum Cosmology scalar-tensor theories, from the observational indices. Particularly, the reconstruction technique is based on fixing the functional form of the scalar-to-tensor ratio as a function of the $e$-foldings number. The aim of the technique is to realize viable inflationary scenarios, and the only assumption that must hold true in order for the reconstruction technique to work is that the dynamical evolution of the scalar field obeys the slow-roll conditions. We shall use two functional forms for the scalar-to-tensor ratio, one of which corresponds to a popular inflationary class of models, the $\alpha$-attractors. For the latter, we shall calculate the leading order behavior of the spectral index and we shall demonstrate that the resulting inflationary theory is viable and compatible with the latest Planck and BICEP2/Keck-Array data. In addition, we shall find the classical limit of the theory, and as we demonstrate, the Loop Quantum Cosmology corrected theory and the classical theory are identical at leading order in the perturbative expansion quantified by the parameter $\rho_c$, which is the critical density of the quantum theory. Finally, by using the formalism of slow-roll scalar-tensor Loop Quantum Cosmology, we shall investigate how several inflationary potentials can be realized by the quantum theory, and we shall calculate directly the slow-roll indices and the corresponding observational indices. In addition, the $f(R)$ gravity frame picture is presented.
1906.01826
Alexander Breev
A. I. Breev and A. V. Shapovalov
Vacuum quantum effects on Lie groups with bi-invariant metrics
28 pages, version accepted for publication in Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys
Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys (2019)
10.1142/S0219887819501226
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the effects of vacuum polarization and particle creation of a scalar field on Lie groups with a non-stationary bi-invariant metric of the Robertson-Walker type. The vacuum expectation values of the energy momentum tensor for a scalar field determined by the group representation are found using the noncommutative integration method for the field equations instead of separation of variables. The results obtained are illustrated by the example of the three-dimensional rotation group.
[ { "created": "Wed, 5 Jun 2019 05:09:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-07-01
[ [ "Breev", "A. I.", "" ], [ "Shapovalov", "A. V.", "" ] ]
We consider the effects of vacuum polarization and particle creation of a scalar field on Lie groups with a non-stationary bi-invariant metric of the Robertson-Walker type. The vacuum expectation values of the energy momentum tensor for a scalar field determined by the group representation are found using the noncommutative integration method for the field equations instead of separation of variables. The results obtained are illustrated by the example of the three-dimensional rotation group.
2308.07355
Paola Carolina Moreira Delgado
Paola C. M. Delgado
Introdu\c{c}\~ao \`a Cosmologia Qu\^antica
11 pages, in Portuguese, 3 figures, version accepted for publication in Cadernos de Astronomia
null
10.47456/Cad.Astro.v4n2.41563
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This review presents an introduction to Quantum Cosmology, including the mathematical methods essential to the canonical approach, some of the existing conceptual problems and the connection of the models to possible observables.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:48:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-09-19
[ [ "Delgado", "Paola C. M.", "" ] ]
This review presents an introduction to Quantum Cosmology, including the mathematical methods essential to the canonical approach, some of the existing conceptual problems and the connection of the models to possible observables.
1206.1271
Jose Luis Jaramillo
Jos\'e Luis Jaramillo
A note on degeneracy, marginal stability and extremality of black hole horizons
6 pages, no figures, updated to match published version
Class.Quant.Grav. 29 (2012) 177001
10.1088/0264-9381/29/17/177001
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Given a stationary axisymmetric black hole horizon admitting a section characterised as a strictly future stable marginally outer trapped surface, we extend the equivalence between the notions of horizon degeneracy and marginal stability to the fulfillment, under the dominant energy condition, of the A=8\pi |J| geometric relation between the area $A$ and the angular momentum J of a horizon section.
[ { "created": "Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:42:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:14:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2012-08-28
[ [ "Jaramillo", "José Luis", "" ] ]
Given a stationary axisymmetric black hole horizon admitting a section characterised as a strictly future stable marginally outer trapped surface, we extend the equivalence between the notions of horizon degeneracy and marginal stability to the fulfillment, under the dominant energy condition, of the A=8\pi |J| geometric relation between the area $A$ and the angular momentum J of a horizon section.
gr-qc/0005036
Farhad Darabi
F. Darabi, W. N. Sajko, P. S. Wesson
Quantum cosmology of 5D non-compactified Kaluza-Klein theory
14 pages, LaTeX
Class.Quant.Grav. 17 (2000) 4357-4364
10.1088/0264-9381/17/21/301
null
gr-qc
null
We study the quantum cosmology of a five dimensional non-compactified Kaluza-Klein theory where the 4D metric depends on the fifth coordinate, $x^4\equiv l$. This model is effectively equivalent to a 4D non-minimally coupled dilaton field in addition to matter generated on hypersurfaces l=constant by the extra coordinate dependence in the four-dimensional metric. We show that the Vilenkin wave function of the universe is more convenient for this model as it predicts a new-born 4D universe on the $l\simeq0$ constant hypersurface.
[ { "created": "Wed, 10 May 2000 23:28:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Darabi", "F.", "" ], [ "Sajko", "W. N.", "" ], [ "Wesson", "P. S.", "" ] ]
We study the quantum cosmology of a five dimensional non-compactified Kaluza-Klein theory where the 4D metric depends on the fifth coordinate, $x^4\equiv l$. This model is effectively equivalent to a 4D non-minimally coupled dilaton field in addition to matter generated on hypersurfaces l=constant by the extra coordinate dependence in the four-dimensional metric. We show that the Vilenkin wave function of the universe is more convenient for this model as it predicts a new-born 4D universe on the $l\simeq0$ constant hypersurface.
1206.0331
B. S. Sathyaprakash
B. Sathyaprakash, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese, P. Ajith, B. Allen, P. Amaro-Seoane, N. Andersson, S. Aoudia, K. Arun, P. Astone, B. Krishnan, L. Barack, F. Barone, B. Barr, M. Barsuglia, M. Bassan, R. Bassiri, M. Beker, N. Beveridge, M. Bizouard, C. Bond, S. Bose, L. Bosi, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, M. Britzger, F. Brueckner, T. Bulik, H. J. Bulten, O. Burmeister, E. Calloni, P. Campsie, L. Carbone, G. Cella, E. Chalkley, E. Chassande-Mottin, S. Chelkowski, A. Chincarini, A. Di. Cintio, J. Clark, E. Coccia, C. N. Colacino, J. Colas, A. Colla, A. Corsi, A. Cumming, L. Cunningham, E. Cuoco, S. Danilishin, K. Danzmann, E. Daw, R. De. Salvo, W. Del. Pozzo, T. Dent, R. De. Rosa, L. Di. Fiore, M. Di. Paolo. Emilio, A. Di. Virgilio, A. Dietz, M. Doets, J. Dueck, M. Edwards, V. Fafone, S. Fairhurst, P. Falferi, M. Favata, V. Ferrari, F. Ferrini, F. Fidecaro, R. Flaminio, J. Franc, F. Frasconi, A. Freise, D. Friedrich, P. Fulda, J. Gair, M. Galimberti, G. Gemme, E. Genin, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto, K. Glampedakis, S. Gossan, R. Gouaty, C. Graef, W. Graham, M. Granata, H. Grote, G. Guidi, J. Hallam, G. Hammond, M. Hannam, J. Harms, K. Haughian, I. Hawke, D. Heinert, M. Hendry, I. Heng, E. Hennes, S. Hild, J. Hough, D. Huet, S. Husa, S. Huttner, B. Iyer, D. I. Jones, G. Jones, I. Kamaretsos, C. Kant Mishra, F. Kawazoe, F. Khalili, B. Kley, K. Kokeyama, K. Kokkotas, S. Kroker, R. Kumar, K. Kuroda, B. Lagrange, N. Lastzka, T. G. F. Li, M. Lorenzini, G. Losurdo, H. L\"uck, E. Majorana, V. Malvezzi, I. Mandel, V. Mandic, S. Marka, F. Marin, F. Marion, J. Marque, I. Martin, D. Mc. Leod, D. Mckechan, M. Mehmet, C. Michel, Y. Minenkov, N. Morgado, A. Morgia, S. Mosca, L. Moscatelli, B. Mours, H. M\"uller-Ebhardt, P. Murray, L. Naticchioni, R. Nawrodt, J. Nelson, R. O'. Shaughnessy, C. D. Ott, C. Palomba, A. Paoli, G. Parguez, A. Pasqualetti, R. Passaquieti, D. Passuello, M. Perciballi, F. Piergiovanni, L. Pinard, M. Pitkin, W. Plastino, M. Plissi, R. Poggiani, P. Popolizio, E. Porter, M. Prato, G. Prodi, M. Punturo, P. Puppo, D. Rabeling, I. Racz, P. Rapagnani, V. Re, J. Read, T. Regimbau, H. Rehbein, S. Reid, F. Ricci, F. Richard, C. Robinson, A. Rocchi, R. Romano, S. Rowan, A. R\"udiger, A. Samblowski, L. Santamar\'ia, B. Sassolas, R. Schilling, P. Schmidt, R. Schnabel, B. Schutz, C. Schwarz, J. Scott, P. Seidel, A. M. Sintes, K. Somiya, C. F. Sopuerta, B. Sorazu, F. Speirits, L. Storchi, K. Strain, S. Strigin, P. Sutton, S. Tarabrin, B. Taylor, A. Th\"urin, K. Tokmakov, M. Tonelli, H. Tournefier, R. Vaccarone, H. Vahlbruch, J. F. J. van. den. Brand, C. Van. Den. Broeck, S. van. der. Putten, M. van. Veggel, A. Vecchio, J. Veitch, F. Vetrano, A. Vicere, S. Vyatchanin, P. We{\ss}els, B. Willke, W. Winkler, G. Woan, A. Woodcraft, K. Yamamoto
Scientific Objectives of Einstein Telescope
18 pages, 4 figures, Plenary talk given at Amaldi Meeting, July 2011
Class. Quantum Grav. 29, 124013, 2012
10.1088/0264-9381/29/12/124013
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy. There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build detectors that operate in a frequency range from 1 Hz-10 kHz, with sensitivity a factor ten better in amplitude. Such detectors will be able to probe a range of topics in nuclear physics, astronomy, cosmology and fundamental physics, providing insights into many unsolved problems in these areas.
[ { "created": "Sat, 2 Jun 2012 00:04:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-06-05
[ [ "Sathyaprakash", "B.", "" ], [ "Abernathy", "M.", "" ], [ "Acernese", "F.", "" ], [ "Ajith", "P.", "" ], [ "Allen", "B.", "" ], [ "Amaro-Seoane", "P.", "" ], [ "Andersson", "N.", "" ], [ "Aoudia", "S.", "" ], [ "Arun", "K.", "" ], [ "Astone", "P.", "" ], [ "Krishnan", "B.", "" ], [ "Barack", "L.", "" ], [ "Barone", "F.", "" ], [ "Barr", "B.", "" ], [ "Barsuglia", "M.", "" ], [ "Bassan", "M.", "" ], [ "Bassiri", "R.", "" ], [ "Beker", "M.", "" ], [ "Beveridge", "N.", "" ], [ "Bizouard", "M.", "" ], [ "Bond", "C.", "" ], [ "Bose", "S.", "" ], [ "Bosi", "L.", "" ], [ "Braccini", "S.", "" ], [ "Bradaschia", "C.", "" ], [ "Britzger", "M.", "" ], [ "Brueckner", "F.", "" ], [ "Bulik", "T.", "" ], [ "Bulten", "H. J.", "" ], [ "Burmeister", "O.", "" ], [ "Calloni", "E.", "" ], [ "Campsie", "P.", "" ], [ "Carbone", "L.", "" ], [ "Cella", "G.", "" ], [ "Chalkley", "E.", "" ], [ "Chassande-Mottin", "E.", "" ], [ "Chelkowski", "S.", "" ], [ "Chincarini", "A.", "" ], [ "Cintio", "A. Di.", "" ], [ "Clark", "J.", "" ], [ "Coccia", "E.", "" ], [ "Colacino", "C. N.", "" ], [ "Colas", "J.", "" ], [ "Colla", "A.", "" ], [ "Corsi", "A.", "" ], [ "Cumming", "A.", "" ], [ "Cunningham", "L.", "" ], [ "Cuoco", "E.", "" ], [ "Danilishin", "S.", "" ], [ "Danzmann", "K.", "" ], [ "Daw", "E.", "" ], [ "Salvo", "R. De.", "" ], [ "Pozzo", "W. Del.", "" ], [ "Dent", "T.", "" ], [ "Rosa", "R. De.", "" ], [ "Fiore", "L. Di.", "" ], [ "Emilio", "M. Di. Paolo.", "" ], [ "Virgilio", "A. Di.", "" ], [ "Dietz", "A.", "" ], [ "Doets", "M.", "" ], [ "Dueck", "J.", "" ], [ "Edwards", "M.", "" ], [ "Fafone", "V.", "" ], [ "Fairhurst", "S.", "" ], [ "Falferi", "P.", "" ], [ "Favata", "M.", "" ], [ "Ferrari", "V.", "" ], [ "Ferrini", "F.", "" ], [ "Fidecaro", "F.", "" ], [ "Flaminio", "R.", "" ], [ "Franc", "J.", "" ], [ "Frasconi", "F.", "" ], [ "Freise", "A.", "" ], [ "Friedrich", "D.", "" ], [ "Fulda", "P.", "" ], [ "Gair", "J.", "" ], [ "Galimberti", "M.", "" ], [ "Gemme", "G.", "" ], [ "Genin", "E.", "" ], [ "Gennai", "A.", "" ], [ "Giazotto", "A.", "" ], [ "Glampedakis", "K.", "" ], [ "Gossan", "S.", "" ], [ "Gouaty", "R.", "" ], [ "Graef", "C.", "" ], [ "Graham", "W.", "" ], [ "Granata", "M.", "" ], [ "Grote", "H.", "" ], [ "Guidi", "G.", "" ], [ "Hallam", "J.", "" ], [ "Hammond", "G.", "" ], [ "Hannam", "M.", "" ], [ "Harms", "J.", "" ], [ "Haughian", "K.", "" ], [ "Hawke", "I.", "" ], [ "Heinert", "D.", "" ], [ "Hendry", "M.", "" ], [ "Heng", "I.", "" ], [ "Hennes", "E.", "" ], [ "Hild", "S.", "" ], [ "Hough", "J.", "" ], [ "Huet", "D.", "" ], [ "Husa", "S.", "" ], [ "Huttner", "S.", "" ], [ "Iyer", "B.", "" ], [ "Jones", "D. I.", "" ], [ "Jones", "G.", "" ], [ "Kamaretsos", "I.", "" ], [ "Mishra", "C. Kant", "" ], [ "Kawazoe", "F.", "" ], [ "Khalili", "F.", "" ], [ "Kley", "B.", "" ], [ "Kokeyama", "K.", "" ], [ "Kokkotas", "K.", "" ], [ "Kroker", "S.", "" ], [ "Kumar", "R.", "" ], [ "Kuroda", "K.", "" ], [ "Lagrange", "B.", "" ], [ "Lastzka", "N.", "" ], [ "Li", "T. G. F.", "" ], [ "Lorenzini", "M.", "" ], [ "Losurdo", "G.", "" ], [ "Lück", "H.", "" ], [ "Majorana", "E.", "" ], [ "Malvezzi", "V.", "" ], [ "Mandel", "I.", "" ], [ "Mandic", "V.", "" ], [ "Marka", "S.", "" ], [ "Marin", "F.", "" ], [ "Marion", "F.", "" ], [ "Marque", "J.", "" ], [ "Martin", "I.", "" ], [ "Leod", "D. Mc.", "" ], [ "Mckechan", "D.", "" ], [ "Mehmet", "M.", "" ], [ "Michel", "C.", "" ], [ "Minenkov", "Y.", "" ], [ "Morgado", "N.", "" ], [ "Morgia", "A.", "" ], [ "Mosca", "S.", "" ], [ "Moscatelli", "L.", "" ], [ "Mours", "B.", "" ], [ "Müller-Ebhardt", "H.", "" ], [ "Murray", "P.", "" ], [ "Naticchioni", "L.", "" ], [ "Nawrodt", "R.", "" ], [ "Nelson", "J.", "" ], [ "Shaughnessy", "R. O'.", "" ], [ "Ott", "C. D.", "" ], [ "Palomba", "C.", "" ], [ "Paoli", "A.", "" ], [ "Parguez", "G.", "" ], [ "Pasqualetti", "A.", "" ], [ "Passaquieti", "R.", "" ], [ "Passuello", "D.", "" ], [ "Perciballi", "M.", "" ], [ "Piergiovanni", "F.", "" ], [ "Pinard", "L.", "" ], [ "Pitkin", "M.", "" ], [ "Plastino", "W.", "" ], [ "Plissi", "M.", "" ], [ "Poggiani", "R.", "" ], [ "Popolizio", "P.", "" ], [ "Porter", "E.", "" ], [ "Prato", "M.", "" ], [ "Prodi", "G.", "" ], [ "Punturo", "M.", "" ], [ "Puppo", "P.", "" ], [ "Rabeling", "D.", "" ], [ "Racz", "I.", "" ], [ "Rapagnani", "P.", "" ], [ "Re", "V.", "" ], [ "Read", "J.", "" ], [ "Regimbau", "T.", "" ], [ "Rehbein", "H.", "" ], [ "Reid", "S.", "" ], [ "Ricci", "F.", "" ], [ "Richard", "F.", "" ], [ "Robinson", "C.", "" ], [ "Rocchi", "A.", "" ], [ "Romano", "R.", "" ], [ "Rowan", "S.", "" ], [ "Rüdiger", "A.", "" ], [ "Samblowski", "A.", "" ], [ "Santamaría", "L.", "" ], [ "Sassolas", "B.", "" ], [ "Schilling", "R.", "" ], [ "Schmidt", "P.", "" ], [ "Schnabel", "R.", "" ], [ "Schutz", "B.", "" ], [ "Schwarz", "C.", "" ], [ "Scott", "J.", "" ], [ "Seidel", "P.", "" ], [ "Sintes", "A. M.", "" ], [ "Somiya", "K.", "" ], [ "Sopuerta", "C. F.", "" ], [ "Sorazu", "B.", "" ], [ "Speirits", "F.", "" ], [ "Storchi", "L.", "" ], [ "Strain", "K.", "" ], [ "Strigin", "S.", "" ], [ "Sutton", "P.", "" ], [ "Tarabrin", "S.", "" ], [ "Taylor", "B.", "" ], [ "Thürin", "A.", "" ], [ "Tokmakov", "K.", "" ], [ "Tonelli", "M.", "" ], [ "Tournefier", "H.", "" ], [ "Vaccarone", "R.", "" ], [ "Vahlbruch", "H.", "" ], [ "Brand", "J. F. J. van. den.", "" ], [ "Broeck", "C. Van. Den.", "" ], [ "Putten", "S. van. der.", "" ], [ "Veggel", "M. van.", "" ], [ "Vecchio", "A.", "" ], [ "Veitch", "J.", "" ], [ "Vetrano", "F.", "" ], [ "Vicere", "A.", "" ], [ "Vyatchanin", "S.", "" ], [ "Weßels", "P.", "" ], [ "Willke", "B.", "" ], [ "Winkler", "W.", "" ], [ "Woan", "G.", "" ], [ "Woodcraft", "A.", "" ], [ "Yamamoto", "K.", "" ] ]
The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy. There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build detectors that operate in a frequency range from 1 Hz-10 kHz, with sensitivity a factor ten better in amplitude. Such detectors will be able to probe a range of topics in nuclear physics, astronomy, cosmology and fundamental physics, providing insights into many unsolved problems in these areas.
gr-qc/9904072
Mauricio Bellini
Mauricio Bellini
Towards a theory of Warm Inflation of the Universe
14 pages, no figures, to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Class.Quant.Grav. 16 (1999) 2393-2402
10.1088/0264-9381/16/7/316
null
gr-qc
null
The warm inflation scenario is an alternative mechanism which can explain the isotropic and homogeneous Universe which we are living in. In this work I extend a previously introduced formalism, without the restriction of slow - roll regime. Quantum to classical transition of the fluctuations is studied by means of the "transition function" here introduced. I found that the fluctuations of radiation energy density decrease with time and the thermal equilibrium at the end of inflation holds.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:02:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Bellini", "Mauricio", "" ] ]
The warm inflation scenario is an alternative mechanism which can explain the isotropic and homogeneous Universe which we are living in. In this work I extend a previously introduced formalism, without the restriction of slow - roll regime. Quantum to classical transition of the fluctuations is studied by means of the "transition function" here introduced. I found that the fluctuations of radiation energy density decrease with time and the thermal equilibrium at the end of inflation holds.
1310.4143
Mehdi Saravani
Mehdi Saravani, Niayesh Afshordi and Robert B. Mann
Dynamical Emergence of Universal Horizons during the formation of Black Holes
20 pages
Phys. Rev. D 89, 084029 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.89.084029
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Motivations for the existence of a fundamental preferred frame range from pure phenomenology to attempts to solve the non-renormalizability of quantum gravity, the problem of time (and scale), and the cosmological constant problem(s). In many explicit constructions, such as Einstein-Aether or Gravitational Aether theories, K-essence, Cuscuton theory, Shape Dynamics, or (non-projectable) Horava-Lifshitz gravity, the low energy theory contains a fluid (which defines a preferred frame) with superluminal or incompressible excitations. We study here the formation of black holes in the presence of such a fluid. In particular, we focus on the incompressible limit of the fluid (or Constant Mean Curvature foliation) in the space-time of a spherically collapsing shell within an asymptotically cosmological space-time. In this case, ignoring the fluid back reaction, we can analytically show that an observer inside 3/4 of the Schwarzschild radius cannot send a signal outside, after a stage in collapse, even using signals that propagate infinitely fast in the preferred frame. This confirms the dynamical emergence of universal horizons that have been previously found in static solutions. We argue that this universal horizon should be considered as the future boundary of the classical space-time.
[ { "created": "Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:44:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 9 Jul 2014 18:33:06 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-07-10
[ [ "Saravani", "Mehdi", "" ], [ "Afshordi", "Niayesh", "" ], [ "Mann", "Robert B.", "" ] ]
Motivations for the existence of a fundamental preferred frame range from pure phenomenology to attempts to solve the non-renormalizability of quantum gravity, the problem of time (and scale), and the cosmological constant problem(s). In many explicit constructions, such as Einstein-Aether or Gravitational Aether theories, K-essence, Cuscuton theory, Shape Dynamics, or (non-projectable) Horava-Lifshitz gravity, the low energy theory contains a fluid (which defines a preferred frame) with superluminal or incompressible excitations. We study here the formation of black holes in the presence of such a fluid. In particular, we focus on the incompressible limit of the fluid (or Constant Mean Curvature foliation) in the space-time of a spherically collapsing shell within an asymptotically cosmological space-time. In this case, ignoring the fluid back reaction, we can analytically show that an observer inside 3/4 of the Schwarzschild radius cannot send a signal outside, after a stage in collapse, even using signals that propagate infinitely fast in the preferred frame. This confirms the dynamical emergence of universal horizons that have been previously found in static solutions. We argue that this universal horizon should be considered as the future boundary of the classical space-time.
2403.15984
Sven Hirsch
Sven Hirsch and Yiyue Zhang
Initial data sets with vanishing mass are contained in pp-wave spacetimes
null
null
null
null
gr-qc math.AP math.DG
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In 1981, Schoen-Yau and Witten showed that in General Relativity both the total energy $E$ and the total mass $m$ of an initial data set modelling an isolated gravitational system are non-negative. Moreover, if $E=0$, the initial data set must be contained in Minkowski space. In this paper, we show that if $m=0$, i.e. if $E$ equals the total momentum $|P|$, the initial data set must be contained in a pp-wave spacetime. Our proof combines spinorial methods with spacetime harmonic functions and works in all dimensions. Additionally, we find the decay rate threshold where the embedding has to be within Minkowski space and construct non-vacuum initial data sets with $m=0$ in the borderline case. As a consequence, this completely settles the rigidity of the spacetime positive mass theorem for spin manifolds.
[ { "created": "Sun, 24 Mar 2024 02:28:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-03-26
[ [ "Hirsch", "Sven", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Yiyue", "" ] ]
In 1981, Schoen-Yau and Witten showed that in General Relativity both the total energy $E$ and the total mass $m$ of an initial data set modelling an isolated gravitational system are non-negative. Moreover, if $E=0$, the initial data set must be contained in Minkowski space. In this paper, we show that if $m=0$, i.e. if $E$ equals the total momentum $|P|$, the initial data set must be contained in a pp-wave spacetime. Our proof combines spinorial methods with spacetime harmonic functions and works in all dimensions. Additionally, we find the decay rate threshold where the embedding has to be within Minkowski space and construct non-vacuum initial data sets with $m=0$ in the borderline case. As a consequence, this completely settles the rigidity of the spacetime positive mass theorem for spin manifolds.
2405.09435
Miguel Pe\~nafiel
M. L. Pe\~nafiel and S. E. Perez Bergliaffa
On the radiation field of a linearly accelerated charged particle in Born-Infeld theory
41 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in Annals of Physics
null
10.1016/j.aop.2024.169691
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The electric potential and the electromagnetic field for a linearly accelerated Born-Infeld charged particle are obtained in an inertial frame by a method that can, in principle, be applied to any electromagnetic theory. The method is based on (i) the fact that the metric near the horizon of a Schwarzschild black hole is equivalent to that of Rindler spacetime, and (ii) a theorem that guarantees that the electrostatic potential for a given nonlinear theory in a static, spherically symmetric spacetime is entirely specified by the Maxwellian electrostatic potential in the same background. Using analytical and numerical methods, the features of the radiation field and the radiation-reaction for such an accelerated particle are discussed in detail.
[ { "created": "Wed, 15 May 2024 15:26:47 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-07-08
[ [ "Peñafiel", "M. L.", "" ], [ "Bergliaffa", "S. E. Perez", "" ] ]
The electric potential and the electromagnetic field for a linearly accelerated Born-Infeld charged particle are obtained in an inertial frame by a method that can, in principle, be applied to any electromagnetic theory. The method is based on (i) the fact that the metric near the horizon of a Schwarzschild black hole is equivalent to that of Rindler spacetime, and (ii) a theorem that guarantees that the electrostatic potential for a given nonlinear theory in a static, spherically symmetric spacetime is entirely specified by the Maxwellian electrostatic potential in the same background. Using analytical and numerical methods, the features of the radiation field and the radiation-reaction for such an accelerated particle are discussed in detail.
1012.4730
Robert Monjo Dr
Robert Monjo, \'Alvaro Rodr\'iguez Abella, Rutwig Campoamor-Stursberg
From coloured gravity to electromagnetism
42 pages, no figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The gauge formalism in \textit{telepalallel gravity} provides an interesting viewpoint to describe interactions according to an anholonomic observer's tetrad basis. Without going into assessing the complete viability of quantization in an early stage, this paper explores classical gravity within the framework of a classical-to-quantum bridge between the SU$(1, 3)$ Yang--Mills gauge formalism and the gauge-like treatment of teleparallel gravity. Specifically, the perturbed spacetime algebra with Weitzenb\"ock connection can be assimilated to a local complexification based on the SU$(1,3)$ Yang--Mills theory, what we call hypercolor or, simply, color. The formulation of the hypercolor dynamics is build by a translational gauge, as in the teleparallel gravities. In particular, this work analyses small perturbations of a metric decomposition related to the Wilson line and the Kaluza--Klein metric, but obtaining electrodynamics in four dimensions. The spacetime coordinates are now matrices that represent elements of the $\mathfrak{su}(1,3)$ algebra. To make compatible the formulation of a colored gravity with the Lorentz force and the Maxwell equations, it is enough to define every energy potential origin as 0 in the event horizon instead of the classic zero potential at infinity. Under the colored gravity framework, standard electromagnetism can be obtained as a particular abelian case.
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2024-08-16
[ [ "Monjo", "Robert", "" ], [ "Abella", "Álvaro Rodríguez", "" ], [ "Campoamor-Stursberg", "Rutwig", "" ] ]
The gauge formalism in \textit{telepalallel gravity} provides an interesting viewpoint to describe interactions according to an anholonomic observer's tetrad basis. Without going into assessing the complete viability of quantization in an early stage, this paper explores classical gravity within the framework of a classical-to-quantum bridge between the SU$(1, 3)$ Yang--Mills gauge formalism and the gauge-like treatment of teleparallel gravity. Specifically, the perturbed spacetime algebra with Weitzenb\"ock connection can be assimilated to a local complexification based on the SU$(1,3)$ Yang--Mills theory, what we call hypercolor or, simply, color. The formulation of the hypercolor dynamics is build by a translational gauge, as in the teleparallel gravities. In particular, this work analyses small perturbations of a metric decomposition related to the Wilson line and the Kaluza--Klein metric, but obtaining electrodynamics in four dimensions. The spacetime coordinates are now matrices that represent elements of the $\mathfrak{su}(1,3)$ algebra. To make compatible the formulation of a colored gravity with the Lorentz force and the Maxwell equations, it is enough to define every energy potential origin as 0 in the event horizon instead of the classic zero potential at infinity. Under the colored gravity framework, standard electromagnetism can be obtained as a particular abelian case.
1211.0690
Gonzalo Olmo
Gonzalo J. Olmo, Helios Sanchis-Alepuz, Swapnil Tripathi
Static Spherically Symmetric Solutions in Extended Palatini Gravity
3 pages, ws-procs975x65.cls, corrects some typos present in the published version of the Proceedings of 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Paris (France)
null
10.1142/9789814374552_0402
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider static spherically symmetric stellar configurations in Palatini theories of gravity in which the Lagrangian is an unspecified function of the form f(R,R_{\mu\nu}R^{\mu\nu}). We obtain the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov equations corresponding to this class of theories and show that they recover those of f(R) theories and General Relativity in the appropriate limits. We compute exterior vacuum solutions and comment on the possible expected modifications, as compared to GR, of the interior solutions.
[ { "created": "Sun, 4 Nov 2012 15:07:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-11-06
[ [ "Olmo", "Gonzalo J.", "" ], [ "Sanchis-Alepuz", "Helios", "" ], [ "Tripathi", "Swapnil", "" ] ]
We consider static spherically symmetric stellar configurations in Palatini theories of gravity in which the Lagrangian is an unspecified function of the form f(R,R_{\mu\nu}R^{\mu\nu}). We obtain the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov equations corresponding to this class of theories and show that they recover those of f(R) theories and General Relativity in the appropriate limits. We compute exterior vacuum solutions and comment on the possible expected modifications, as compared to GR, of the interior solutions.
gr-qc/9912062
Alberto Balfagon Costa
X. Jaen (1) and A. Balfagon (2) ((1)Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Laboratori de Fisica Matematica,Societat Catalana de Fisica(I.E.C.), (2)Institut Quimic de Sarria (universitat Ramon Llull),Laboratori de Fisica Matematica,Societat Catalana de Fisica(I.E.C.))
Nondimensional Simplification of Tensor Polynomials with Indices
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We are presenting an algorithm capable of simplifying tensor polynomials with indices when the building tensors have index symmetry properties. These properties include simple symmetry, cyclicity and those due to the presence of covariant derivatives. The algorithm is part of a Mathematica package called Tools of Tensor Calculus (TTC) [web address: http://baldufa.upc.es/ttc]
[ { "created": "Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:53:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Jaen", "X.", "" ], [ "Balfagon", "A.", "" ] ]
We are presenting an algorithm capable of simplifying tensor polynomials with indices when the building tensors have index symmetry properties. These properties include simple symmetry, cyclicity and those due to the presence of covariant derivatives. The algorithm is part of a Mathematica package called Tools of Tensor Calculus (TTC) [web address: http://baldufa.upc.es/ttc]
1208.6563
Dong-han Yeom
Dong-il Hwang, Bum-Hoon Lee, Ewan D. Stewart, Dong-han Yeom, Heeseung Zoe
Euclidean quantum gravity and stochastic inflation
25 pages, 6 figures
Phys.Rev.D87:063502,2013
10.1103/PhysRevD.87.063502
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we compare dispersions of a scalar field in Euclidean quantum gravity with stochastic inflation. We use Einstein gravity and a minimally coupled scalar field with a quadratic potential. We restrict our attention to small mass and small field cases. In the Euclidean approach, we introduce the ground state wave function which is approximated by instantons. We used a numerical technique to find instantons that satisfy classicality. In the stochastic approach, we introduce the probability distribution of Hubble patches that can be approximated by locally homogeneous universes down to a smoothing scale. We assume that the ground state wave function should correspond to the stationary state of the probability distribution of the stochastic universe. By comparing the dispersion of both approaches, we conclude three main results. (1) For a statistical distribution with a certain value, we can find a corresponding instanton in the Euclidean side, and it should be a complex-valued instanton. (2) The size of the universe of the Euclidean approach corresponds to the smoothing scale of the stochastic side; the universe is homogeneous up to the Euclidean instanton. (3) In addition, as the mass increases up to a critical value, both approaches break at the same time. Hence, generation of classical inhomogeneity in the stochastic approach and the instability of classicality in the Euclidean approach are related.
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2014-09-16
[ [ "Hwang", "Dong-il", "" ], [ "Lee", "Bum-Hoon", "" ], [ "Stewart", "Ewan D.", "" ], [ "Yeom", "Dong-han", "" ], [ "Zoe", "Heeseung", "" ] ]
In this paper, we compare dispersions of a scalar field in Euclidean quantum gravity with stochastic inflation. We use Einstein gravity and a minimally coupled scalar field with a quadratic potential. We restrict our attention to small mass and small field cases. In the Euclidean approach, we introduce the ground state wave function which is approximated by instantons. We used a numerical technique to find instantons that satisfy classicality. In the stochastic approach, we introduce the probability distribution of Hubble patches that can be approximated by locally homogeneous universes down to a smoothing scale. We assume that the ground state wave function should correspond to the stationary state of the probability distribution of the stochastic universe. By comparing the dispersion of both approaches, we conclude three main results. (1) For a statistical distribution with a certain value, we can find a corresponding instanton in the Euclidean side, and it should be a complex-valued instanton. (2) The size of the universe of the Euclidean approach corresponds to the smoothing scale of the stochastic side; the universe is homogeneous up to the Euclidean instanton. (3) In addition, as the mass increases up to a critical value, both approaches break at the same time. Hence, generation of classical inhomogeneity in the stochastic approach and the instability of classicality in the Euclidean approach are related.
2209.09922
Adri\'an Del R\'io Vega
Abhay Ashtekar and Adri\'an del R\'io
Probing cosmological singularities with quantum fields: Open and closed FLRW universes
22 pages + 2 appendices
Phys. Rev. D 106, 085003 (2022)
10.1103/PhysRevD.106.085003
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It was recently pointed out that linear quantum fields $\hat \phi(x)$ can be meaningfully propagated across the big bang (and the big crunch) singularities of spatially flat Friedmann, Lema\^itre, Robertson, Walker (FLRW) universes \cite{ADLS2021}. Recall that $\hat \phi(x)$, as well as renormalized observables $\langle\hat \phi(x)^2 \rangle_{ren}$ and $\langle \hat T_{ab}(x)\rangle_{ren}$, are distribution-valued already in Minkowskian quantum field theories. It was shown that they can be extended as well-defined distributions even when these space-times are enlarged to include the big-bang (or the big crunch). We generalize these results to spatially closed and open FLRW models, showing that this `tameness' of cosmological singularities is not an artifact of the technical simplifications due to spatial flatness. Our analysis also provides explicit expressions of $\langle\hat \phi(x) \hat \phi(x') \rangle_{ren}$, $\langle\hat \phi(x)^2 \rangle_{ren}$ and $\langle \hat T_{ab}(x)\rangle_{ren}$ in closed and open universes for minimally coupled massless scalar fields and discuss the ambiguities in the definition of $\langle \hat T_{ab}(x)\rangle_{ren}$ at the big-bang. While the technical expressions are more complicated than in the spatially flat case, there is also an unexpected conceptual simplification: the infrared divergence \cite{fp} is now absent because, in effect, the spatial curvature provides a natural cutoff. Finally, we further clarify the sense in which quantum field theory can continue to be well defined even though the extended space-time is not globally hyperbolic because of the singularity, and suggest directions for further work.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:00:55 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-10-12
[ [ "Ashtekar", "Abhay", "" ], [ "del Río", "Adrián", "" ] ]
It was recently pointed out that linear quantum fields $\hat \phi(x)$ can be meaningfully propagated across the big bang (and the big crunch) singularities of spatially flat Friedmann, Lema\^itre, Robertson, Walker (FLRW) universes \cite{ADLS2021}. Recall that $\hat \phi(x)$, as well as renormalized observables $\langle\hat \phi(x)^2 \rangle_{ren}$ and $\langle \hat T_{ab}(x)\rangle_{ren}$, are distribution-valued already in Minkowskian quantum field theories. It was shown that they can be extended as well-defined distributions even when these space-times are enlarged to include the big-bang (or the big crunch). We generalize these results to spatially closed and open FLRW models, showing that this `tameness' of cosmological singularities is not an artifact of the technical simplifications due to spatial flatness. Our analysis also provides explicit expressions of $\langle\hat \phi(x) \hat \phi(x') \rangle_{ren}$, $\langle\hat \phi(x)^2 \rangle_{ren}$ and $\langle \hat T_{ab}(x)\rangle_{ren}$ in closed and open universes for minimally coupled massless scalar fields and discuss the ambiguities in the definition of $\langle \hat T_{ab}(x)\rangle_{ren}$ at the big-bang. While the technical expressions are more complicated than in the spatially flat case, there is also an unexpected conceptual simplification: the infrared divergence \cite{fp} is now absent because, in effect, the spatial curvature provides a natural cutoff. Finally, we further clarify the sense in which quantum field theory can continue to be well defined even though the extended space-time is not globally hyperbolic because of the singularity, and suggest directions for further work.
0908.2500
Evgeny Sorkin
Evgeny Sorkin, Matthew W. Choptuik
Generalized harmonic formulation in spherical symmetry
47 pages, 15 figures. v2: Minor corrections, including 2 added references; journal version.
Gen.Rel.Grav.42:1239-1286,2010
10.1007/s10714-009-0905-8
AEI-2009-077
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this pedagogically structured article, we describe a generalized harmonic formulation of the Einstein equations in spherical symmetry which is regular at the origin. The generalized harmonic approach has attracted significant attention in numerical relativity over the past few years, especially as applied to the problem of binary inspiral and merger. A key issue when using the technique is the choice of the gauge source functions, and recent work has provided several prescriptions for gauge drivers designed to evolve these functions in a controlled way. We numerically investigate the parameter spaces of some of these drivers in the context of fully non-linear collapse of a real, massless scalar field, and determine nearly optimal parameter settings for specific situations. Surprisingly, we find that many of the drivers that perform well in 3+1 calculations that use Cartesian coordinates, are considerably less effective in spherical symmetry, where some of them are, in fact, unstable.
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2010-05-07
[ [ "Sorkin", "Evgeny", "" ], [ "Choptuik", "Matthew W.", "" ] ]
In this pedagogically structured article, we describe a generalized harmonic formulation of the Einstein equations in spherical symmetry which is regular at the origin. The generalized harmonic approach has attracted significant attention in numerical relativity over the past few years, especially as applied to the problem of binary inspiral and merger. A key issue when using the technique is the choice of the gauge source functions, and recent work has provided several prescriptions for gauge drivers designed to evolve these functions in a controlled way. We numerically investigate the parameter spaces of some of these drivers in the context of fully non-linear collapse of a real, massless scalar field, and determine nearly optimal parameter settings for specific situations. Surprisingly, we find that many of the drivers that perform well in 3+1 calculations that use Cartesian coordinates, are considerably less effective in spherical symmetry, where some of them are, in fact, unstable.
gr-qc/0005027
Sawa Manoff
S. Manoff
Relative velocity and relative acceleration induced by the torsion in (pseudo) Riemannian spaces with torsion and in spaces with an affine connection and metrics
35 pages
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
The influence of the torsion on the relative velocity and on the relative acceleration between particles (points) in spaces with an affine connection and a metric [$(L_n,g)$-spaces] and in (pseudo) Riemannian spaces with torsion ($U_n$-spaces) is considered. Necessary and sufficient conditions as well as only necessary and only sufficient conditions for vanishing deformation, shear, rotation and expansion are found. The notion of relative acceleration and the related to it notions of shear, rotation and expansion accelerations induced by the torsion are determined. It is shown that the kinematic characteristics induced by the torsion (shear acceleration, rotation acceleration and expansion acceleration) could play the same role as the kinematic characteristics induced by the curvature and can (under given conditions) compensate their action as well as the action of external forces. The change of the rate of change of the length of a deviation vector field is given in explicit form for $(L_n,g)$- and $U_n$-spaces. PACS numbers: 04.90+e, 04.50+h, 12.10.Gq, 03.40.-t
[ { "created": "Wed, 10 May 2000 07:59:47 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Manoff", "S.", "" ] ]
The influence of the torsion on the relative velocity and on the relative acceleration between particles (points) in spaces with an affine connection and a metric [$(L_n,g)$-spaces] and in (pseudo) Riemannian spaces with torsion ($U_n$-spaces) is considered. Necessary and sufficient conditions as well as only necessary and only sufficient conditions for vanishing deformation, shear, rotation and expansion are found. The notion of relative acceleration and the related to it notions of shear, rotation and expansion accelerations induced by the torsion are determined. It is shown that the kinematic characteristics induced by the torsion (shear acceleration, rotation acceleration and expansion acceleration) could play the same role as the kinematic characteristics induced by the curvature and can (under given conditions) compensate their action as well as the action of external forces. The change of the rate of change of the length of a deviation vector field is given in explicit form for $(L_n,g)$- and $U_n$-spaces. PACS numbers: 04.90+e, 04.50+h, 12.10.Gq, 03.40.-t
0911.2297
Ken-Ichi Nakao
Swastik Bhattacharya, Pankaj S. Joshi and Ken-ichi Nakao
Accelerated cosmic expansion in a scalar-field universe
12 pages, 8 figures
Phys.Rev.D81:064032,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.064032
OCU-PHYS-323, AP-GR-74
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider here a spherically symmetric but inhomogeneous universe filled with a massless scalar field. The model obeys two constraints. The first one is that the gradient of the scalar field is timelike everywhere. The second constraint is that the radial coordinate basis vector is a unit vector field in the comoving coordinate system. We find that the resultant dynamical solutions compose a one-parameter family of self-similar models which is known as the Roberts solution. The solutions are divided into three classes. The first class consists of solutions with only one spacelike singularity in the synchronous-comoving chart. The second class consists of solutions with two singularities which are null and spacelike, respectively. The third class consists of solutions with two spacelike singularities which correspond to the big bang and big crunch, respectively. We see that, in the first case, a comoving volume exponentially expands as in an inflationary period; the fluid elements are accelerated outwards form the symmetry center, even though the strong energy condition is satisfied. This behavior is very different from that observed in the homogeneous and isotropic universe in which the fluid elements would move outwards with deceleration, if the strong energy conditions are satisfied. We are thus able to achieve the accelerated expansion of the universe for the models considered here, without a need to violate the energy conditions. The cosmological features of the models are examined in some detail.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:32:45 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-04-20
[ [ "Bhattacharya", "Swastik", "" ], [ "Joshi", "Pankaj S.", "" ], [ "Nakao", "Ken-ichi", "" ] ]
We consider here a spherically symmetric but inhomogeneous universe filled with a massless scalar field. The model obeys two constraints. The first one is that the gradient of the scalar field is timelike everywhere. The second constraint is that the radial coordinate basis vector is a unit vector field in the comoving coordinate system. We find that the resultant dynamical solutions compose a one-parameter family of self-similar models which is known as the Roberts solution. The solutions are divided into three classes. The first class consists of solutions with only one spacelike singularity in the synchronous-comoving chart. The second class consists of solutions with two singularities which are null and spacelike, respectively. The third class consists of solutions with two spacelike singularities which correspond to the big bang and big crunch, respectively. We see that, in the first case, a comoving volume exponentially expands as in an inflationary period; the fluid elements are accelerated outwards form the symmetry center, even though the strong energy condition is satisfied. This behavior is very different from that observed in the homogeneous and isotropic universe in which the fluid elements would move outwards with deceleration, if the strong energy conditions are satisfied. We are thus able to achieve the accelerated expansion of the universe for the models considered here, without a need to violate the energy conditions. The cosmological features of the models are examined in some detail.
2303.04126
Nicolas Lecoeur
Eugeny Babichev, Christos Charmousis, Mokhtar Hassaine, Nicolas Lecoeur
Selecting Horndeski theories without apparent symmetries and their black hole solutions
null
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.108.024019
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Starting from a generalised Kaluza-Klein action including arbitrary Horndeski potentials, we establish integrability and compatibility conditions that solve the generic field equations for spherical symmetry. The resulting theories can be identified as general Horndeski theories having no apparent symmetries in four dimensions or as effective string theory actions with an IR logarithmic running for the dilaton, higher order corrections and generalised Liouville type potentials. For such actions, we then find black holes with secondary hair parameterized by two coupling constants essentially characterising the theories at hand. One is related to an action which is conformally coupled in five dimensions while the second is related to a Kaluza-Klein reduction of Lovelock theory. We show that the full action can also be interpreted as a sum of conformally coupled actions in differing dimensions. Known solutions are mapped within the general chart of the found theories and novel general black holes are discussed, focusing on their important properties and some of their observational constraints.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Mar 2023 18:40:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-07-26
[ [ "Babichev", "Eugeny", "" ], [ "Charmousis", "Christos", "" ], [ "Hassaine", "Mokhtar", "" ], [ "Lecoeur", "Nicolas", "" ] ]
Starting from a generalised Kaluza-Klein action including arbitrary Horndeski potentials, we establish integrability and compatibility conditions that solve the generic field equations for spherical symmetry. The resulting theories can be identified as general Horndeski theories having no apparent symmetries in four dimensions or as effective string theory actions with an IR logarithmic running for the dilaton, higher order corrections and generalised Liouville type potentials. For such actions, we then find black holes with secondary hair parameterized by two coupling constants essentially characterising the theories at hand. One is related to an action which is conformally coupled in five dimensions while the second is related to a Kaluza-Klein reduction of Lovelock theory. We show that the full action can also be interpreted as a sum of conformally coupled actions in differing dimensions. Known solutions are mapped within the general chart of the found theories and novel general black holes are discussed, focusing on their important properties and some of their observational constraints.
2205.08831
Miguel Manzano
Miguel Manzano and Marc Mars
General matching across Killing horizons of zero order
38 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.106.044019
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Null shells are a useful geometric construction to study the propagation of infinitesimally thin concentrations of massless particles or impulsive waves. After recalling the necessary and sufficient conditions obtained in [28] that allow for the matching of two spacetimes with null embedded hypersurfaces as boundaries, we will address the problem of matching across Killing horizons of zero order in the case when the symmetry generators are to be identified. The results are substantially different depending on whether the boundaries are non-degenerate or degenerate, and contain or not fixed points (in particular, in the former case the shells have zero pressure but non-vanishing energy density and energy flux in general). We will present the explicit form of the so-called step function in each situation. We will then concentrate on the case of actual Killing horizons admitting a bifurcation surface, where a complete description of the shell and its energy-momentum tensor can be obtained. We will conclude particularizing to the matching of two spacetimes with spherical, plane or hyperbolic symmetry without imposing this symmetry on the shell itself.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 May 2022 09:57:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-08-31
[ [ "Manzano", "Miguel", "" ], [ "Mars", "Marc", "" ] ]
Null shells are a useful geometric construction to study the propagation of infinitesimally thin concentrations of massless particles or impulsive waves. After recalling the necessary and sufficient conditions obtained in [28] that allow for the matching of two spacetimes with null embedded hypersurfaces as boundaries, we will address the problem of matching across Killing horizons of zero order in the case when the symmetry generators are to be identified. The results are substantially different depending on whether the boundaries are non-degenerate or degenerate, and contain or not fixed points (in particular, in the former case the shells have zero pressure but non-vanishing energy density and energy flux in general). We will present the explicit form of the so-called step function in each situation. We will then concentrate on the case of actual Killing horizons admitting a bifurcation surface, where a complete description of the shell and its energy-momentum tensor can be obtained. We will conclude particularizing to the matching of two spacetimes with spherical, plane or hyperbolic symmetry without imposing this symmetry on the shell itself.
2008.09902
Francisco Lobo
Francisco S. N. Lobo, Diego Rubiera-Garcia
Wormholes, energy conditions and time machines
7 pages
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This report is based on the Parallel Session AT3 ``Wormholes, Energy Conditions and Time Machines'' of the Fifteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting - MG15, held at the University of Rome ``La Sapienza'', Rome, in 2018.
[ { "created": "Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:32:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-08-25
[ [ "Lobo", "Francisco S. N.", "" ], [ "Rubiera-Garcia", "Diego", "" ] ]
This report is based on the Parallel Session AT3 ``Wormholes, Energy Conditions and Time Machines'' of the Fifteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting - MG15, held at the University of Rome ``La Sapienza'', Rome, in 2018.
gr-qc/0609049
Marcello Ortaggio
Marcello Ortaggio, Vojtech Pravda
Black rings with a small electric charge: gyromagnetic ratios and algebraic alignment
22 pages, 3 figures. v2: new appendix C finds the gyromagnetic ratio g=D-2 in any dimensions, two new references. To appear in JHEP
JHEP0612:054,2006
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/054
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
We study electromagnetic test fields in the background of vacuum black rings using Killing vectors as vector potentials. We consider both spacetimes with a rotating S^1 and with a rotating S^2 and we demonstrate, in particular, that the gyromagnetic ratio of slightly charged black rings takes the value g=3 (this will in fact apply to a wider class of spacetimes). We also observe that a S^2-rotating black ring immersed in an external "aligned" magnetic field completely expels the magnetic flux in the extremal limit. Finally, we discuss the mutual alignment of principal null directions of the Maxwell 2-form and of the Weyl tensor, and the algebraic type of exact charged black rings. In contrast to spherical black holes, charged rings display new distinctive features and provide us with an explicit example of algebraically general (type G) spacetimes in higher dimensions. Appendix A contains some global results on black rings with a rotating 2-sphere. Appendix C shows that g=D-2 in any D>=4 dimensions for test electromagnetic fields generated by a time translation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:44:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:38:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Ortaggio", "Marcello", "" ], [ "Pravda", "Vojtech", "" ] ]
We study electromagnetic test fields in the background of vacuum black rings using Killing vectors as vector potentials. We consider both spacetimes with a rotating S^1 and with a rotating S^2 and we demonstrate, in particular, that the gyromagnetic ratio of slightly charged black rings takes the value g=3 (this will in fact apply to a wider class of spacetimes). We also observe that a S^2-rotating black ring immersed in an external "aligned" magnetic field completely expels the magnetic flux in the extremal limit. Finally, we discuss the mutual alignment of principal null directions of the Maxwell 2-form and of the Weyl tensor, and the algebraic type of exact charged black rings. In contrast to spherical black holes, charged rings display new distinctive features and provide us with an explicit example of algebraically general (type G) spacetimes in higher dimensions. Appendix A contains some global results on black rings with a rotating 2-sphere. Appendix C shows that g=D-2 in any D>=4 dimensions for test electromagnetic fields generated by a time translation.
2204.03480
Mariana Carrillo-Gonz\'alez
Jos\'e Eliel Camargo-Molina, Mariana Carrillo Gonz\'alez, Arttu Rajantie
Phase Transitions in de Sitter: Quantum Corrections
7 pages, double column
null
null
Imperial/TP/2022/MC/03
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the decay rate of a false vacuum state in de Sitter space at high Hubble rates, using two methods: the Hawking-Moss instanton method which is fully quantum mechanical but relies on the saddle-point approximation, and the Starobinsky-Yokoyama stochastic approach which is non-perturbative but does not include quantum effects. We use the flux-over-population method to compute the Hawking-Moss decay rate at one-loop order, and demonstrate that in its domain of validity, it is reproduced by the stochastic calculation using the one-loop constraint effective potential. This suggests that the stochastic approach together with the constraint effective potential can be used to accurately describe vacuum decay beyond the saddle-point approximation.
[ { "created": "Wed, 6 Apr 2022 14:46:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-04-08
[ [ "Camargo-Molina", "José Eliel", "" ], [ "González", "Mariana Carrillo", "" ], [ "Rajantie", "Arttu", "" ] ]
We investigate the decay rate of a false vacuum state in de Sitter space at high Hubble rates, using two methods: the Hawking-Moss instanton method which is fully quantum mechanical but relies on the saddle-point approximation, and the Starobinsky-Yokoyama stochastic approach which is non-perturbative but does not include quantum effects. We use the flux-over-population method to compute the Hawking-Moss decay rate at one-loop order, and demonstrate that in its domain of validity, it is reproduced by the stochastic calculation using the one-loop constraint effective potential. This suggests that the stochastic approach together with the constraint effective potential can be used to accurately describe vacuum decay beyond the saddle-point approximation.
2208.04596
Saikat Chakraborty
Saikat Chakraborty, Daniele Gregoris, B. Mishra
On the uniqueness of $\Lambda$CDM-like evolution for homogeneous and isotropic cosmology in General Relativity
15 pages. 3 figures. Accepted for publication in PLB
PLB, 842, 137962, 2023
10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137962
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We address the question of the uniqueness of spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM-like evolution for FLRW cosmologies in General Relativity, i.e. whether any model other than the spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM can give rise to the same type of scale factor evolution. Firstly, we elaborate on what we exactly imply by a $\Lambda$CDM-like evolution or kinematic/cosmographic degeneracy with the $\Lambda$CDM model, using the lessons from the statefinder diagnostic. Then, we consider two models with interaction in the dark sector: coupled fluid-fluid model and coupled quintessence model. We enforce the \emph{kinematic} degeneracy with the spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM model via the cosmographic condition $j=1$ ($j$ being the jerk parameter), which in turn fixes the function of the interaction term that is a priori unspecified. We argue that in General Relativity this cosmographic condition is consistent only with spatial flatness. Employing a dynamical system approach, we show that the spatially flat coupled fluid-fluid interacting models kinematically degenerate with $\Lambda$CDM must necessarily be based on a phantom fluid, whereas the set of physically viable spatially flat coupled quintessence models with power law or exponential potential kinematically degenerate to $\Lambda$CDM is of measure zero. Our analysis establishes that coupled fluid-fluid models with non-phantom fluids or coupled quintessence models with power law and exponential potential can never reproduce a cosmological evolution similar to that of the $\Lambda$CDM. The astrophysical consequences of our findings are qualitatively discussed in light of observational cosmological tensions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Aug 2022 08:25:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 May 2023 17:11:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-03-21
[ [ "Chakraborty", "Saikat", "" ], [ "Gregoris", "Daniele", "" ], [ "Mishra", "B.", "" ] ]
We address the question of the uniqueness of spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM-like evolution for FLRW cosmologies in General Relativity, i.e. whether any model other than the spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM can give rise to the same type of scale factor evolution. Firstly, we elaborate on what we exactly imply by a $\Lambda$CDM-like evolution or kinematic/cosmographic degeneracy with the $\Lambda$CDM model, using the lessons from the statefinder diagnostic. Then, we consider two models with interaction in the dark sector: coupled fluid-fluid model and coupled quintessence model. We enforce the \emph{kinematic} degeneracy with the spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM model via the cosmographic condition $j=1$ ($j$ being the jerk parameter), which in turn fixes the function of the interaction term that is a priori unspecified. We argue that in General Relativity this cosmographic condition is consistent only with spatial flatness. Employing a dynamical system approach, we show that the spatially flat coupled fluid-fluid interacting models kinematically degenerate with $\Lambda$CDM must necessarily be based on a phantom fluid, whereas the set of physically viable spatially flat coupled quintessence models with power law or exponential potential kinematically degenerate to $\Lambda$CDM is of measure zero. Our analysis establishes that coupled fluid-fluid models with non-phantom fluids or coupled quintessence models with power law and exponential potential can never reproduce a cosmological evolution similar to that of the $\Lambda$CDM. The astrophysical consequences of our findings are qualitatively discussed in light of observational cosmological tensions.
2404.07723
Lajos Di\'osi
Lajos Di\'osi
The classical-quantum hybrid canonical dynamics and its difficulties with special and general relativity
9pp
null
null
null
gr-qc quant-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We discuss the Hamiltonian hybrid coupling between a classical and a quantum subsystem. If applicable to classical gravity coupled to quantized matter, this hybrid theory might realize a captivating `postquantum' alternative to full quantum-gravity. We summarize the nonrelativistic hybrid dynamics in improved formalism adequate to Hamiltonian systems. The mandatory decoherence and diffusion terms become divergent in special and general relativistic extensions. It is not yet known if any renormalization method might reconcile Markovian decoherence and diffusion with relativity. Postquantum gravity could previously only be realized in the Newtonian approximation. We argue that pending problems of the recently proposed general relativistic postquantum theory will not be solved if Markovian diffusion/decoherence are truly incompatible with relativity.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:13:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-04-12
[ [ "Diósi", "Lajos", "" ] ]
We discuss the Hamiltonian hybrid coupling between a classical and a quantum subsystem. If applicable to classical gravity coupled to quantized matter, this hybrid theory might realize a captivating `postquantum' alternative to full quantum-gravity. We summarize the nonrelativistic hybrid dynamics in improved formalism adequate to Hamiltonian systems. The mandatory decoherence and diffusion terms become divergent in special and general relativistic extensions. It is not yet known if any renormalization method might reconcile Markovian decoherence and diffusion with relativity. Postquantum gravity could previously only be realized in the Newtonian approximation. We argue that pending problems of the recently proposed general relativistic postquantum theory will not be solved if Markovian diffusion/decoherence are truly incompatible with relativity.
gr-qc/0207047
David Langlois
David Langlois (GRECO/IAP, Paris)
Gravitation and cosmology in a brane-universe
Invited review talk given at the 11th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (Jan 2002); 14 pages; Latex; one figure
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph hep-th
null
Recent theoretical developments have generated a strong interest in the ``brane-world'' picture, which assumes that ordinary matter is trapped in a three-dimensional submanifold, usually called brane, embedded in a higher dimensional space. The purpose of this review is to introduce some basic results concerning gravity in these models and then to present various aspects of the cosmology in a brane-universe.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:53:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Langlois", "David", "", "GRECO/IAP, Paris" ] ]
Recent theoretical developments have generated a strong interest in the ``brane-world'' picture, which assumes that ordinary matter is trapped in a three-dimensional submanifold, usually called brane, embedded in a higher dimensional space. The purpose of this review is to introduce some basic results concerning gravity in these models and then to present various aspects of the cosmology in a brane-universe.
1905.10554
Bibhas Majhi Ranjan
Kushal Chakraborty, Bibhas Ranjan Majhi
Detector response along null geodesics in black hole spacetimes and in a Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker Universe
Expanded version, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 100, 045004 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.045004
null
gr-qc hep-th quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the detector's response when moving along an ingoing null geodesic. The backgrounds are chosen to be black hole spacetimes ($(1+1)$ dimensional Schwarzschild metric and near horizon effective metric for any stationary black hole in arbitrary dimensions) as well as Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) Universe. For black holes the trajectories are defined in Schwarzschild coordinates and the field modes are corresponding to {\it Boulware vacuum}. Whereas for FLRW case, the detector is moving along the path defined in original {\it cosmic time} and the field modes are related to {\it conformal vacuum}. The analysis is done for three stages (de-Sitter, radiation dominated and matter dominated) of the Universe. We find that, although the detector is freely falling, it registered particles in the above mentioned respective vacuums. We confirm this by different approaches. The detection probability distributions, in all situations, are thermal in nature.
[ { "created": "Sat, 25 May 2019 08:20:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:30:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-08-14
[ [ "Chakraborty", "Kushal", "" ], [ "Majhi", "Bibhas Ranjan", "" ] ]
We study the detector's response when moving along an ingoing null geodesic. The backgrounds are chosen to be black hole spacetimes ($(1+1)$ dimensional Schwarzschild metric and near horizon effective metric for any stationary black hole in arbitrary dimensions) as well as Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) Universe. For black holes the trajectories are defined in Schwarzschild coordinates and the field modes are corresponding to {\it Boulware vacuum}. Whereas for FLRW case, the detector is moving along the path defined in original {\it cosmic time} and the field modes are related to {\it conformal vacuum}. The analysis is done for three stages (de-Sitter, radiation dominated and matter dominated) of the Universe. We find that, although the detector is freely falling, it registered particles in the above mentioned respective vacuums. We confirm this by different approaches. The detection probability distributions, in all situations, are thermal in nature.
2008.02774
Luca Marchetti
Luca Marchetti and Daniele Oriti
Effective relational cosmological dynamics from Quantum Gravity
31 pages, 1 figure
JHEP 05 (2021) 025
10.1007/JHEP05(2021)025
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the relational strategy to solve the problem of time in quantum gravity and different ways in which it could be implemented, pointing out in particular the fundamentally new dimension that the problem takes in a quantum gravity context in which spacetime and geometry are understood as emergent. We realize concretely the relational strategy we have advocated in the context of the tensorial group field theory formalism for quantum gravity, leading to the extraction of an effective relational cosmological dynamics from quantum geometric models. We analyze in detail the emergent cosmological dynamics, highlighting the improvements over previous work, the contribution of the quantum properties of the relational clock to it, and the interplay between the conditions ensuring a bona fide relational dynamics throughout the cosmological evolution and the existence of a quantum bounce resolving the classical big bang singularity.
[ { "created": "Thu, 6 Aug 2020 17:17:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:22:57 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 16 May 2021 15:14:21 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-09-23
[ [ "Marchetti", "Luca", "" ], [ "Oriti", "Daniele", "" ] ]
We discuss the relational strategy to solve the problem of time in quantum gravity and different ways in which it could be implemented, pointing out in particular the fundamentally new dimension that the problem takes in a quantum gravity context in which spacetime and geometry are understood as emergent. We realize concretely the relational strategy we have advocated in the context of the tensorial group field theory formalism for quantum gravity, leading to the extraction of an effective relational cosmological dynamics from quantum geometric models. We analyze in detail the emergent cosmological dynamics, highlighting the improvements over previous work, the contribution of the quantum properties of the relational clock to it, and the interplay between the conditions ensuring a bona fide relational dynamics throughout the cosmological evolution and the existence of a quantum bounce resolving the classical big bang singularity.
2210.01914
Makana Silva
Makana Silva, Gabriel Vasquez, Emily Koivu, Arijit Das, and Christopher Hirata
Corrections to Hawking Radiation from Asteroid Mass Primordial Black Holes: I. Formalism of Dissipative Interactions in Quantum Electrodynamics
30 pages, 1 figure
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.107.045004
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Primordial black holes (PBHs) within the mass range $10^{17} - 10^{22}$ g are a favorable candidate for describing the all of the dark matter content. Towards the lower end of this mass range, the Hawking temperature, $T_{\rm H}$, of these PBHs is $T_{\rm H} \gtrsim 100$ keV, allowing for the creation of electron -- positron pairs; thus making their Hawking radiation a useful constraint for most current and future MeV surveys. This motivates the need for realistic and rigorous accounts of the distribution and dynamics of emitted particles from Hawking radiation in order to properly model detected signals from high energy observations. This is the first in a series of papers to account for the $\mathcal{O}(\alpha)$ correction to the Hawking radiation spectrum. We begin by the usual canonical quantization of the photon and spinor (electron/positron) fields on the Schwarzschild geometry. Then we compute the correction to the rate of emission by standard time dependent perturbation theory from the interaction Hamiltonian. We conclude with the analytic expression for the dissipative correction, i.e. corrections due to the creation and annihilation of electron/positrons in the plasma.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 Oct 2022 21:25:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-02-22
[ [ "Silva", "Makana", "" ], [ "Vasquez", "Gabriel", "" ], [ "Koivu", "Emily", "" ], [ "Das", "Arijit", "" ], [ "Hirata", "Christopher", "" ] ]
Primordial black holes (PBHs) within the mass range $10^{17} - 10^{22}$ g are a favorable candidate for describing the all of the dark matter content. Towards the lower end of this mass range, the Hawking temperature, $T_{\rm H}$, of these PBHs is $T_{\rm H} \gtrsim 100$ keV, allowing for the creation of electron -- positron pairs; thus making their Hawking radiation a useful constraint for most current and future MeV surveys. This motivates the need for realistic and rigorous accounts of the distribution and dynamics of emitted particles from Hawking radiation in order to properly model detected signals from high energy observations. This is the first in a series of papers to account for the $\mathcal{O}(\alpha)$ correction to the Hawking radiation spectrum. We begin by the usual canonical quantization of the photon and spinor (electron/positron) fields on the Schwarzschild geometry. Then we compute the correction to the rate of emission by standard time dependent perturbation theory from the interaction Hamiltonian. We conclude with the analytic expression for the dissipative correction, i.e. corrections due to the creation and annihilation of electron/positrons in the plasma.
2102.10813
Nicola Maggiore
Giulio Gambuti and Nicola Maggiore
Fierz-Pauli theory reloaded: from a theory of a symmetric tensor field to linearized massive gravity
21 pages, no figures
Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 171 (2021)
10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08962-8
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Modifying gravity at large distances by means of a massive graviton may explain the observed acceleration of the Universe without Dark Energy. The standard paradigm for Massive Gravity is the Fierz-Pauli theory, which, nonetheless, displays well known flaws in its massless limit. The most serious one is represented by the vDVZ discontinuity, which consists in a disagreement between the massless limit of the Fierz-Pauli theory and General Relativity. Our approach is based on a field theoretical treatment of Massive Gravity: General Relativity, in the weak field approximation, is treated as a gauge theory of a symmetric rank-2 tensor field. This leads us to propose an alternative theory of linearized Massive Gravity, describing five degrees of freedom of the graviton, with a good massless limit, without vDVZ discontinuity, and depending on one mass parameter only, in agreement with the Fierz-Pauli theory.
[ { "created": "Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:42:26 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-02-23
[ [ "Gambuti", "Giulio", "" ], [ "Maggiore", "Nicola", "" ] ]
Modifying gravity at large distances by means of a massive graviton may explain the observed acceleration of the Universe without Dark Energy. The standard paradigm for Massive Gravity is the Fierz-Pauli theory, which, nonetheless, displays well known flaws in its massless limit. The most serious one is represented by the vDVZ discontinuity, which consists in a disagreement between the massless limit of the Fierz-Pauli theory and General Relativity. Our approach is based on a field theoretical treatment of Massive Gravity: General Relativity, in the weak field approximation, is treated as a gauge theory of a symmetric rank-2 tensor field. This leads us to propose an alternative theory of linearized Massive Gravity, describing five degrees of freedom of the graviton, with a good massless limit, without vDVZ discontinuity, and depending on one mass parameter only, in agreement with the Fierz-Pauli theory.
gr-qc/9908083
Keith H. Lockitch
John L. Friedman and Keith H. Lockitch
Gravitational-wave driven instability of rotating relativistic stars
14 pages PTPTeX v.1.0. Contribution to proceedings of the 1999 Yukawa International Seminar
Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl.136:121-134,1999
10.1143/PTPS.136.121
WISC-MILW-99-TH-12
gr-qc astro-ph
null
A brief review of the stability of rotating relativistic stars is followed by a more detailed discussion of recent work on an instability of r-modes, modes of rotating stars that have axial parity in the slow-rotation limit. These modes may dominate the spin-down of neutron stars that are rapidly rotating at birth, and the gravitational waves they emit may be detectable.
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2008-11-26
[ [ "Friedman", "John L.", "" ], [ "Lockitch", "Keith H.", "" ] ]
A brief review of the stability of rotating relativistic stars is followed by a more detailed discussion of recent work on an instability of r-modes, modes of rotating stars that have axial parity in the slow-rotation limit. These modes may dominate the spin-down of neutron stars that are rapidly rotating at birth, and the gravitational waves they emit may be detectable.
gr-qc/9711085
Jai-chan Hwang
J. Hwang and H. Noh
Relativistic cosmological hydrodynamics
3 pages, latex, mprocl.sty; The Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We investigate the relativistic cosmological hydrodynamic perturbations. We present the general large scale solutions of the perturbation variables valid for the general sign of three space curvature, the cosmological constant, and generally evolving background equation of state. The large scale evolution is characterized by a conserved gauge invariant quantity which is the same as a perturbed potential (or three-space curvature) in the comoving gauge.
[ { "created": "Fri, 28 Nov 1997 07:51:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 29 Nov 1997 07:47:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Hwang", "J.", "" ], [ "Noh", "H.", "" ] ]
We investigate the relativistic cosmological hydrodynamic perturbations. We present the general large scale solutions of the perturbation variables valid for the general sign of three space curvature, the cosmological constant, and generally evolving background equation of state. The large scale evolution is characterized by a conserved gauge invariant quantity which is the same as a perturbed potential (or three-space curvature) in the comoving gauge.
1212.1006
Francisco Lobo
Francisco S. N. Lobo
Time machines and traversable wormholes in modified theories of gravity
5 pages, 2 figures; contribution to the proceedings of The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy, 14-20 October, 2012
EPJ Web Conf. 58 (2013) 01006
10.1051/epjconf/20135801006
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We review recent work on wormhole geometries in the context of modified theories of gravity, in particular, in f(R) gravity and with a nonminimal curvature-matter coupling, and in the recently proposed hybrid metric-Palatini theory. In principle, the normal matter threading the throat can be shown to satisfy the energy conditions and it is the higher order curvatures terms that sustain these wormhole geometries. We also briefly review the conversion of wormholes into time-machines, explore several of the time travel paradoxes and possible remedies to these intriguing side-effects in wormhole physics.
[ { "created": "Wed, 5 Dec 2012 12:29:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2013-10-18
[ [ "Lobo", "Francisco S. N.", "" ] ]
We review recent work on wormhole geometries in the context of modified theories of gravity, in particular, in f(R) gravity and with a nonminimal curvature-matter coupling, and in the recently proposed hybrid metric-Palatini theory. In principle, the normal matter threading the throat can be shown to satisfy the energy conditions and it is the higher order curvatures terms that sustain these wormhole geometries. We also briefly review the conversion of wormholes into time-machines, explore several of the time travel paradoxes and possible remedies to these intriguing side-effects in wormhole physics.
1905.09913
Mar\'ia Jos\'e Guzm\'an
Cecilia Bejarano, Rafael Ferraro, Franco Fiorini, Mar\'ia Jos\'e Guzm\'an
Reflections on the covariance of modified teleparallel theories of gravity
12 pages, no figures; contribution to the proceedings of the workshop "Teleparallel Universes in Salamanca"
Universe 5 (2019) no.6, 158
10.3390/universe5060158
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
We review the current status of the Lorentz covariance in teleparallel and modified teleparallel theories of gravity, and discuss the controversial features of the different approaches. We also revisit the issue of the remnant Lorentz gauge symmetries in $f(T)$ gravity.
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2019-07-05
[ [ "Bejarano", "Cecilia", "" ], [ "Ferraro", "Rafael", "" ], [ "Fiorini", "Franco", "" ], [ "Guzmán", "María José", "" ] ]
We review the current status of the Lorentz covariance in teleparallel and modified teleparallel theories of gravity, and discuss the controversial features of the different approaches. We also revisit the issue of the remnant Lorentz gauge symmetries in $f(T)$ gravity.
gr-qc/9410015
Renaud Parentani
Renaud Parentani, Joseph Katz and Isao Okamoto
Thermodynamics of a black hole in a cavity
27 pages, latex file, contains 3 figures available on request at okamoto@gprx.miz.nao.ac.jp
Class.Quant.Grav.12:1663-1684,1995
10.1088/0264-9381/12/7/009
null
gr-qc
null
We present a unified thermodynamical description of the configurations consisting on self-gravitating radiation with or without a black hole. We compute the thermal fluctuations and evaluate where will they induce a transition from metastable configurations towards stable ones. We show that the probability of finding such a transition is exponentially small. This indicates that, in a sequence of quasi equilibrium configurations, the system will remain in the metastable states till it approaches very closely the critical point beyond which no metastable configuration exists. Near that point, we relate the divergence of the local temperature fluctuations to the approach of the instability of the whole system, thereby generalizing the usual fluctuations analysis in the cases where long range forces are present. When angular momentum is added to the cavity, the above picture is slightly modified. Nevertheless, at high angular momentum, the black hole loses most of its mass before it reaches the critical point at which it evaporates completely.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Oct 1994 11:19:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-06
[ [ "Parentani", "Renaud", "" ], [ "Katz", "Joseph", "" ], [ "Okamoto", "Isao", "" ] ]
We present a unified thermodynamical description of the configurations consisting on self-gravitating radiation with or without a black hole. We compute the thermal fluctuations and evaluate where will they induce a transition from metastable configurations towards stable ones. We show that the probability of finding such a transition is exponentially small. This indicates that, in a sequence of quasi equilibrium configurations, the system will remain in the metastable states till it approaches very closely the critical point beyond which no metastable configuration exists. Near that point, we relate the divergence of the local temperature fluctuations to the approach of the instability of the whole system, thereby generalizing the usual fluctuations analysis in the cases where long range forces are present. When angular momentum is added to the cavity, the above picture is slightly modified. Nevertheless, at high angular momentum, the black hole loses most of its mass before it reaches the critical point at which it evaporates completely.
1608.06540
Ruben Cordero
Ruben Cordero, Eduardo L. Gonzalez and Alfonso Queijeiro
An equation of state for purely kinetic k-essence inspired by cosmic topological defects
19 pages, 13 figures, typos corrected and references added
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4913-7
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the physical properties of a purely kinetic k-essence model with an equation of state motivated in superconducting membranes. We compute the equation of state parameter $w$ and discuss its physical evolution via a nonlinear equation of state. Using the adiabatic speed of sound and energy density, we restrict the range of parameters of the model in order to have an acceptable physical behavior. Furthermore, we analyze the evolution of the luminosity distance $d_{L}$ with redshift $z$ by comparing (normalizing) it with the $\Lambda$CDM model. Since the equation of state parameter is $z$-dependent the evolution of the luminosity distance is also analyzed using the Alcock-Paczy\'{n}ski test.
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2017-08-02
[ [ "Cordero", "Ruben", "" ], [ "Gonzalez", "Eduardo L.", "" ], [ "Queijeiro", "Alfonso", "" ] ]
We investigate the physical properties of a purely kinetic k-essence model with an equation of state motivated in superconducting membranes. We compute the equation of state parameter $w$ and discuss its physical evolution via a nonlinear equation of state. Using the adiabatic speed of sound and energy density, we restrict the range of parameters of the model in order to have an acceptable physical behavior. Furthermore, we analyze the evolution of the luminosity distance $d_{L}$ with redshift $z$ by comparing (normalizing) it with the $\Lambda$CDM model. Since the equation of state parameter is $z$-dependent the evolution of the luminosity distance is also analyzed using the Alcock-Paczy\'{n}ski test.