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2005.13599
Carlos Coimbra-Araujo
C. H. Coimbra-Ara\'ujo and R. C. Anjos
Acceleration of charged particles from near-extremal rotating black holes embedded in magnetic fields
13 pages, 14 figures
null
10.1088/1361-6382/abc189
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The aim of the present article is to evaluate the motion of charged test particles in the vicinity of a near-extremal rotating black hole in the presence of magnetic fields. Euler-Lagrange motion equations and effective potential methods are used to characterize the motion out of the equatorial plane. Such approach is of peculiar significance if it is considered, e.g., accretion processes onto rotating black holes. In general investigations concerning accretion focus mostly on the simplest case of particles moving in the equatorial plane. Here it will be considered that particles initially moving around some particular orbit may be perturbed by a kick along the $\theta$ direction, giving rise to other possible orbits. We confirm the possibility that ultra high energy cosmic rays would be produced at the very center of AGNs, for a specific range of magnetic field magnitudes, since it is possible that ultra-high center-of-mass energies can be produced by particles colliding near the horizon of fastly rotating black holes.
[ { "created": "Wed, 27 May 2020 19:09:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:33:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-02-03
[ [ "Coimbra-Araújo", "C. H.", "" ], [ "Anjos", "R. C.", "" ] ]
The aim of the present article is to evaluate the motion of charged test particles in the vicinity of a near-extremal rotating black hole in the presence of magnetic fields. Euler-Lagrange motion equations and effective potential methods are used to characterize the motion out of the equatorial plane. Such approach is of peculiar significance if it is considered, e.g., accretion processes onto rotating black holes. In general investigations concerning accretion focus mostly on the simplest case of particles moving in the equatorial plane. Here it will be considered that particles initially moving around some particular orbit may be perturbed by a kick along the $\theta$ direction, giving rise to other possible orbits. We confirm the possibility that ultra high energy cosmic rays would be produced at the very center of AGNs, for a specific range of magnetic field magnitudes, since it is possible that ultra-high center-of-mass energies can be produced by particles colliding near the horizon of fastly rotating black holes.
1905.01793
Yasusada Nambu
Yasusada Nambu, Sousuke Noda, Yuichiro Sakai
Wave Optics in Spacetimes with Compact Gravitating Object
24 pages, accepted version in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 100, 064037 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.064037
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the wave optics in spherically symmetric spacetimes: Schwarzschild black hole, spherical star with a perfect absorbing surface, and massless/massive Ellis wormholes. Assuming a point wave source, wave pattern and power spectrums for scattering waves are obtained by solving the scalar wave equation numerically. We found that the power spectrum at the observer in the forward direction shows oscillations with two characteristic periods determined by the interference effect associated with the photon sphere and the diffraction effect due to the absorbing boundary condition inside of the photon sphere.
[ { "created": "Mon, 6 May 2019 02:13:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:53:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-09-25
[ [ "Nambu", "Yasusada", "" ], [ "Noda", "Sousuke", "" ], [ "Sakai", "Yuichiro", "" ] ]
We investigate the wave optics in spherically symmetric spacetimes: Schwarzschild black hole, spherical star with a perfect absorbing surface, and massless/massive Ellis wormholes. Assuming a point wave source, wave pattern and power spectrums for scattering waves are obtained by solving the scalar wave equation numerically. We found that the power spectrum at the observer in the forward direction shows oscillations with two characteristic periods determined by the interference effect associated with the photon sphere and the diffraction effect due to the absorbing boundary condition inside of the photon sphere.
gr-qc/0607047
Clifford M. Will
Emanuele Berti, Sai Iyer, Clifford M. Will (Washington University, St. Louis)
Eccentricity content of binary black hole initial data
5 pages, 5 figures, clarifications and minor corrections; version submitted to Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 061503
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.061503
null
gr-qc
null
Using a post-Newtonian diagnostic tool developed by Mora and Will, we examine numerically generated quasiequilibrium initial data sets that have been used in recently successful numerical evolutions of binary black holes through plunge, merger and ringdown. We show that a small but significant orbital eccentricity is required to match post-Newtonian and quasiequilibrium calculations. If this proves to be a real eccentricity, it could affect the fine details of the subsequent numerical evolutions and the predicted gravitational waveforms.
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:51:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:01:47 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:26:36 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Berti", "Emanuele", "", "Washington University, St.\n Louis" ], [ "Iyer", "Sai", "", "Washington University, St.\n Louis" ], [ "Will", "Clifford M.", "", "Washington University, St.\n Louis" ] ]
Using a post-Newtonian diagnostic tool developed by Mora and Will, we examine numerically generated quasiequilibrium initial data sets that have been used in recently successful numerical evolutions of binary black holes through plunge, merger and ringdown. We show that a small but significant orbital eccentricity is required to match post-Newtonian and quasiequilibrium calculations. If this proves to be a real eccentricity, it could affect the fine details of the subsequent numerical evolutions and the predicted gravitational waveforms.
gr-qc/0107038
Spiros Cotsakis
Peter Leach, Spiros Cotsakis and John Miritzis
Symmetry, singularities and intregrability in complex dynamics VII: Integrability Properties of FRW-Scalar Cosmologies
22 pages, LaTeX
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
This paper considers some physically interesting cosmological dynamical systems in the FRW-scalarfield category which are examined for integrability according to the criterion of Painlev\'e. In the literature these systems have been examined from the point of view of dynamical systems and the results from the two disparate methods of analysis are compared. This allows some more general comments to be made on the use of the Painlev\'e method in covariant systems.
[ { "created": "Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:16:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Leach", "Peter", "" ], [ "Cotsakis", "Spiros", "" ], [ "Miritzis", "John", "" ] ]
This paper considers some physically interesting cosmological dynamical systems in the FRW-scalarfield category which are examined for integrability according to the criterion of Painlev\'e. In the literature these systems have been examined from the point of view of dynamical systems and the results from the two disparate methods of analysis are compared. This allows some more general comments to be made on the use of the Painlev\'e method in covariant systems.
gr-qc/9307002
Ted Jacobson
Ted Jacobson and Gungwon Kang
Conformal Invariance of Black Hole Temperature
8 pages, plain LaTeX, NSF-ITP-93-91
Class.Quant.Grav.10:L201-L206,1993
10.1088/0264-9381/10/11/002
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
It is shown that the surface gravity and temperature of a stationary black hole are invariant under conformal transformations of the metric that are the identity at infinity. More precisely, we find a conformal invariant definition of the surface gravity of a conformal Killing horizon that agrees with the usual definition(s) for a true Killing horizon and is proportional to the temperature as defined by Hawking radiation. This result is reconciled with the intimate relation between the trace anomaly and the Hawking effect, despite the {\it non}invariance of the trace anomaly under conformal transformations.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Jul 1993 23:38:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-06
[ [ "Jacobson", "Ted", "" ], [ "Kang", "Gungwon", "" ] ]
It is shown that the surface gravity and temperature of a stationary black hole are invariant under conformal transformations of the metric that are the identity at infinity. More precisely, we find a conformal invariant definition of the surface gravity of a conformal Killing horizon that agrees with the usual definition(s) for a true Killing horizon and is proportional to the temperature as defined by Hawking radiation. This result is reconciled with the intimate relation between the trace anomaly and the Hawking effect, despite the {\it non}invariance of the trace anomaly under conformal transformations.
2401.00091
Valerio Faraoni
Valerio Faraoni and Carla Zeyn
Disforming scalar-tensor cosmology
15 pages, latex. Added a section and an appendix on second order disformal transformation, extra discussion, bibliography expanded. Matches the version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Disformal transformations of Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker and Bianchi geometries are analyzed in the context of scalar-tensor gravity. Novel aspects discussed explicitly are the $3+1$ splitting, the effective fluid equivalent of the gravitational scalar, Bianchi models, stealth solutions, and de Sitter solutions with non-constant scalar field (which are signatures of scalar-tensor gravity). Both pure disformal transformations and more general ones are discussed, including those containing higher derivatives of the scalar field recently introduced in the literature.
[ { "created": "Fri, 29 Dec 2023 22:30:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 8 May 2024 00:28:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-05-09
[ [ "Faraoni", "Valerio", "" ], [ "Zeyn", "Carla", "" ] ]
Disformal transformations of Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker and Bianchi geometries are analyzed in the context of scalar-tensor gravity. Novel aspects discussed explicitly are the $3+1$ splitting, the effective fluid equivalent of the gravitational scalar, Bianchi models, stealth solutions, and de Sitter solutions with non-constant scalar field (which are signatures of scalar-tensor gravity). Both pure disformal transformations and more general ones are discussed, including those containing higher derivatives of the scalar field recently introduced in the literature.
1911.06116
Ignazio Ciufolini
Ignazio Ciufolini, Richard Matzner, Vahe Gurzadyan, Roger Penrose
A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: III. De Sitter effect and the LARES 2 space experiment
9 pages
Eur. Phys. J. C, 77 12 (2017) 819
10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5339-y
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In two previous papers we presented the LARES 2 space experiment aimed at a very accurate test of frame-dragging and at other tests of fundamental physics and measurements of space geodesy and geodynamics. We presented the error sources of the LARES 2 experiment, its error budget and Monte Carlo simulations and covariance analyses confirming an accuracy of a few parts in one thousand in the test of frame-dragging. Here we discuss the impact of the orbital perturbation known as the de Sitter effect, or geodetic precession, in the error budget of the LARES 2 frame-dragging experiment. We show that the uncertainty in the de Sitter effect has a negligible impact in the final error budget because of the very accurate results now available for the test of the de Sitter precession and because of its very nature. The total error budget in the LARES 2 test of frame-dragging remains at a level of the order of 0.2%, as determined in the first two papers of this series.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:22:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-11-15
[ [ "Ciufolini", "Ignazio", "" ], [ "Matzner", "Richard", "" ], [ "Gurzadyan", "Vahe", "" ], [ "Penrose", "Roger", "" ] ]
In two previous papers we presented the LARES 2 space experiment aimed at a very accurate test of frame-dragging and at other tests of fundamental physics and measurements of space geodesy and geodynamics. We presented the error sources of the LARES 2 experiment, its error budget and Monte Carlo simulations and covariance analyses confirming an accuracy of a few parts in one thousand in the test of frame-dragging. Here we discuss the impact of the orbital perturbation known as the de Sitter effect, or geodetic precession, in the error budget of the LARES 2 frame-dragging experiment. We show that the uncertainty in the de Sitter effect has a negligible impact in the final error budget because of the very accurate results now available for the test of the de Sitter precession and because of its very nature. The total error budget in the LARES 2 test of frame-dragging remains at a level of the order of 0.2%, as determined in the first two papers of this series.
1902.02871
Gernot Hei{\ss}el
David Fajman and Gernot Hei{\ss}el
Kantowski-Sachs cosmology with Vlasov matter
19 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
null
10.1088/1361-6382/ab2425
null
gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyse the Kantowski-Sachs cosmologies with Vlasov matter of massive and massless particles using dynamical systems analysis. We show that generic solutions are past and future asymptotic to the non-flat locally rotationally symmetric Kasner vacuum solution. Furthermore, we establish that solutions with massive Vlasov matter behave like solutions with massless Vlasov matter towards the singularities.
[ { "created": "Thu, 7 Feb 2019 22:37:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-09-04
[ [ "Fajman", "David", "" ], [ "Heißel", "Gernot", "" ] ]
We analyse the Kantowski-Sachs cosmologies with Vlasov matter of massive and massless particles using dynamical systems analysis. We show that generic solutions are past and future asymptotic to the non-flat locally rotationally symmetric Kasner vacuum solution. Furthermore, we establish that solutions with massive Vlasov matter behave like solutions with massless Vlasov matter towards the singularities.
gr-qc/0211002
Dr. Anirudh Pradhan
Anirudh Pradhan and Hare Ram Pandey
Plane-Symmetric Inhomogeneous Bulk Viscous Cosmological Models with Variable $\Lambda$
11 pages
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D12:941-952,2003
10.1142/S0218271803003359
null
gr-qc
null
A plane-symmetric non-static cosmological model representing a bulk viscous fluid distribution has been obtained which is inhomogeneous and anisotropic and a particular case of which is gravitationally radiative. Without assuming any {\it adhoc} law, we obtain a cosmological constant as a decreasing function of time. The physical and geometric features of the models are also discussed.
[ { "created": "Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:02:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Pradhan", "Anirudh", "" ], [ "Pandey", "Hare Ram", "" ] ]
A plane-symmetric non-static cosmological model representing a bulk viscous fluid distribution has been obtained which is inhomogeneous and anisotropic and a particular case of which is gravitationally radiative. Without assuming any {\it adhoc} law, we obtain a cosmological constant as a decreasing function of time. The physical and geometric features of the models are also discussed.
2204.08634
Hing Tong Cho
Hing-Tong Cho, Jen-Tsung Hsiang and Bei-Lok Hu
Quantum Capacity and Vacuum Compressibility of Spacetime: Thermal Fields
47 pages
Universe 8, 291 (2022)
null
null
gr-qc cond-mat.stat-mech hep-th quant-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
An important yet perplexing result from work in the 90s and 00s is the near-unity value of the ratio of fluctuations in the vacuum energy density of quantum fields to the mean in a collection of generic spacetimes. This was done by way of calculating the noise kernels which are the correlators of the stress-energy tensor of quantum fields. In this paper we revisit this issue via a quantum thermodynamics approach, by calculating two quintessential thermodynamic quantities: the heat capacity and the quantum compressibility of some model geometries filled with a quantum field at high and low temperatures. This is because heat capacity at constant volume gives a measure of the fluctuations of the energy density to the mean. When this ratio approaches or exceeds unity, the validity of the canonical distribution is called into question. Likewise, a system's compressibility at constant pressure is a criterion for the validity of grand canonical ensemble. We derive the free energy density and, from it, obtain the expressions for these two thermodynamic quantities for thermal and quantum fields in 2d Casimir space, 2d Einstein cylinder and 4d ($S^1 \times S^3$ ) Einstein universe. To examine the dependence on the dimensionality of space, for completeness, we have also derived these thermodynamic quantities for the Einstein universes with even-spatial dimensions: $S^1 \times S^2$ and $S^1 \times S^4$. With this array of spacetimes we can investigate the thermodynamic stability of quantum matter fields in them and make some qualitative observations on the compatibility condition for the co-existence between quantum fields and spacetimes, a fundamental issue in the quantum and gravitation conundrum.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:32:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-01-10
[ [ "Cho", "Hing-Tong", "" ], [ "Hsiang", "Jen-Tsung", "" ], [ "Hu", "Bei-Lok", "" ] ]
An important yet perplexing result from work in the 90s and 00s is the near-unity value of the ratio of fluctuations in the vacuum energy density of quantum fields to the mean in a collection of generic spacetimes. This was done by way of calculating the noise kernels which are the correlators of the stress-energy tensor of quantum fields. In this paper we revisit this issue via a quantum thermodynamics approach, by calculating two quintessential thermodynamic quantities: the heat capacity and the quantum compressibility of some model geometries filled with a quantum field at high and low temperatures. This is because heat capacity at constant volume gives a measure of the fluctuations of the energy density to the mean. When this ratio approaches or exceeds unity, the validity of the canonical distribution is called into question. Likewise, a system's compressibility at constant pressure is a criterion for the validity of grand canonical ensemble. We derive the free energy density and, from it, obtain the expressions for these two thermodynamic quantities for thermal and quantum fields in 2d Casimir space, 2d Einstein cylinder and 4d ($S^1 \times S^3$ ) Einstein universe. To examine the dependence on the dimensionality of space, for completeness, we have also derived these thermodynamic quantities for the Einstein universes with even-spatial dimensions: $S^1 \times S^2$ and $S^1 \times S^4$. With this array of spacetimes we can investigate the thermodynamic stability of quantum matter fields in them and make some qualitative observations on the compatibility condition for the co-existence between quantum fields and spacetimes, a fundamental issue in the quantum and gravitation conundrum.
2105.04887
Sayan Kar
Rajendra Prasad Bhatt, Anushree Roy and Sayan Kar (IIT Kharagpur, India)
Analog Raychaudhuri equation in mechanics
21 pages, 9 figures, to appear in Resonance, Journal of Science Education (Indian Academy of Sciences)
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Usually, in mechanics, we obtain the trajectory of a particle in a given force field by solving Newton's second law with chosen initial conditions. In contrast, through our work here, we first demonstrate how one may analyse the behaviour of a suitably defined family of trajectories of a given mechanical system. Such an approach leads us to develop a mechanics analog following the well-known Raychaudhuri equation largely studied in Riemannian geometry and general relativity. The idea of geodesic focusing, which is more familiar to a relativist, appears to be analogous to the meeting of trajectories of a mechanical system within a finite time. Applying our general results to the case of simple pendula, we obtain relevant quantitative consequences. Thereafter, we set up and perform a straightforward experiment based on a system with two pendula. The experimental results on this system are found to tally well with our proposed theoretical model. In summary, the simple theory, as well as the related experiment, provides us with a way to understand the essence of a fairly involved concept in advanced physics from an elementary standpoint.
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 May 2021 09:18:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 19 May 2022 05:16:57 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-05-20
[ [ "Bhatt", "Rajendra Prasad", "", "IIT Kharagpur,\n India" ], [ "Roy", "Anushree", "", "IIT Kharagpur,\n India" ], [ "Kar", "Sayan", "", "IIT Kharagpur,\n India" ] ]
Usually, in mechanics, we obtain the trajectory of a particle in a given force field by solving Newton's second law with chosen initial conditions. In contrast, through our work here, we first demonstrate how one may analyse the behaviour of a suitably defined family of trajectories of a given mechanical system. Such an approach leads us to develop a mechanics analog following the well-known Raychaudhuri equation largely studied in Riemannian geometry and general relativity. The idea of geodesic focusing, which is more familiar to a relativist, appears to be analogous to the meeting of trajectories of a mechanical system within a finite time. Applying our general results to the case of simple pendula, we obtain relevant quantitative consequences. Thereafter, we set up and perform a straightforward experiment based on a system with two pendula. The experimental results on this system are found to tally well with our proposed theoretical model. In summary, the simple theory, as well as the related experiment, provides us with a way to understand the essence of a fairly involved concept in advanced physics from an elementary standpoint.
1306.4318
Gavin Hartnett S
Gavin S. Hartnett and Jorge E. Santos
Non-Axisymmetric Instability of Rotating Black Holes in Higher Dimensions
5 pages, 2 figures, v2: minor revisions
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.88.041505
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate the scalar-gravitational quasi-normal modes of equal angular momenta Myers-Perry black holes in odd dimensions. We find a new bar-mode (non-axisymmetric) classical instability for $D \ge 7$. These black holes were previously found to be unstable to axisymmetric perturbations for spins very near extremality. The bar-mode instability we find sets in at much slower spins, and is therefore the dominant instability of these black holes. This instability has important consequences for the phase diagram of black holes in higher dimensions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:17:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-09-04
[ [ "Hartnett", "Gavin S.", "" ], [ "Santos", "Jorge E.", "" ] ]
We calculate the scalar-gravitational quasi-normal modes of equal angular momenta Myers-Perry black holes in odd dimensions. We find a new bar-mode (non-axisymmetric) classical instability for $D \ge 7$. These black holes were previously found to be unstable to axisymmetric perturbations for spins very near extremality. The bar-mode instability we find sets in at much slower spins, and is therefore the dominant instability of these black holes. This instability has important consequences for the phase diagram of black holes in higher dimensions.
1703.01409
Vahid Kamali
Vahid Kamali, Spyros Basilakos, Ahmad Mehrabi, Meysam Motaharfar, Erfan Massaeli
Tachyon warm inflation with the effects of Loop Quantum Cosmology in the light of Planck 2015
11 pages, 4 figures, The paper has been accepted by IJMPD
null
10.1142/S0218271818500566
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We investigate the observational signatures of quantum cosmology in the Cosmic Microwave Background data provided by Planck collaboration. We apply the warm inflationary paradigm with a tachyon scalar field to the loop quantum cosmology. In this context, we first provide the basic cosmological functions in terms of the tachyon field. We then obtain the slow-roll parameters and the power spectrum of scalar and tensor fluctuations respectively. Finally, we study the performance of various warm inflationary scenarios against the latest Planck data and we find a family of models which are in agreement with the observations.
[ { "created": "Sat, 4 Mar 2017 07:45:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 14 Jan 2018 11:57:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-04-25
[ [ "Kamali", "Vahid", "" ], [ "Basilakos", "Spyros", "" ], [ "Mehrabi", "Ahmad", "" ], [ "Motaharfar", "Meysam", "" ], [ "Massaeli", "Erfan", "" ] ]
We investigate the observational signatures of quantum cosmology in the Cosmic Microwave Background data provided by Planck collaboration. We apply the warm inflationary paradigm with a tachyon scalar field to the loop quantum cosmology. In this context, we first provide the basic cosmological functions in terms of the tachyon field. We then obtain the slow-roll parameters and the power spectrum of scalar and tensor fluctuations respectively. Finally, we study the performance of various warm inflationary scenarios against the latest Planck data and we find a family of models which are in agreement with the observations.
1210.3860
Bahram Mashhoon
C. Chicone and B. Mashhoon
Linearized Gravitational Waves in Nonlocal General Relativity
30 pages, 1 figure; v2: slightly expanded and improved version
Phys. Rev. D 87, 064015 (2013)
10.1103/PhysRevD.87.064015
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate gravitational radiation in the linear approximation within the framework of the recent nonlocal generalization of Einstein's theory of gravitation. In this theory, nonlocality can simulate dark matter; in fact, in the Newtonian regime, we recover the phenomenological Tohline-Kuhn approach to modified gravity. To account for the observational data regarding the rotation curves of spiral galaxies, nonlocality is associated with a characteristic length scale of order \lambda_0 = 10 kpc. It follows that in nonlocal gravity, the treatment of extremely low-frequency (~ 10^{-12} Hz) gravitational waves with wavelengths of order \lambda_0 would be quite different than in general relativity. However, for radiation of frequency > 10^{-8} Hz, which is the frequency range that is the focus of current observational searches, the corresponding wavelengths are very small compared to \lambda_0. We find that in this frequency regime the nonlocal deviations from general relativity essentially average out and can be safely neglected in practice.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:04:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:38:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-11
[ [ "Chicone", "C.", "" ], [ "Mashhoon", "B.", "" ] ]
We investigate gravitational radiation in the linear approximation within the framework of the recent nonlocal generalization of Einstein's theory of gravitation. In this theory, nonlocality can simulate dark matter; in fact, in the Newtonian regime, we recover the phenomenological Tohline-Kuhn approach to modified gravity. To account for the observational data regarding the rotation curves of spiral galaxies, nonlocality is associated with a characteristic length scale of order \lambda_0 = 10 kpc. It follows that in nonlocal gravity, the treatment of extremely low-frequency (~ 10^{-12} Hz) gravitational waves with wavelengths of order \lambda_0 would be quite different than in general relativity. However, for radiation of frequency > 10^{-8} Hz, which is the frequency range that is the focus of current observational searches, the corresponding wavelengths are very small compared to \lambda_0. We find that in this frequency regime the nonlocal deviations from general relativity essentially average out and can be safely neglected in practice.
2311.08229
Luca D'Onofrio
Luca D'Onofrio (1), Rosario De Rosa (15 and 2), Cristiano Palomba (1), Paola Leaci (1 and 3), Ornella J. Piccinni (4), Valeria Sequino (15 and 2), Luciano Errico (15 and 2), Lucia Trozzo (2), Jim Palfreyman (5), James W. McKee (6 and 7), Bradley W. Meyers (8), Ingrid Stairs (9), Lucas Guillemot (10 and 11), Ismael Cognard (10 and 11), Gilles Theureau (10, 11, and 12), Michael J. Keith (13), Andrew Lyne (13), Chris Flynn (14), Ben Stappers (13) ((1) INFN, Sezione di Roma, (2) Universit\`a di Napoli "Federico II", (3) Universit\`a di Roma "Sapienza", (4) Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB (5) University of Tasmania, (6) E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, (7) Centre of Excellence for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM), University of Hull, (8) International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University, (9) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, (10) Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Universit\'e d'Orl\'eans/CNRS, (11) Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nancay, Observatoire de Paris, Universit\'e PSL, Universit\'e d'Orl\'eans, CNRS, Nancay, France, (12) LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, Meudon, France, (13) Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, UK, (14) OzGrav-Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, (15) INFN, Sezione di Napoli)
Search for gravitational wave signals from known pulsars in LIGO-Virgo O3 data using the 5n-vector ensemble method
null
Phys. Rev. D 108, 122002 , Published 4 December 2023
10.1103/PhysRevD.108.122002
null
gr-qc physics.data-an
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The 5n-vector ensemble method is a multiple test for the targeted search of continuous gravitational waves from an ensemble of known pulsars. This method can improve the detection probability combining the results from individually undetectable pulsars if few signals are near the detection threshold. In this paper, we apply the 5n-vector ensemble method to the O3 data set from the LIGO and Virgo detectors considering an ensemble of 201 known pulsars. We find no evidence for a signal from the ensemble and set a 95% credible upper limit on the mean ellipticity assuming a common exponential distribution for the pulsars' ellipticities. Using two independent hierarchical Bayesian procedures, we find upper limits of $1.2 \times 10^{-9}$ and $2.5 \times 10^{-9}$ on the mean ellipticity for the 201 analyzed pulsars.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:09:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-01-04
[ [ "D'Onofrio", "Luca", "", "15 and 2" ], [ "De Rosa", "Rosario", "", "15 and 2" ], [ "Palomba", "Cristiano", "", "1 and 3" ], [ "Leaci", "Paola", "", "1 and 3" ], [ "Piccinni", "Ornella J.", "", "15 and 2" ], [ "...
The 5n-vector ensemble method is a multiple test for the targeted search of continuous gravitational waves from an ensemble of known pulsars. This method can improve the detection probability combining the results from individually undetectable pulsars if few signals are near the detection threshold. In this paper, we apply the 5n-vector ensemble method to the O3 data set from the LIGO and Virgo detectors considering an ensemble of 201 known pulsars. We find no evidence for a signal from the ensemble and set a 95% credible upper limit on the mean ellipticity assuming a common exponential distribution for the pulsars' ellipticities. Using two independent hierarchical Bayesian procedures, we find upper limits of $1.2 \times 10^{-9}$ and $2.5 \times 10^{-9}$ on the mean ellipticity for the 201 analyzed pulsars.
2310.09829
Anas El Balali
Anas El Balali
Quantum Schwarzschild Black Hole Optical Aspects
27 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Gravitation and Cosmology
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
In this paper, we investigate the optical behaviors of a quantum Schwarzschild black hole with a spacetime solution including a parameter $\lambda$ that encodes its discretization. Concretly, we derive the effective potential of such solution. In particular, we study the circular orbits around the quantum black hole. Indeed, we find that the effective potential is characterized by a minimum and a maximum yielding a double photon spheres denoted by $r_{p_1}, r_{p_2}$ respectively. Then, we analyse the double shadow behaviors as a function of the parameter $\lambda$ where we show that it controles the shadow circular size. An inspection of the Innermost Stable Circular Orbits (ISCO) shows that the radius $r_{ISCO}$ increases as a function of $\lambda$. Besides, we find that such radius is equal to $6M$ for an angular momentum $L=2\sqrt{3}$ independently of $\lambda$. A numerical analysis shows that the photon sphere of radius $r_{p_1}$ generates a shadow with a radius larger than $r_{ISCO}$. Thus, a truncation of the effective potential is imposed to exclude such behavior. Finally, the $\lambda$-effect is inspect on the deflection angle of such a black hole showing that it increases when higher values of the parameter $\lambda$ are considered. However, such an increase is limited by an upper bound given by $\frac{6 M}{b}$.
[ { "created": "Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:25:08 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-10-17
[ [ "Balali", "Anas El", "" ] ]
In this paper, we investigate the optical behaviors of a quantum Schwarzschild black hole with a spacetime solution including a parameter $\lambda$ that encodes its discretization. Concretly, we derive the effective potential of such solution. In particular, we study the circular orbits around the quantum black hole. Indeed, we find that the effective potential is characterized by a minimum and a maximum yielding a double photon spheres denoted by $r_{p_1}, r_{p_2}$ respectively. Then, we analyse the double shadow behaviors as a function of the parameter $\lambda$ where we show that it controles the shadow circular size. An inspection of the Innermost Stable Circular Orbits (ISCO) shows that the radius $r_{ISCO}$ increases as a function of $\lambda$. Besides, we find that such radius is equal to $6M$ for an angular momentum $L=2\sqrt{3}$ independently of $\lambda$. A numerical analysis shows that the photon sphere of radius $r_{p_1}$ generates a shadow with a radius larger than $r_{ISCO}$. Thus, a truncation of the effective potential is imposed to exclude such behavior. Finally, the $\lambda$-effect is inspect on the deflection angle of such a black hole showing that it increases when higher values of the parameter $\lambda$ are considered. However, such an increase is limited by an upper bound given by $\frac{6 M}{b}$.
gr-qc/0302005
Mahmut Hortacsu
M. Hortacsu, H. T. Ozcelik, B. Yapiskan
Properties of Solutions in 2+1 Dimensions
16 pages, 1 figures, PlainTeX, Dedicated to Prof. Yavuz Nutku on his 60th birthday. References added
Gen.Rel.Grav. 35 (2003) 1209-1221
10.1023/A:1024445724029
null
gr-qc
null
We solve the Einstein equations for the 2+1 dimensions with and without scalar fields. We calculate the entropy, Hawking temperature and the emission probabilities for these cases. We also compute the Newman-Penrose coefficients for different solutions and compare them.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:56:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:38:26 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "Hortacsu", "M.", "" ], [ "Ozcelik", "H. T.", "" ], [ "Yapiskan", "B.", "" ] ]
We solve the Einstein equations for the 2+1 dimensions with and without scalar fields. We calculate the entropy, Hawking temperature and the emission probabilities for these cases. We also compute the Newman-Penrose coefficients for different solutions and compare them.
1512.06252
Marko Vojinovic
Aleksandar Mikovic, Marko Vojinovic
Categorical generalization of spinfoam models
Proceedings of the QQQ conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012. 10 pages
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 532, 012020 (2014)
10.1088/1742-6596/532/1/012020
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We give a brief review of the problem of quantum gravity. After the discussion of the nonrenormalizability of general relativity, we briefly mention the main research directions which aim to resolve this problem. Our attention then focuses on the approach of Loop Quantum Gravity, specifically spinfoam models. These models have some issues concerning the semiclassical limit and coupling of matter fields. The recent developments in category theory provide us with the necessary formalism to introduce a new action for general relativity and perform covariant quantization so that the issues of spinfoam models are successfully resolved.
[ { "created": "Sat, 19 Dec 2015 14:06:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-12-22
[ [ "Mikovic", "Aleksandar", "" ], [ "Vojinovic", "Marko", "" ] ]
We give a brief review of the problem of quantum gravity. After the discussion of the nonrenormalizability of general relativity, we briefly mention the main research directions which aim to resolve this problem. Our attention then focuses on the approach of Loop Quantum Gravity, specifically spinfoam models. These models have some issues concerning the semiclassical limit and coupling of matter fields. The recent developments in category theory provide us with the necessary formalism to introduce a new action for general relativity and perform covariant quantization so that the issues of spinfoam models are successfully resolved.
1512.05729
Matt Visser
Matt Visser (Victoria University of Wellington)
Buchert coarse-graining and the classical energy conditions
6 Pages; contribution to the MG14 conference - Rome 2015; V2: Significant changes. One key inequality now proved, (not on the basis of usual averaging arguments), but on the basis of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. The trace of the effective stress-energy can be non-zero and of either sign. The effective stress-energy satisfies many of the classical energy conditions
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
So-called "Buchert averaging" is actually a coarse-graining procedure, where fine detail is "smeared out" due to limited spatio-temporal resolution. For technical reasons, (to be explained herein), "averaging" is not really an appropriate term, and I shall consistently describe the process as a "coarse-graining". Because Einstein gravity is nonlinear the coarse-grained Einstein tensor is typically not equal to the Einstein tensor of the coarse-grained spacetime geometry. The discrepancy can be viewed as an "effective" stress-energy. To keep otherwise messy technical issues firmly under control, I shall work with conformal-FLRW (CFLRW) cosmologies. These CFLRW-based models are particularly tractable, and are also particularly attractive observationally: the CMB is not distorted. In this CFLRW context one can prove some rigorous theorems regarding the interplay between Buchert coarse-graining, tracelessness of the effective stress-energy, and the classical energy conditions.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:20:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:01:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-01-08
[ [ "Visser", "Matt", "", "Victoria University of Wellington" ] ]
So-called "Buchert averaging" is actually a coarse-graining procedure, where fine detail is "smeared out" due to limited spatio-temporal resolution. For technical reasons, (to be explained herein), "averaging" is not really an appropriate term, and I shall consistently describe the process as a "coarse-graining". Because Einstein gravity is nonlinear the coarse-grained Einstein tensor is typically not equal to the Einstein tensor of the coarse-grained spacetime geometry. The discrepancy can be viewed as an "effective" stress-energy. To keep otherwise messy technical issues firmly under control, I shall work with conformal-FLRW (CFLRW) cosmologies. These CFLRW-based models are particularly tractable, and are also particularly attractive observationally: the CMB is not distorted. In this CFLRW context one can prove some rigorous theorems regarding the interplay between Buchert coarse-graining, tracelessness of the effective stress-energy, and the classical energy conditions.
1111.4228
Mario Novello
M. Novello and E. Bittencourt
The gravitational mechanism to generate mass II
This is the further development of previous article (The gravitational mechanism to generate mass, arXiv:1008.2371) which appeared in Classical and Quantum Gravity 28 (2011) 035003
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
With the eminent confirmation or disproof of the existence of Higgs boson by experiments on the LHC it is time to analyze in a non-dogmatic way the suggestions to understand the origin of the mass. Here we analyze the recent proposal according to which gravity is what is really responsible for the generation of mass of all bodies. The great novelty of such mechanism is that the gravitational field acts merely as a catalyst, once the final expression of the mass does not depend either on the intensity or on the particular characteristics of the gravitational field.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:37:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-11-21
[ [ "Novello", "M.", "" ], [ "Bittencourt", "E.", "" ] ]
With the eminent confirmation or disproof of the existence of Higgs boson by experiments on the LHC it is time to analyze in a non-dogmatic way the suggestions to understand the origin of the mass. Here we analyze the recent proposal according to which gravity is what is really responsible for the generation of mass of all bodies. The great novelty of such mechanism is that the gravitational field acts merely as a catalyst, once the final expression of the mass does not depend either on the intensity or on the particular characteristics of the gravitational field.
2303.00139
Vladimir Ivashchuk
V. D. Ivashchuk, K. K. Ernazarov and A. A. Kobtsev
Exact $(1 + 3 + 6)$-dimensional cosmological-type solutions in gravitational model with Yang-Mills field, Gauss-Bonnet term and $\Lambda$-term
17 pages, 3 figures, LaTex, Revised version: 3 paragraphs are added into Introduction, new references are included and few references (self-citations) are omitted
Symmetry, 15 (4), 783 (2023)
10.3390/sym15040783
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider $10$-dimensional gravitational model with $SO(6)$ Yang-Mills field, Gauss-Bonnet term and $\Lambda$-term. We study so-called cosmological type solutions defined on product manifold $M = R \times R^3 \times K$, where $K$ is $6d$ Calabi-Yau manifold. By putting the gauge field 1-form to be coinciding with 1-form spin connection on $K$, we obtain exact cosmological solutions with exponential dependence of scale factors (upon $t$-variable), governed by two non-coinciding Hubble-like parameters: $H >0$, $h$, obeying $ H + 2 h \neq 0$. We also present static analogs of these cosmological solutions (for $H \neq 0$, $h \neq H$ and $ H + 2 h \neq 0$). The islands of stability for both classes of solutions are outlined.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Mar 2023 00:12:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 26 Mar 2023 20:56:05 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-03-28
[ [ "Ivashchuk", "V. D.", "" ], [ "Ernazarov", "K. K.", "" ], [ "Kobtsev", "A. A.", "" ] ]
We consider $10$-dimensional gravitational model with $SO(6)$ Yang-Mills field, Gauss-Bonnet term and $\Lambda$-term. We study so-called cosmological type solutions defined on product manifold $M = R \times R^3 \times K$, where $K$ is $6d$ Calabi-Yau manifold. By putting the gauge field 1-form to be coinciding with 1-form spin connection on $K$, we obtain exact cosmological solutions with exponential dependence of scale factors (upon $t$-variable), governed by two non-coinciding Hubble-like parameters: $H >0$, $h$, obeying $ H + 2 h \neq 0$. We also present static analogs of these cosmological solutions (for $H \neq 0$, $h \neq H$ and $ H + 2 h \neq 0$). The islands of stability for both classes of solutions are outlined.
1702.00095
Alexander Tolish
David Garfinkle, Stefan Hollands, Akihiro Ishibashi, Alexander Tolish, and Robert M. Wald
The Memory Effect for Particle Scattering in Even Spacetime Dimensions
14 pages. Typos corrected, reference added, eq. (11) corrected and clarified (results unchanged), arguments in secs. IV,V revised (results unchanged)
Class. Quantum Grav. 34, 145015 (2017)
10.1088/1361-6382/aa777b
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We explicitly calculate the gravitational wave memory effect for classical point particle sources in linearized gravity off of an even dimensional Minkowski background. We show that there is no memory effect in $d>4$ dimensions, in agreement with the general analysis of Hollands, Ishibashi, and Wald (2016).
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Feb 2017 00:44:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:17:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-07-04
[ [ "Garfinkle", "David", "" ], [ "Hollands", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Ishibashi", "Akihiro", "" ], [ "Tolish", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Wald", "Robert M.", "" ] ]
We explicitly calculate the gravitational wave memory effect for classical point particle sources in linearized gravity off of an even dimensional Minkowski background. We show that there is no memory effect in $d>4$ dimensions, in agreement with the general analysis of Hollands, Ishibashi, and Wald (2016).
2006.13545
Seiji Kawamura
Seiji Kawamura, Masaki Ando, Naoki Seto, Shuichi Sato, Mitsuru Musha, Isao Kawano, Jun'ichi Yokoyama, Takahiro Tanaka, Kunihito Ioka, Tomotada Akutsu, Takeshi Takashima, Kazuhiro Agatsuma, Akito Araya, Naoki Aritomi, Hideki Asada, Takeshi Chiba, Satoshi Eguchi, Motohiro Enoki, Masa-Katsu Fujimoto, Ryuichi Fujita, Toshifumi Futamase, Tomohiro Harada, Kazuhiro Hayama, Yoshiaki Himemoto, Takashi Hiramatsu, Feng-Lei Hong, Mizuhiko Hosokawa, Kiyotomo Ichiki, Satoshi Ikari, Hideki Ishihara, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Yousuke Itoh, Takahiro Ito, Shoki Iwaguchi, Kiwamu Izumi, Nobuyuki Kanda, Shinya Kanemura, Fumiko Kawazoe, Shiho Kobayashi, Kazunori Kohri, Yasufumi Kojima, Keiko Kokeyama, Kei Kotake, Sachiko Kuroyanagi, Kei-ichi Maeda, Shuhei Matsushita, Yuta Michimura, Taigen Morimoto, Shinji Mukohyama, Koji Nagano, Shigeo Nagano, Takeo Naito, Kouji Nakamura, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nakano, Kenichi Nakao, Shinichi Nakasuka, Yoshinori Nakayama, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Atsushi Nishizawa, Masashi Ohkawa, Kenichi Oohara, Norichika Sago, Motoyuki Saijo, Masaaki Sakagami, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Takashi Sato, Masaru Shibata, Hisaaki Shinkai, Ayaka Shoda, Kentaro Somiya, Hajime Sotani, Ryutaro Takahashi, Hirotaka Takahashi, Takamori Akiteru, Keisuke Taniguchi, Atsushi Taruya, Kimio Tsubono, Shinji Tsujikawa, Akitoshi Ueda, Ken-ichi Ueda, Izumi Watanabe, Kent Yagi, Rika Yamada, Shuichiro Yokoyama, Chul-Moon Yoo, Zong-Hong Zhu
Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO
10 pages, 3 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Deci-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space mission with a frequency band of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. DECIGO aims at the detection of primordial gravitational waves, which could be produced during the inflationary period right after the birth of the universe. There are many other scientific objectives of DECIGO, including the direct measurement of the acceleration of the expansion of the universe, and reliable and accurate predictions of the timing and locations of neutron star/black hole binary coalescences. DECIGO consists of four clusters of observatories placed in the heliocentric orbit. Each cluster consists of three spacecraft, which form three Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers with an arm length of 1,000 km. Three clusters of DECIGO will be placed far from each other, and the fourth cluster will be placed in the same position as one of the three clusters to obtain the correlation signals for the detection of the primordial gravitational waves. We plan to launch B-DECIGO, which is a scientific pathfinder of DECIGO, before DECIGO in the 2030s to demonstrate the technologies required for DECIGO, as well as to obtain fruitful scientific results to further expand the multi-messenger astronomy.
[ { "created": "Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:08:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-06-25
[ [ "Kawamura", "Seiji", "" ], [ "Ando", "Masaki", "" ], [ "Seto", "Naoki", "" ], [ "Sato", "Shuichi", "" ], [ "Musha", "Mitsuru", "" ], [ "Kawano", "Isao", "" ], [ "Yokoyama", "Jun'ichi", "" ], [ "Tana...
Deci-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space mission with a frequency band of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. DECIGO aims at the detection of primordial gravitational waves, which could be produced during the inflationary period right after the birth of the universe. There are many other scientific objectives of DECIGO, including the direct measurement of the acceleration of the expansion of the universe, and reliable and accurate predictions of the timing and locations of neutron star/black hole binary coalescences. DECIGO consists of four clusters of observatories placed in the heliocentric orbit. Each cluster consists of three spacecraft, which form three Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers with an arm length of 1,000 km. Three clusters of DECIGO will be placed far from each other, and the fourth cluster will be placed in the same position as one of the three clusters to obtain the correlation signals for the detection of the primordial gravitational waves. We plan to launch B-DECIGO, which is a scientific pathfinder of DECIGO, before DECIGO in the 2030s to demonstrate the technologies required for DECIGO, as well as to obtain fruitful scientific results to further expand the multi-messenger astronomy.
gr-qc/0411110
Carles Bona
C. Bona, T. Ledvinka, C. Palenzuela-Luque and M. Zacek
Constraint-preserving boundary conditions in the Z4 Numerical Relativity formalism
Enhanced version, including a new Appendix on maximally dissipative boundary conditions (12 pages, 5 figures)
Class.Quant.Grav. 22 (2005) 2615-2634
10.1088/0264-9381/22/13/007
null
gr-qc
null
The constraint-preserving approach, which aim is to provide consistent boundary conditions for Numerical Relativity simulations, is discussed in parallel with other recent developments. The case of the Z4 system is considered, and constraint-preserving boundary conditions of the Sommerfeld type are provided. A necessary condition for the stability of the proposed boundary conditions is obtained, which amounts to the requirement of a symmetric ordering of space derivatives. This requirement is numerically seen to be also sufficient in the absence of corners and edges. Maximally dissipative boundary conditions are also implemented. In this case, a less restrictive stability condition is obtained, which is shown numerically to be also sufficient even in the presence of corners and edges.
[ { "created": "Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:36:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:40:37 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:53:18 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Bona", "C.", "" ], [ "Ledvinka", "T.", "" ], [ "Palenzuela-Luque", "C.", "" ], [ "Zacek", "M.", "" ] ]
The constraint-preserving approach, which aim is to provide consistent boundary conditions for Numerical Relativity simulations, is discussed in parallel with other recent developments. The case of the Z4 system is considered, and constraint-preserving boundary conditions of the Sommerfeld type are provided. A necessary condition for the stability of the proposed boundary conditions is obtained, which amounts to the requirement of a symmetric ordering of space derivatives. This requirement is numerically seen to be also sufficient in the absence of corners and edges. Maximally dissipative boundary conditions are also implemented. In this case, a less restrictive stability condition is obtained, which is shown numerically to be also sufficient even in the presence of corners and edges.
1107.4115
M. C. Bertin
M. C. Bertin, B. M. Pimentel, C. E. Valc\'arcel, G. E. R. Zambrano
Hamilton-Jacobi formalism for Linearized Gravity
To be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Class.Quant.Grav.28:175015,2011
10.1088/0264-9381/28/17/175015
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work we study the theory of linearized gravity via the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We make a brief review of this theory and its Lagrangian description, as well as a review of the Hamilton-Jacobi approach for singular systems. Then we apply this formalism to analyze the constraint structure of the linearized gravity in instant and front-form dynamics.
[ { "created": "Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:31:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-08-22
[ [ "Bertin", "M. C.", "" ], [ "Pimentel", "B. M.", "" ], [ "Valcárcel", "C. E.", "" ], [ "Zambrano", "G. E. R.", "" ] ]
In this work we study the theory of linearized gravity via the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We make a brief review of this theory and its Lagrangian description, as well as a review of the Hamilton-Jacobi approach for singular systems. Then we apply this formalism to analyze the constraint structure of the linearized gravity in instant and front-form dynamics.
gr-qc/0305006
Tsutomu Kobayashi
Tsutomu Kobayashi, Hideaki Kudoh, Takahiro Tanaka
Primordial gravitational waves in inflationary braneworld
16 pages, 4 figures, typos corrected
Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 044025
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.044025
KUNS-1842, YITP-03-23
gr-qc hep-th
null
We study primordial gravitational waves from inflation in Randall-Sundrum braneworld model. The effect of small change of the Hubble parameter during inflation is investigated using a toy model given by connecting two de Sitter branes. We analyze the power spectrum of final zero-mode gravitons, which is generated from the vacuum fluctuations of both initial Kaluza-Klein modes and zero-mode. The amplitude of fluctuations is confirmed to agree with the four-dimensional one at low energies, whereas it is enhanced due to the normalization factor of zero-mode at high energies. We show that the five-dimensional spectrum can be well approximated by applying a simple mapping to the four-dimensional fluctuation amplitude.
[ { "created": "Fri, 2 May 2003 10:43:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 11 May 2003 12:08:20 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:17:37 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Kobayashi", "Tsutomu", "" ], [ "Kudoh", "Hideaki", "" ], [ "Tanaka", "Takahiro", "" ] ]
We study primordial gravitational waves from inflation in Randall-Sundrum braneworld model. The effect of small change of the Hubble parameter during inflation is investigated using a toy model given by connecting two de Sitter branes. We analyze the power spectrum of final zero-mode gravitons, which is generated from the vacuum fluctuations of both initial Kaluza-Klein modes and zero-mode. The amplitude of fluctuations is confirmed to agree with the four-dimensional one at low energies, whereas it is enhanced due to the normalization factor of zero-mode at high energies. We show that the five-dimensional spectrum can be well approximated by applying a simple mapping to the four-dimensional fluctuation amplitude.
2301.10465
Ryotaku Suzuki
Kenshin Isomura, Ryotaku Suzuki and Shinya Tomizawa
Particle motions around regular black holes
19 pages, 8 figures; v2: analysis of photon orbits improved, refs added, 21 pages; v3: published version, fixed minor typos, fixed figures, 20 pages
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.107.084003
TTI-MATHPHYS-19
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the bound orbits of massive/massless, neutral particles and photons moving around regular black holes of Fan and Wang. For massive particles, we show the existence of stable/unstable circular orbits and the charge dependence of the radius of the innermost stable circular orbit. Remarkably, we find an unstable circular orbit of photons inside the event horizon. For massless particles and photons, we show that both stable and unstable circular orbits can exist in a regular and horizonless spacetime with a slight overcharge. Then, we also discuss the periapsis shift of massive neutral particles orbiting around the black hole, and show that the charge gives a negative correction to the shift for black holes with small nonlinearity of electrodynamics.
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2023-04-19
[ [ "Isomura", "Kenshin", "" ], [ "Suzuki", "Ryotaku", "" ], [ "Tomizawa", "Shinya", "" ] ]
We investigate the bound orbits of massive/massless, neutral particles and photons moving around regular black holes of Fan and Wang. For massive particles, we show the existence of stable/unstable circular orbits and the charge dependence of the radius of the innermost stable circular orbit. Remarkably, we find an unstable circular orbit of photons inside the event horizon. For massless particles and photons, we show that both stable and unstable circular orbits can exist in a regular and horizonless spacetime with a slight overcharge. Then, we also discuss the periapsis shift of massive neutral particles orbiting around the black hole, and show that the charge gives a negative correction to the shift for black holes with small nonlinearity of electrodynamics.
gr-qc/0312008
Jose Geraldo Pereira
R. Aldrovandi, J. G. Pereira, K. H. Vu
Selected Topics in Teleparallel Gravity
RevTeX4, 7 pages, 2 eps figures. Talk presented at the "24th National Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society", section Particles and Fields, Caxambu MG, Brazil, from September/30 to October/04/2003
Braz.J.Phys.34:1374-1380,2004
null
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
Teleparallel gravity can be seen as a gauge theory for the translation group. As such, its fundamental field is neither the tetrad nor the metric, but a gauge potential assuming values in the Lie algebra of the translation group. This gauge character makes of teleparallel gravity, despite its equivalence to general relativity, a rather peculiar theory. A first important point is that it does not rely on the universality of free fall, and consequently does not require the equivalence principle to describe the gravitational interaction. Another peculiarity is its similarity with Maxwell's theory, which allows an Abelian nonintegrable phase factor approach, and consequently a global formulation for gravitation. Application of these concepts to the motion of spinless particles, as well as to the COW and gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effects are presented and discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:12:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Aldrovandi", "R.", "" ], [ "Pereira", "J. G.", "" ], [ "Vu", "K. H.", "" ] ]
Teleparallel gravity can be seen as a gauge theory for the translation group. As such, its fundamental field is neither the tetrad nor the metric, but a gauge potential assuming values in the Lie algebra of the translation group. This gauge character makes of teleparallel gravity, despite its equivalence to general relativity, a rather peculiar theory. A first important point is that it does not rely on the universality of free fall, and consequently does not require the equivalence principle to describe the gravitational interaction. Another peculiarity is its similarity with Maxwell's theory, which allows an Abelian nonintegrable phase factor approach, and consequently a global formulation for gravitation. Application of these concepts to the motion of spinless particles, as well as to the COW and gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effects are presented and discussed.
gr-qc/0007081
Toshiharu Kawai
Toshiharu Kawai
Energy-momentum and angular momentum densities in gauge theories of gravity
18 pages
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 104014
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.104014
null
gr-qc
null
In the $\bar{\mbox{\rm Poincar\'{e}}}$ gauge theory of gravity, which has been formulated on the basis of a principal fiber bundle over the space-time manifold having the covering group of the proper orthochronous Poincar\'{e} group as the structure group, we examine the tensorial properties of the dynamical energy-momentum density ${}^{G}{\mathbf T}_{k}{}^{\mu}$ and the ` ` spin" angular momentum density ${}^{G}{\mathbf S}_{kl}{}^{\mu}$ of the gravitational field. They are both space-time vector densities, and transform as tensors under {\em global} $SL(2,C)$- transformations. Under {\em local} internal translation, ${}^{G}{\mathbf T}_{k}{}^{\mu}$ is invariant, while ${}^{G}{\mathbf S}_{kl}{}^{\mu}$ transforms inhomogeneously. The dynamical energy-momentum density ${}^{M}{\mathbf T}_{k}{}^{\mu}$ and the ` ` spin" angular momentum density ${}^{M}{\mathbf S}_{kl}{}^{\mu}$ of the matter field are also examined, and they are known to be space-time vector densities and to obey tensorial transformation rules under internal $\bar{\mbox{\rm Poincar\'{e}}}$ gauge transformations. The corresponding discussions in extended new general relativity which is obtained as a teleparallel limit of $\bar{\mbox{\rm Poincar\'{e}}}$ gauge theory are also given, and energy-momentum and ` ` spin" angular momentum densities are known to be well behaved. Namely, they are all space-time vector densities, etc. In both theories, integrations of these densities on a space-like surface give the total energy-momentum and {\em total} (={\em spin}+{\em orbital}) angular momentum for asymptotically flat space-time. The tensorial properties of canonical energy-momentum and ` ` extended orbital angular momentum" densities are also examined.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 Jul 2000 04:28:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 18 Sep 2000 02:40:57 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Kawai", "Toshiharu", "" ] ]
In the $\bar{\mbox{\rm Poincar\'{e}}}$ gauge theory of gravity, which has been formulated on the basis of a principal fiber bundle over the space-time manifold having the covering group of the proper orthochronous Poincar\'{e} group as the structure group, we examine the tensorial properties of the dynamical energy-momentum density ${}^{G}{\mathbf T}_{k}{}^{\mu}$ and the ` ` spin" angular momentum density ${}^{G}{\mathbf S}_{kl}{}^{\mu}$ of the gravitational field. They are both space-time vector densities, and transform as tensors under {\em global} $SL(2,C)$- transformations. Under {\em local} internal translation, ${}^{G}{\mathbf T}_{k}{}^{\mu}$ is invariant, while ${}^{G}{\mathbf S}_{kl}{}^{\mu}$ transforms inhomogeneously. The dynamical energy-momentum density ${}^{M}{\mathbf T}_{k}{}^{\mu}$ and the ` ` spin" angular momentum density ${}^{M}{\mathbf S}_{kl}{}^{\mu}$ of the matter field are also examined, and they are known to be space-time vector densities and to obey tensorial transformation rules under internal $\bar{\mbox{\rm Poincar\'{e}}}$ gauge transformations. The corresponding discussions in extended new general relativity which is obtained as a teleparallel limit of $\bar{\mbox{\rm Poincar\'{e}}}$ gauge theory are also given, and energy-momentum and ` ` spin" angular momentum densities are known to be well behaved. Namely, they are all space-time vector densities, etc. In both theories, integrations of these densities on a space-like surface give the total energy-momentum and {\em total} (={\em spin}+{\em orbital}) angular momentum for asymptotically flat space-time. The tensorial properties of canonical energy-momentum and ` ` extended orbital angular momentum" densities are also examined.
0704.2243
Clifford M. Will
Thomas Mitchell and Clifford M. Will (Washington University, St. Louis)
Post-Newtonian gravitational radiation and equations of motion via direct integration of the relaxed Einstein equations. V. Evidence for the strong equivalence principle to second post-Newtonian order
14 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. D; small changes to coincide with published version
Phys.Rev.D75:124025,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.75.124025
null
gr-qc
null
Using post-Newtonian equations of motion for fluid bodies valid to the second post-Newtonian order, we derive the equations of motion for binary systems with finite-sized, non-spinning but arbitrarily shaped bodies. In particular we study the contributions of the internal structure of the bodies (such as self-gravity) that would diverge if the size of the bodies were to shrink to zero. Using a set of virial relations accurate to the first post-Newtonian order that reflect the stationarity of each body, and redefining the masses to include 1PN and 2PN self-gravity terms, we demonstrate the complete cancellation of a class of potentially divergent, structure-dependent terms that scale as s^{-1} and s^{-5/2}, where s is the characteristic size of the bodies. This is further evidence of the Strong Equivalence Principle, and supports the use of post-Newtonian approximations to derive equations of motion for strong-field bodies such as neutron stars and black holes. This extends earlier work done by Kopeikin.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:51:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:48:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Mitchell", "Thomas", "", "Washington University, St.\n Louis" ], [ "Will", "Clifford M.", "", "Washington University, St.\n Louis" ] ]
Using post-Newtonian equations of motion for fluid bodies valid to the second post-Newtonian order, we derive the equations of motion for binary systems with finite-sized, non-spinning but arbitrarily shaped bodies. In particular we study the contributions of the internal structure of the bodies (such as self-gravity) that would diverge if the size of the bodies were to shrink to zero. Using a set of virial relations accurate to the first post-Newtonian order that reflect the stationarity of each body, and redefining the masses to include 1PN and 2PN self-gravity terms, we demonstrate the complete cancellation of a class of potentially divergent, structure-dependent terms that scale as s^{-1} and s^{-5/2}, where s is the characteristic size of the bodies. This is further evidence of the Strong Equivalence Principle, and supports the use of post-Newtonian approximations to derive equations of motion for strong-field bodies such as neutron stars and black holes. This extends earlier work done by Kopeikin.
gr-qc/0201041
Sanjay M. Wagh
Sanjay M. Wagh
Classical formulation of Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis
Revtex4, No figures, Replaced to match submitted version, New Discussion and reference added. Conclusions unchanged
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th physics.class-ph
null
Spacetimes admitting appropriate spatial homothetic Killing vectors are called spatially homothetic spacetimes. Such spacetimes conform to the fact that gravity has no length-scale for matter inhomogeneities. The matter density for such spacetimes is (spatially) arbitrary and the matter generating the spacetime admits {\it any} equation of state. Spatially homothetic spacetimes necessarily possess energy-momentum fluxes. We first discuss spherically symmetric and axially symmetric examples of such spacetimes that do not form naked singularities for regular initial data. We then show that the Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis is {\em equivalent} to the statement that gravity has no length-scale for matter properties.
[ { "created": "Sun, 13 Jan 2002 03:40:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 3 Feb 2002 05:48:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Wagh", "Sanjay M.", "" ] ]
Spacetimes admitting appropriate spatial homothetic Killing vectors are called spatially homothetic spacetimes. Such spacetimes conform to the fact that gravity has no length-scale for matter inhomogeneities. The matter density for such spacetimes is (spatially) arbitrary and the matter generating the spacetime admits {\it any} equation of state. Spatially homothetic spacetimes necessarily possess energy-momentum fluxes. We first discuss spherically symmetric and axially symmetric examples of such spacetimes that do not form naked singularities for regular initial data. We then show that the Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis is {\em equivalent} to the statement that gravity has no length-scale for matter properties.
1805.05023
Yun Soo Myung
Yun Soo Myung, De-Cheng Zou
Gregory-Laflamme instability of black hole in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theories
14 pages, 4 figures, version to appear in Physical Review D
Phys. Rev. D 98, 024030 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.024030
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the stability analysis of Schwarzschild black hole in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet (ESGB) theory because the instability of Schwarzschild black hole without scalar hair implies the Gauss-Bonnet black hole with scalar hair. The linearized scalar equation is compared to the Lichnerowicz-Ricci tensor equation in the Einstein-Weyl gravity. It turns out that the instability of Schwarzschild black hole in ESGB theory is interpreted as not the tachyonic instability, but the Gregory-Laflamme instability of black string. In the small mass regime of $1/\lambda<1.174/r_+$, the Schwarzschild solution becomes unstable and a new branch of solution with scalar hair bifurcates from the Schwarzschild one. This is very similar to finding a newly non-Schwarzschild black hole in Einstein-Weyl gravity.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 May 2018 06:31:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Jul 2018 23:57:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-07-25
[ [ "Myung", "Yun Soo", "" ], [ "Zou", "De-Cheng", "" ] ]
We investigate the stability analysis of Schwarzschild black hole in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet (ESGB) theory because the instability of Schwarzschild black hole without scalar hair implies the Gauss-Bonnet black hole with scalar hair. The linearized scalar equation is compared to the Lichnerowicz-Ricci tensor equation in the Einstein-Weyl gravity. It turns out that the instability of Schwarzschild black hole in ESGB theory is interpreted as not the tachyonic instability, but the Gregory-Laflamme instability of black string. In the small mass regime of $1/\lambda<1.174/r_+$, the Schwarzschild solution becomes unstable and a new branch of solution with scalar hair bifurcates from the Schwarzschild one. This is very similar to finding a newly non-Schwarzschild black hole in Einstein-Weyl gravity.
gr-qc/9902031
Manfred Requardt
Manfred Requardt
Space-Time as an Orderparameter Manifold in Random Networks and the Emergence of Physical Points
40 pages, Latex
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.MP
null
In the following we are going to describe how macroscopic space-time is supposed to emerge as an orderparameter manifold or superstructure floating in a stochastic discrete network structure. As in preceeding work (mentioned below), our analysis is based on the working philosophy that both physics and the corresponding mathematics have to be genuinely discrete on the primordial (Planck scale) level. This strategy is concretely implemented in the form of cellular networks and random graphs. One of our main themes is the development of the concept of physical (proto)points as densely entangled subcomplexes of the network and their respective web, establishing something like (proto)causality. It max perhaps be said that certain parts of our programme are realisations of some old and qualitative ideas of Menger and more recent ones sketched by Smolin a couple of years ago. We briefly indicate how this two-story-concept of space-time can be used to encode the (at least in our view) existing non-local aspects of quantum theory without violating macroscopic space-time causality!
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:57:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Requardt", "Manfred", "" ] ]
In the following we are going to describe how macroscopic space-time is supposed to emerge as an orderparameter manifold or superstructure floating in a stochastic discrete network structure. As in preceeding work (mentioned below), our analysis is based on the working philosophy that both physics and the corresponding mathematics have to be genuinely discrete on the primordial (Planck scale) level. This strategy is concretely implemented in the form of cellular networks and random graphs. One of our main themes is the development of the concept of physical (proto)points as densely entangled subcomplexes of the network and their respective web, establishing something like (proto)causality. It max perhaps be said that certain parts of our programme are realisations of some old and qualitative ideas of Menger and more recent ones sketched by Smolin a couple of years ago. We briefly indicate how this two-story-concept of space-time can be used to encode the (at least in our view) existing non-local aspects of quantum theory without violating macroscopic space-time causality!
1809.06192
Astrid Eichhorn
Astrid Eichhorn, Sumati Surya and Fleur Versteegen
Induced Spatial Geometry from Causal Structure
38 pages, 24 figures
null
10.1088/1361-6382/ab114b
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Motivated by the Hawking-King-McCarthy-Malament (HKMM) theorem and the associated reconstruction of spacetime geometry from its causal structure $(M,\prec)$ and local volume element $\epsilon$, we define a one-parameter family of spatial distance functions on a Cauchy hypersurface $\Sigma$ using only $(M,\prec)$ and $\epsilon$. The parameter corresponds to a "mesoscale" cut-off which, when appropriately chosen, provides a distance function which approximates the induced spatial distance function to leading order. This admits a straightforward generalisation to the discrete analogue of a Cauchy hypersurface in a causal set. For causal sets which are approximated by continuum spacetimes, this distance function approaches the continuum induced distance when the mesoscale is much smaller than the scale of the extrinsic curvature of the hypersurface, but much larger than the discreteness scale. We verify these expectations by performing extensive numerical simulations of causal sets which are approximated by simple spacetime regions in 2 and 3 spacetime dimensions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:34:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-05-22
[ [ "Eichhorn", "Astrid", "" ], [ "Surya", "Sumati", "" ], [ "Versteegen", "Fleur", "" ] ]
Motivated by the Hawking-King-McCarthy-Malament (HKMM) theorem and the associated reconstruction of spacetime geometry from its causal structure $(M,\prec)$ and local volume element $\epsilon$, we define a one-parameter family of spatial distance functions on a Cauchy hypersurface $\Sigma$ using only $(M,\prec)$ and $\epsilon$. The parameter corresponds to a "mesoscale" cut-off which, when appropriately chosen, provides a distance function which approximates the induced spatial distance function to leading order. This admits a straightforward generalisation to the discrete analogue of a Cauchy hypersurface in a causal set. For causal sets which are approximated by continuum spacetimes, this distance function approaches the continuum induced distance when the mesoscale is much smaller than the scale of the extrinsic curvature of the hypersurface, but much larger than the discreteness scale. We verify these expectations by performing extensive numerical simulations of causal sets which are approximated by simple spacetime regions in 2 and 3 spacetime dimensions.
gr-qc/0009012
Lee Samuel Finn
Lee Samuel Finn and Soma Mukherjee
Data conditioning for gravitational wave detectors: A Kalman filter for regressing suspension violin mode
REVTeX; 42 pages, incl. 14 figures, 4 tables
Phys.Rev.D63:062004,2001; Erratum-ibid.D67:109902,2003
10.1103/PhysRevD.63.062004 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.109902
null
gr-qc
null
Interferometric gravitational wave detectors operate by sensing the differential light travel time between free test masses. Correspondingly, they are sensitive to anything that changes the physical distance between the test masses, including physical motion of the masses themselves. In ground-based detectors the test masses are suspended as pendula and, consequently, thermal or other excitations of the suspension wires' violin modes lead to a strong, albeit narrow-band, ``signal'' in the detector wave-band that can confound attempts to observe gravitational waves. Here we describe the design of a Kalman filter that determines the time-dependent vibrational state of a detector's suspension ``violin'' modes from the detector output. From the estimated state we can predict that component of the detector output due to suspension excitations, thermal or otherwise, and subtractively remove those disturbances from the detector output. We demonstrate the filter's effectiveness both through numerical simulations and application to real data taken on the LIGO 40 M prototype detector.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:23:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Finn", "Lee Samuel", "" ], [ "Mukherjee", "Soma", "" ] ]
Interferometric gravitational wave detectors operate by sensing the differential light travel time between free test masses. Correspondingly, they are sensitive to anything that changes the physical distance between the test masses, including physical motion of the masses themselves. In ground-based detectors the test masses are suspended as pendula and, consequently, thermal or other excitations of the suspension wires' violin modes lead to a strong, albeit narrow-band, ``signal'' in the detector wave-band that can confound attempts to observe gravitational waves. Here we describe the design of a Kalman filter that determines the time-dependent vibrational state of a detector's suspension ``violin'' modes from the detector output. From the estimated state we can predict that component of the detector output due to suspension excitations, thermal or otherwise, and subtractively remove those disturbances from the detector output. We demonstrate the filter's effectiveness both through numerical simulations and application to real data taken on the LIGO 40 M prototype detector.
1012.2070
Alexis Larranaga PhD
Alexis Larranaga, Sindy Mojica
Geometrothermodynamics of a Charged Black Hole of String Theory
10 pages
Brazilian Journal of Physics 41,2: 154-158 (2011)
10.1007/s13538-011-0015-4
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The thermodynamics of the Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger (GMGHS) charged black hole from string theory is reformulated within the context of the recently developed formalism of geometrothermodynamics. The geometry of the space of equilibrium states is curved, but we show that the thermodynamic curvature does not diverge when the black hole solution becomes a naked singularity. This provides a counterexample to the conventional notion that a thermodynamical curvature divergence signals the occurrence of a phase transition.
[ { "created": "Thu, 9 Dec 2010 18:32:39 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-09-02
[ [ "Larranaga", "Alexis", "" ], [ "Mojica", "Sindy", "" ] ]
The thermodynamics of the Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger (GMGHS) charged black hole from string theory is reformulated within the context of the recently developed formalism of geometrothermodynamics. The geometry of the space of equilibrium states is curved, but we show that the thermodynamic curvature does not diverge when the black hole solution becomes a naked singularity. This provides a counterexample to the conventional notion that a thermodynamical curvature divergence signals the occurrence of a phase transition.
0909.2223
Carlos Coimbra-Araujo
P. S. Letelier and C. H. Coimbra-Araujo
Gravity with extra dimensions and dark matter interpretation: Phenomenological example via Miyamoto-Nagai galaxy
10 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Brazilian Journal of Physics
null
10.1007/s13538-012-0059-0
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A configuration whose density profile coincides with the Newtonian potential for spiral galaxies is constructed from a 4D isotropic metric plus extra dimensional components. A Miyamoto-Nagai ansatz is used to solve Einstein equations. The stable rotation curves of such system are computed and, without fitting techniques, we recover with accuracy the observational data for flat or not asymptotically flat galaxy rotation curves. The density profiles are reconstructed and compared to that obtained from the Newtonian potential.
[ { "created": "Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:34:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:40:54 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-14
[ [ "Letelier", "P. S.", "" ], [ "Coimbra-Araujo", "C. H.", "" ] ]
A configuration whose density profile coincides with the Newtonian potential for spiral galaxies is constructed from a 4D isotropic metric plus extra dimensional components. A Miyamoto-Nagai ansatz is used to solve Einstein equations. The stable rotation curves of such system are computed and, without fitting techniques, we recover with accuracy the observational data for flat or not asymptotically flat galaxy rotation curves. The density profiles are reconstructed and compared to that obtained from the Newtonian potential.
gr-qc/9801093
G. Dautcourt
G. Dautcourt
On the Ultrarelativistic Limit of General Relativity
9 pages, Latex, submitted to Acta Physica Polonica (Jadwisin Conference Proceedings)
Acta Phys.Polon. B29 (1998) 1047-1055
null
null
gr-qc
null
As is well-known, Newton's gravitational theory can be formulated as a four-dimensional space-time theory and follows as singular limit from Einstein's theory, if the velocity of light tends to the infinity. Here 'singular' stands for the fact, that the limiting geometrical structure differs from a regular Riemannian space-time. Geometrically, the transition Einstein to Newton can be viewed as an 'opening' of the light cones. This picture suggests that there might be other singular limits of Einstein's theory: Let all light cones shrink and ultimately become part of a congruence of singular world lines. The limiting structure may be considered as a nullhypersurface embedded in a five-dimensional spacetime. While the velocity of light tends to zero here, all other velocities tend to the velocity of light. Thus one may speak of an ultrarelativistic limit of General Relativity. The resulting theory is as simple as Newton's gravitational theory, with the basic difference, that Newton's elliptic differential equation is replaced by essentially ordinary differential equations, with derivatives tangent to the generators of the singular congruence. The Galilei group is replaced by the Carroll group introduced by L\'evy-Leblond. We suggest to study near ultrarelativistic situations with a perturbational approach starting from the singular structure, similar to post-Newtonian expansions in the $c \to \infty$ case.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:16:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-08-31
[ [ "Dautcourt", "G.", "" ] ]
As is well-known, Newton's gravitational theory can be formulated as a four-dimensional space-time theory and follows as singular limit from Einstein's theory, if the velocity of light tends to the infinity. Here 'singular' stands for the fact, that the limiting geometrical structure differs from a regular Riemannian space-time. Geometrically, the transition Einstein to Newton can be viewed as an 'opening' of the light cones. This picture suggests that there might be other singular limits of Einstein's theory: Let all light cones shrink and ultimately become part of a congruence of singular world lines. The limiting structure may be considered as a nullhypersurface embedded in a five-dimensional spacetime. While the velocity of light tends to zero here, all other velocities tend to the velocity of light. Thus one may speak of an ultrarelativistic limit of General Relativity. The resulting theory is as simple as Newton's gravitational theory, with the basic difference, that Newton's elliptic differential equation is replaced by essentially ordinary differential equations, with derivatives tangent to the generators of the singular congruence. The Galilei group is replaced by the Carroll group introduced by L\'evy-Leblond. We suggest to study near ultrarelativistic situations with a perturbational approach starting from the singular structure, similar to post-Newtonian expansions in the $c \to \infty$ case.
1906.07033
Sebastian Bramberger
Sebastian F. Bramberger, Mariam Chitishvili, George Lavrelashvili
Aspects of the negative mode problem in quantum tunneling with gravity
16 pages, 8 figures
Phys. Rev. D 100, 125006 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.125006
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Some solutions describing vacuum decay exhibit a catastrophic instability. This, so-called negative mode problem in quantum tunneling with gravity, was discovered 34 years ago and in spite of the fact that in these years many different groups worked on this topic, it has still not been resolved. Here, we briefly summarize the current status of the problem and investigate properties of the bounces, numerically and analytically for physically interesting potentials. In the framework of the Hamiltonian approach we show that for generic polynomial potentials the negative mode problem could arise at energies much lower than the Planck mass, indicating that the negative mode problem is not related to physics at the Planck scale. At the same time we find that for a Higgs like potential, as it appears in the standard model, the problem does not appear at realistic values of the potential's parameters but only at the Planck scale.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:45:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-12-11
[ [ "Bramberger", "Sebastian F.", "" ], [ "Chitishvili", "Mariam", "" ], [ "Lavrelashvili", "George", "" ] ]
Some solutions describing vacuum decay exhibit a catastrophic instability. This, so-called negative mode problem in quantum tunneling with gravity, was discovered 34 years ago and in spite of the fact that in these years many different groups worked on this topic, it has still not been resolved. Here, we briefly summarize the current status of the problem and investigate properties of the bounces, numerically and analytically for physically interesting potentials. In the framework of the Hamiltonian approach we show that for generic polynomial potentials the negative mode problem could arise at energies much lower than the Planck mass, indicating that the negative mode problem is not related to physics at the Planck scale. At the same time we find that for a Higgs like potential, as it appears in the standard model, the problem does not appear at realistic values of the potential's parameters but only at the Planck scale.
1810.11785
Matteo Luca Ruggiero
Matteo Luca Ruggiero, Angelo Tartaglia
Test of gravitomagnetism with satellites around the Earth
6 pages, 3 figures; revised to match the version accepted for publication in EPJP
Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2019) 134: 205
10.1140/epjp/i2019-12602-6
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We focus on the possibility of measuring the gravitomagnetic effects due to the rotation of the Earth, by means of a space-based experiment that exploits satellites in geostationary orbits. Due to the rotation of the Earth, there is an asymmetry in the propagation of electromagnetic signals in opposite directions along a closed path around the Earth. We work out the delays between the two counter-propagating beams for a simple configuration, and suggest that accurate time measurements could allow, in principle, to detect the gravitomagnetic effect of the Earth
[ { "created": "Sun, 28 Oct 2018 09:35:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:26:22 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 3 Mar 2019 21:03:07 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-05-21
[ [ "Ruggiero", "Matteo Luca", "" ], [ "Tartaglia", "Angelo", "" ] ]
We focus on the possibility of measuring the gravitomagnetic effects due to the rotation of the Earth, by means of a space-based experiment that exploits satellites in geostationary orbits. Due to the rotation of the Earth, there is an asymmetry in the propagation of electromagnetic signals in opposite directions along a closed path around the Earth. We work out the delays between the two counter-propagating beams for a simple configuration, and suggest that accurate time measurements could allow, in principle, to detect the gravitomagnetic effect of the Earth
2402.11315
Eric Ling
Gregory J. Galloway and Eric Ling
Rigidity aspects of Penrose's singularity theorem
16 pages. v2: minor corrections/changes and expanded proof of Theorem 8
null
null
CPH-GEOTOP-DNRF151; CF21-0680
gr-qc math.DG
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this paper, we study rigidity aspects of Penrose's singularity theorem. Specifically, we aim to answer the following question: if a spacetime satisfies the hypotheses of Penrose's singularity theorem except with weakly trapped surfaces instead of trapped surfaces, then what can be said about the global spacetime structure if the spacetime is null geodesically complete? In this setting, we show that we obtain a foliation of MOTS which generate totally geodesic null hypersurfaces. Depending on our starting assumptions, we obtain either local or global rigidity results. We apply our arguments to cosmological spacetimes (i.e., spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces) and scenarios involving topological censorship.
[ { "created": "Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:00:21 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:20:10 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-04-30
[ [ "Galloway", "Gregory J.", "" ], [ "Ling", "Eric", "" ] ]
In this paper, we study rigidity aspects of Penrose's singularity theorem. Specifically, we aim to answer the following question: if a spacetime satisfies the hypotheses of Penrose's singularity theorem except with weakly trapped surfaces instead of trapped surfaces, then what can be said about the global spacetime structure if the spacetime is null geodesically complete? In this setting, we show that we obtain a foliation of MOTS which generate totally geodesic null hypersurfaces. Depending on our starting assumptions, we obtain either local or global rigidity results. We apply our arguments to cosmological spacetimes (i.e., spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces) and scenarios involving topological censorship.
gr-qc/9506074
Robert Graham
Andras Csordas and Robert Graham
Hartle-Hawking state in supersymmetric minisuperspace
11 pages, revtex
Phys.Lett. B373 (1996) 51-55
10.1016/0370-2693(96)00098-6
null
gr-qc
null
The Hartle-Hawking `no-boundary' state is constructed explicitly for the recently developed supersymmetric minisuperspace model with non-vanishing fermion number.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:54:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Csordas", "Andras", "" ], [ "Graham", "Robert", "" ] ]
The Hartle-Hawking `no-boundary' state is constructed explicitly for the recently developed supersymmetric minisuperspace model with non-vanishing fermion number.
1802.03465
Edward Anderson
Edward Anderson
Monopoles of Twelve Types in 3-Body Problems
39 pages including 23 figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider twelve different ways of modelling the 3-body problem in dimension $\geq 2$. These can be viewed as models of classical and quantum background independence. We show that a different type of monopole is realized in each's relational space: a type of reduced configuration space. 8 cases occur in 2-$d$, and 4 distinct ones in 3-$d$; these reflect counts of non-equivalent subgroup actions of $S_3 \times C_2$ and $S_3$ respectively. The $S_3$ acts on particle labels; the extra $C_2$ corresponds to the purely 2-$d$ option of whether or not to identify mirror images. The non-equivalent realization is due to a suite of subgroup, orbit space and stratification features. Our 2-$d$ monopoles include 4 known ones: a realization of Dirac's monopole in relational space rather than its more habitual setting of space, the 2-$d$ version of Iwai's monopole, and indistinguishable particle monopoles with and without mirror image identification. The 4 new ones are indistinguishable under a 2-particle label switch or under even permutations, in each case with optional mirror image identification. Our 4 3-$d$ monopoles are 2 known ones: the actual Iwai monopole and its already-announced indistinguishable-particles counterpart, and 2 new ones: the two-particle label switch and even permutation cases. All 4 3-$d$ cases are stratified. The three even-permutation cases are orbifolds, two with boundary, the 3-$d$ case's boundary constituting a separate stratum, giving a stratified orbifold. We document each of the 12 cases' underlying shape space and relational space, and each monopole's Hopf mathematics, global-section versus topological quantization dichotomy, Dirac string positioning, and Chern integral concordance with topological contributions form of Gauss--Bonnet Theorem.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Feb 2018 22:06:47 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-02-13
[ [ "Anderson", "Edward", "" ] ]
We consider twelve different ways of modelling the 3-body problem in dimension $\geq 2$. These can be viewed as models of classical and quantum background independence. We show that a different type of monopole is realized in each's relational space: a type of reduced configuration space. 8 cases occur in 2-$d$, and 4 distinct ones in 3-$d$; these reflect counts of non-equivalent subgroup actions of $S_3 \times C_2$ and $S_3$ respectively. The $S_3$ acts on particle labels; the extra $C_2$ corresponds to the purely 2-$d$ option of whether or not to identify mirror images. The non-equivalent realization is due to a suite of subgroup, orbit space and stratification features. Our 2-$d$ monopoles include 4 known ones: a realization of Dirac's monopole in relational space rather than its more habitual setting of space, the 2-$d$ version of Iwai's monopole, and indistinguishable particle monopoles with and without mirror image identification. The 4 new ones are indistinguishable under a 2-particle label switch or under even permutations, in each case with optional mirror image identification. Our 4 3-$d$ monopoles are 2 known ones: the actual Iwai monopole and its already-announced indistinguishable-particles counterpart, and 2 new ones: the two-particle label switch and even permutation cases. All 4 3-$d$ cases are stratified. The three even-permutation cases are orbifolds, two with boundary, the 3-$d$ case's boundary constituting a separate stratum, giving a stratified orbifold. We document each of the 12 cases' underlying shape space and relational space, and each monopole's Hopf mathematics, global-section versus topological quantization dichotomy, Dirac string positioning, and Chern integral concordance with topological contributions form of Gauss--Bonnet Theorem.
gr-qc/9405015
Chopin Soo
Lee Smolin and Chopin Soo
The Chern-Simons Invariant as the Natural Time Variable for Classical and Quantum Cosmology
32 pages, gr-qc/9405015, CGPG-94/4-1 (revised and extended, Oct. 94)
Nucl.Phys.B449:289-316,1995
10.1016/0550-3213(95)00222-E
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
We propose that the Chern-Simons invariant of the Ashtekar-Sen connection is the natural internal time coordinate for classical and quantum cosmology. The reasons for this are a number of interesting properties of this functional, which we describe here. 1)It is a function on the gauge and diffeomorphism invariant configuration space, whose gradient is orthogonal to the two physical degrees of freedom, in the metric defined by the Ashtekar formulation of general relativity. 2)The imaginary part of the Chern-Simons form reduces in the limit of small cosmological constant, $\Lambda$, and solutions close to DeSitter spacetime, to the York extrinsic time coordinate. 3)Small matter-field excitations of the Chern-Simons state satisfy, by virtue of the quantum constraints, a functional Schroedinger equation in which the matter fields evolve on a DeSitter background in the Chern-Simons time. We then n propose this is the natural vacuum state of the theory for $\Lambda \neq 0$. 4)This time coordinate is periodic on the configuration space of Euclideanized spacetimes, due to the large gauge transformations, which means that physical expectation values for all states in non-perturbative quantum gravity will satisfy the $KMS$ condition, and may then be interpreted as thermal states. 5)Forms for the physical hamiltonians and inner product which support the proposal are suggested, and a new action principle for general relativity, as a geodesic principle on the connection superspace, is found.
[ { "created": "Fri, 6 May 1994 18:52:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 30 Oct 1994 19:52:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-07-19
[ [ "Smolin", "Lee", "" ], [ "Soo", "Chopin", "" ] ]
We propose that the Chern-Simons invariant of the Ashtekar-Sen connection is the natural internal time coordinate for classical and quantum cosmology. The reasons for this are a number of interesting properties of this functional, which we describe here. 1)It is a function on the gauge and diffeomorphism invariant configuration space, whose gradient is orthogonal to the two physical degrees of freedom, in the metric defined by the Ashtekar formulation of general relativity. 2)The imaginary part of the Chern-Simons form reduces in the limit of small cosmological constant, $\Lambda$, and solutions close to DeSitter spacetime, to the York extrinsic time coordinate. 3)Small matter-field excitations of the Chern-Simons state satisfy, by virtue of the quantum constraints, a functional Schroedinger equation in which the matter fields evolve on a DeSitter background in the Chern-Simons time. We then n propose this is the natural vacuum state of the theory for $\Lambda \neq 0$. 4)This time coordinate is periodic on the configuration space of Euclideanized spacetimes, due to the large gauge transformations, which means that physical expectation values for all states in non-perturbative quantum gravity will satisfy the $KMS$ condition, and may then be interpreted as thermal states. 5)Forms for the physical hamiltonians and inner product which support the proposal are suggested, and a new action principle for general relativity, as a geodesic principle on the connection superspace, is found.
gr-qc/9307015
Kristin Schleich
Kristin Schleich and Donald M. Witt
Generalized Sums over Histories for Quantum Gravity I. Smooth Conifolds
81pp., plain TeX, To appear in Nucl. Phys. B
Nucl.Phys.B402:411-468,1993
10.1016/0550-3213(93)90649-A
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
This paper proposes to generalize the histories included in Euclidean functional integrals from manifolds to a more general set of compact topological spaces. This new set of spaces, called conifolds, includes nonmanifold stationary points that arise naturally in a semiclasssical evaluation of such integrals; additionally, it can be proven that sequences of approximately Einstein manifolds and sequences of approximately Einstein conifolds both converge to Einstein conifolds. Consequently, generalized Euclidean functional integrals based on these conifold histories yield semiclassical amplitudes for sequences of both manifold and conifold histories that approach a stationary point of the Einstein action. Therefore sums over conifold histories provide a useful and self-consistent starting point for further study of topological effects in quantum gravity. Postscript figures available via anonymous ftp at black-hole.physics.ubc.ca (137.82.43.40) in file gen1.ps.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Jul 1993 22:38:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-11-01
[ [ "Schleich", "Kristin", "" ], [ "Witt", "Donald M.", "" ] ]
This paper proposes to generalize the histories included in Euclidean functional integrals from manifolds to a more general set of compact topological spaces. This new set of spaces, called conifolds, includes nonmanifold stationary points that arise naturally in a semiclasssical evaluation of such integrals; additionally, it can be proven that sequences of approximately Einstein manifolds and sequences of approximately Einstein conifolds both converge to Einstein conifolds. Consequently, generalized Euclidean functional integrals based on these conifold histories yield semiclassical amplitudes for sequences of both manifold and conifold histories that approach a stationary point of the Einstein action. Therefore sums over conifold histories provide a useful and self-consistent starting point for further study of topological effects in quantum gravity. Postscript figures available via anonymous ftp at black-hole.physics.ubc.ca (137.82.43.40) in file gen1.ps.
gr-qc/9803067
Murat Ozer
A. A. Al-Nowaiser, Murat \"Ozer and M. O. Taha
A Non-Singular Universe in String Cosmology
RevTex, 10 pages, a new reference and related information is added
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D8:43-49,1999
10.1142/S0218271899000055
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph
null
We consider the low-energy effective string action in four dimensions including the leading order-$\alpha'$ terms. An exact homogeneous solution is obtained. It represents a non-singular expanding cosmological model in which the tensor fields tend to vanish as $t\to \infty$. The scale factor $a(t)$ of the very early universe in this model has the time dependence $a(t)^2=a_0^2+t^2$. The violation of the strong energy condition of classical General Relativity to avoid the initial singularity requires that the central charge deficit of the theory be larger than a certain value. The significance of this solution is discussed.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:19:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:11:37 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 22 Mar 1998 07:08:24 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Al-Nowaiser", "A. A.", "" ], [ "Özer", "Murat", "" ], [ "Taha", "M. O.", "" ] ]
We consider the low-energy effective string action in four dimensions including the leading order-$\alpha'$ terms. An exact homogeneous solution is obtained. It represents a non-singular expanding cosmological model in which the tensor fields tend to vanish as $t\to \infty$. The scale factor $a(t)$ of the very early universe in this model has the time dependence $a(t)^2=a_0^2+t^2$. The violation of the strong energy condition of classical General Relativity to avoid the initial singularity requires that the central charge deficit of the theory be larger than a certain value. The significance of this solution is discussed.
2002.03787
Sunil Kumar Tripathy Dr.
S K Tripathy, B Mishra, Saibal Ray and Rikpratik Sengupta
Bouncing Models in an Extended Gravity Theory
14 pages,13 figures
Chinese Journal of Physics 71 (2021) 610
10.1016/j.cjph.2021.03.026
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Some bouncing models are investigated in the framework of an extended theory of gravity. The extended gravity model is a simple extension of the General Relativity where an additional matter geometry coupling is introduced to account for the late time cosmic speed up phenomena. The dynamics of the models are discussed in the background of a flat FRW universe. Some viable models are reconstructed for specifically assumed bouncing scale factors. The behavior of the models are found to be decided mostly by the parameters of the respective models. The extended gravity based minimal matter-geometry coupling parameter has a role to remove the omega singularity occurring at the bouncing epoch. It is noted that the constructed models violate the energy conditions, however, in some cases this violation leads to the evolution of the models in phantom phase. The stability of the models are analyzed under linear homogeneous perturbations and it is found that, near the bounce, the models show instability but the perturbations decay out smoothly to provide stable models at late times.
[ { "created": "Thu, 6 Feb 2020 11:03:42 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 8 Sep 2020 17:05:21 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-06-10
[ [ "Tripathy", "S K", "" ], [ "Mishra", "B", "" ], [ "Ray", "Saibal", "" ], [ "Sengupta", "Rikpratik", "" ] ]
Some bouncing models are investigated in the framework of an extended theory of gravity. The extended gravity model is a simple extension of the General Relativity where an additional matter geometry coupling is introduced to account for the late time cosmic speed up phenomena. The dynamics of the models are discussed in the background of a flat FRW universe. Some viable models are reconstructed for specifically assumed bouncing scale factors. The behavior of the models are found to be decided mostly by the parameters of the respective models. The extended gravity based minimal matter-geometry coupling parameter has a role to remove the omega singularity occurring at the bouncing epoch. It is noted that the constructed models violate the energy conditions, however, in some cases this violation leads to the evolution of the models in phantom phase. The stability of the models are analyzed under linear homogeneous perturbations and it is found that, near the bounce, the models show instability but the perturbations decay out smoothly to provide stable models at late times.
gr-qc/0203008
Ivan L. Zhogin
I. L. Zhogin
Trilinear generally covariant equations of AP
8 pages, Latex. Corrected typos (e.g., in Eqs.(5), (26))
Sov.Phys.J. 34 (1991) 105-110
null
null
gr-qc
null
Field equations for n-frames h_a{}^\mu that are possible in the theory of absolute parallelism (AP) are considered. The methods of compatibility (or formal integrability) theory enable us to find the non-Lagrangian equation having unusual kind of compatibility conditions, guaranteed by two (not one) identities. This 'unique equation' was not noted explicitly in the classification by Einstein and Mayer of compatible second order equations of AP. It is shown that some equations of AP (including 'unique equation') can be written in a trilinear form that contains only the matrix of frame density (of some weight) H_a{}^\mu and its derivatives and not inverse (coframe density) matrix. The equations are still regular and involutive for degenerate but finite matrices H_a{}^\mu if rank H_a{}^\mu > 1.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Mar 2002 06:25:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:48:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Zhogin", "I. L.", "" ] ]
Field equations for n-frames h_a{}^\mu that are possible in the theory of absolute parallelism (AP) are considered. The methods of compatibility (or formal integrability) theory enable us to find the non-Lagrangian equation having unusual kind of compatibility conditions, guaranteed by two (not one) identities. This 'unique equation' was not noted explicitly in the classification by Einstein and Mayer of compatible second order equations of AP. It is shown that some equations of AP (including 'unique equation') can be written in a trilinear form that contains only the matrix of frame density (of some weight) H_a{}^\mu and its derivatives and not inverse (coframe density) matrix. The equations are still regular and involutive for degenerate but finite matrices H_a{}^\mu if rank H_a{}^\mu > 1.
gr-qc/9403055
Don N. Page
Sheldon Goldstein (Rutgers University) and Don N. Page (University of Alberta)
Linearly Positive Histories: Probabilities for a Robust Family of Sequences of Quantum Events
8 pages, LaTeX. Shortened slightly to permit publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. A paragraph after Eq. (21) was expanded
Phys.Rev.Lett.74:3715-3719,1995
10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3715
Alberta-Thy-43-93
gr-qc hep-th
null
Nonnegative probabilities that obey the sum rules may be assigned to a much wider family of sets of histories than decohering histories. The resulting {\it linearly positive histories} avoid the highly restrictive decoherence conditions and yet give the same probabilities when those conditions apply. Thus linearly positive histories are a broad extension of decohering histories. Moreover, the resulting theory is manifestly time-reversal invariant.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 Mar 1994 22:59:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 1 Sep 1994 20:09:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 3 Mar 1995 20:32:41 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Goldstein", "Sheldon", "", "Rutgers University" ], [ "Page", "Don N.", "", "University of\n Alberta" ] ]
Nonnegative probabilities that obey the sum rules may be assigned to a much wider family of sets of histories than decohering histories. The resulting {\it linearly positive histories} avoid the highly restrictive decoherence conditions and yet give the same probabilities when those conditions apply. Thus linearly positive histories are a broad extension of decohering histories. Moreover, the resulting theory is manifestly time-reversal invariant.
gr-qc/0107099
Hideo Iguchi
Hideo Iguchi and Tomohiro Harada
Physical aspects of naked singularity explosion - How does a naked singularity explode? --
18 pages, 16 figures
Class.Quant.Grav.18:3681-3700,2001
10.1088/0264-9381/18/17/319
YITP-01-22, WU-AP/121/01
gr-qc
null
The behaviors of quantum stress tensor for the scalar field on the classical background of spherical dust collapse is studied. In the previous works diverging flux of quantum radiation was predicted. We use the exact expressions in a 2D model formulated by Barve et al. Our present results show that the back reaction does not become important during the semiclassical phase. The appearance of the naked singularity would not be affected by this quantum field radiation. To predict whether the naked singularity explosion occurs or not we need the theory of quantum gravity. We depict the generation of the diverging flux inside the collapsing star. The quantum energy is gathered around the center positively. This would be converted to the diverging flux along the Cauchy horizon. The ingoing negative flux crosses the Cauchy horizon. The intensity of it is divergent only at the central naked singularity. This diverging negative ingoing flux is balanced with the outgoing positive diverging flux which propagates along the Cauchy horizon. After the replacement of the naked singularity to the practical high density region the instantaneous diverging radiation would change to more milder one with finite duration.
[ { "created": "Tue, 31 Jul 2001 06:10:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-17
[ [ "Iguchi", "Hideo", "" ], [ "Harada", "Tomohiro", "" ] ]
The behaviors of quantum stress tensor for the scalar field on the classical background of spherical dust collapse is studied. In the previous works diverging flux of quantum radiation was predicted. We use the exact expressions in a 2D model formulated by Barve et al. Our present results show that the back reaction does not become important during the semiclassical phase. The appearance of the naked singularity would not be affected by this quantum field radiation. To predict whether the naked singularity explosion occurs or not we need the theory of quantum gravity. We depict the generation of the diverging flux inside the collapsing star. The quantum energy is gathered around the center positively. This would be converted to the diverging flux along the Cauchy horizon. The ingoing negative flux crosses the Cauchy horizon. The intensity of it is divergent only at the central naked singularity. This diverging negative ingoing flux is balanced with the outgoing positive diverging flux which propagates along the Cauchy horizon. After the replacement of the naked singularity to the practical high density region the instantaneous diverging radiation would change to more milder one with finite duration.
gr-qc/9805051
Marc A. Pelath
M.A. Pelath, K.P. Tod, and Robert M. Wald
Trapped surfaces in prolate collapse in the Gibbons-Penrose construction
22 pages, 6 figures
Class.Quant.Grav. 15 (1998) 3917-3934
10.1088/0264-9381/15/12/018
null
gr-qc
null
We investigate existence and properties of trapped surfaces in two models of collapsing null dust shells within the Gibbons-Penrose construction. In the first model, the shell is initially a prolate spheroid, and the resulting singularity forms at the ends first (relative to a natural time slicing by flat hyperplanes), in analogy with behavior found in certain prolate collapse examples considered by Shapiro and Teukolsky. We give an explicit example in which trapped surfaces are present on the shell, but none exist prior to the last flat slice, thereby explicitly showing that the absence of trapped surfaces on a particular, natural slicing does not imply an absence of trapped surfaces in the spacetime. We then examine a model considered by Barrabes, Israel and Letelier (BIL) of a cylindrical shell of mass M and length L, with hemispherical endcaps of mass m. We obtain a "phase diagram" for the presence of trapped surfaces on the shell with respect to essential parameters $\lambda \equiv M/L$ and $\mu \equiv m/M$. It is found that no trapped surfaces are present on the shell when $\lambda$ or $\mu$ are sufficiently small. (We are able only to search for trapped surfaces lying on the shell itself.) In the limit $\lambda \to 0$, the existence or nonexistence of trapped surfaces lying within the shell is seen to be in remarkably good accord with the hoop conjecture.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 May 1998 20:23:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Pelath", "M. A.", "" ], [ "Tod", "K. P.", "" ], [ "Wald", "Robert M.", "" ] ]
We investigate existence and properties of trapped surfaces in two models of collapsing null dust shells within the Gibbons-Penrose construction. In the first model, the shell is initially a prolate spheroid, and the resulting singularity forms at the ends first (relative to a natural time slicing by flat hyperplanes), in analogy with behavior found in certain prolate collapse examples considered by Shapiro and Teukolsky. We give an explicit example in which trapped surfaces are present on the shell, but none exist prior to the last flat slice, thereby explicitly showing that the absence of trapped surfaces on a particular, natural slicing does not imply an absence of trapped surfaces in the spacetime. We then examine a model considered by Barrabes, Israel and Letelier (BIL) of a cylindrical shell of mass M and length L, with hemispherical endcaps of mass m. We obtain a "phase diagram" for the presence of trapped surfaces on the shell with respect to essential parameters $\lambda \equiv M/L$ and $\mu \equiv m/M$. It is found that no trapped surfaces are present on the shell when $\lambda$ or $\mu$ are sufficiently small. (We are able only to search for trapped surfaces lying on the shell itself.) In the limit $\lambda \to 0$, the existence or nonexistence of trapped surfaces lying within the shell is seen to be in remarkably good accord with the hoop conjecture.
1606.00698
Srijit Bhattacharjee
Srijit Bhattacharjee, Debaprasad Maity, and Rupak Mukherjee
Constraining scalar-Gauss-Bonnet Inflation by Reheating, Unitarity and PLANCK
22 pages, 12 Pdf figures; Modified version including updated analyses compatible with the latest observational data. Almost matches with the published version
Phys. Rev. D 95, 023514 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.023514
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We revisit the inflationary dynamics in detail for theories with Gauss-Bonnet gravity coupled to scalar functions, in light of the Planck data. Considering the chaotic inflationary scenario, we constrain the parameters of two models involving inflaton-Gauss-Bonnet coupling by current Planck data. For non zero inflaton-Gauss-Bonnet coupling $\beta$, an inflationary analysis provides us a big cosmologically viable region in the space of $(m,\beta)$, where $m$ is the mass of inflaton. However, we study further on constraining $\beta$ arising from reheating considerations and unitarity of tree-level amplitude involving we have studied the constraints on $\beta$ arising from reheating considerations and unitarity of tree level amplitude involving $2$ graviton $\rightarrow 2$ graviton ($h h\rightarrow hh$) scattering. Our analysis, particularly on reheating significantly reduces the parameter space of $(m,\beta)$ for all models. he quadratic Gauss-Bonnet coupling parameter turns out to be more strongly constrained than that of the linear coupling. For the linear Gauss-Bonnet coupling function, we obtain $\beta \lesssim 10^3$, with the condition $\beta (m/M_P)^2 \simeq 10^{-4}$. However, study of the Higgs inflation scenario in the presence of Gauss-Bonnet term turned out to be strongly disfavored.
[ { "created": "Mon, 30 May 2016 15:04:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:32:44 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 6 Feb 2017 19:28:18 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2017-02-08
[ [ "Bhattacharjee", "Srijit", "" ], [ "Maity", "Debaprasad", "" ], [ "Mukherjee", "Rupak", "" ] ]
We revisit the inflationary dynamics in detail for theories with Gauss-Bonnet gravity coupled to scalar functions, in light of the Planck data. Considering the chaotic inflationary scenario, we constrain the parameters of two models involving inflaton-Gauss-Bonnet coupling by current Planck data. For non zero inflaton-Gauss-Bonnet coupling $\beta$, an inflationary analysis provides us a big cosmologically viable region in the space of $(m,\beta)$, where $m$ is the mass of inflaton. However, we study further on constraining $\beta$ arising from reheating considerations and unitarity of tree-level amplitude involving we have studied the constraints on $\beta$ arising from reheating considerations and unitarity of tree level amplitude involving $2$ graviton $\rightarrow 2$ graviton ($h h\rightarrow hh$) scattering. Our analysis, particularly on reheating significantly reduces the parameter space of $(m,\beta)$ for all models. he quadratic Gauss-Bonnet coupling parameter turns out to be more strongly constrained than that of the linear coupling. For the linear Gauss-Bonnet coupling function, we obtain $\beta \lesssim 10^3$, with the condition $\beta (m/M_P)^2 \simeq 10^{-4}$. However, study of the Higgs inflation scenario in the presence of Gauss-Bonnet term turned out to be strongly disfavored.
gr-qc/0602100
Martin Bojowald
Martin Bojowald
Quantum Riemannian Geometry and Black Holes
45 pages, 4 figures, chapter of "Trends in Quantum Gravity Research" (Nova Science)
null
null
IGPG-06/2-2, AEI-2006-009
gr-qc hep-th
null
Black Holes have always played a central role in investigations of quantum gravity. This includes both conceptual issues such as the role of classical singularities and information loss, and technical ones to probe the consistency of candidate theories. Lacking a full theory of quantum gravity, such studies had long been restricted to black hole models which include some aspects of quantization. However, it is then not always clear whether the results are consequences of quantum gravity per se or of the particular steps one had undertaken to bring the system into a treatable form. Over a little more than the last decade loop quantum gravity has emerged as a widely studied candidate for quantum gravity, where it is now possible to introduce black hole models within a quantum theory of gravity. This makes it possible to use only quantum effects which are known to arise also in the full theory, but still work in a rather simple and physically interesting context of black holes. Recent developments have now led to the first physical results about non-rotating quantum black holes obtained in this way. Restricting to the interior inside the Schwarzschild horizon, the resulting quantum model is free of the classical singularity, which is a consequence of discrete quantum geometry taking over for the continuous classical space-time picture. This fact results in a change of paradigm concerning the information loss problem. The horizon itself can also be studied in the quantum theory by imposing horizon conditions at the level of states. Thereby one can illustrate the nature of horizon degrees of freedom and horizon fluctuations. All these developments allow us to study the quantum dynamics explicitly and in detail which provides a rich ground to test the consistency of the full theory.
[ { "created": "Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:30:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Bojowald", "Martin", "" ] ]
Black Holes have always played a central role in investigations of quantum gravity. This includes both conceptual issues such as the role of classical singularities and information loss, and technical ones to probe the consistency of candidate theories. Lacking a full theory of quantum gravity, such studies had long been restricted to black hole models which include some aspects of quantization. However, it is then not always clear whether the results are consequences of quantum gravity per se or of the particular steps one had undertaken to bring the system into a treatable form. Over a little more than the last decade loop quantum gravity has emerged as a widely studied candidate for quantum gravity, where it is now possible to introduce black hole models within a quantum theory of gravity. This makes it possible to use only quantum effects which are known to arise also in the full theory, but still work in a rather simple and physically interesting context of black holes. Recent developments have now led to the first physical results about non-rotating quantum black holes obtained in this way. Restricting to the interior inside the Schwarzschild horizon, the resulting quantum model is free of the classical singularity, which is a consequence of discrete quantum geometry taking over for the continuous classical space-time picture. This fact results in a change of paradigm concerning the information loss problem. The horizon itself can also be studied in the quantum theory by imposing horizon conditions at the level of states. Thereby one can illustrate the nature of horizon degrees of freedom and horizon fluctuations. All these developments allow us to study the quantum dynamics explicitly and in detail which provides a rich ground to test the consistency of the full theory.
gr-qc/0004075
T. Damour
Thibault Damour and Alexander Vilenkin
Gravitational wave bursts from cosmic strings
4 pages, revtex, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters
Phys.Rev.Lett.85:3761-3764,2000
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3761
IHES/P/00/32
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph hep-th
null
Cusps of cosmic strings emit strong beams of high-frequency gravitational waves (GW). As a consequence of these beams, the stochastic ensemble of gravitational waves generated by a cosmological network of oscillating loops is strongly non Gaussian, and includes occasional sharp bursts that stand above the rms GW background. These bursts might be detectable by the planned GW detectors LIGO/VIRGO and LISA for string tensions as small as $G \mu \sim 10^{-13}$. The GW bursts discussed here might be accompanied by Gamma Ray Bursts.
[ { "created": "Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:47:22 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Damour", "Thibault", "" ], [ "Vilenkin", "Alexander", "" ] ]
Cusps of cosmic strings emit strong beams of high-frequency gravitational waves (GW). As a consequence of these beams, the stochastic ensemble of gravitational waves generated by a cosmological network of oscillating loops is strongly non Gaussian, and includes occasional sharp bursts that stand above the rms GW background. These bursts might be detectable by the planned GW detectors LIGO/VIRGO and LISA for string tensions as small as $G \mu \sim 10^{-13}$. The GW bursts discussed here might be accompanied by Gamma Ray Bursts.
2404.19268
Diego Solano-Alfaro
Diego Solano-Alfaro and Francisco Frutos-Alfaro
Equatorial circular motion in a Kerr-like spacetime
null
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
An study of the equatorial circular motion of photons and massive particles around a rotating compact body like a neutron star is presented. For this goal, we use an approximate Kerr-like metric with mass quadrupole as perturbation. The effect of this deformation on the photon sphere, and the innermost stable circular orbit, is determined via an effective potential. Furthermore, a stability anaysis is shown, where we observed the same behavior of the effective potential for co-rotating and counter-rotating particles. A comparison with the results for the innermost stable circular orbit obtained for the Hartle-Thorne spacetime is also presented.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:21:22 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-05-01
[ [ "Solano-Alfaro", "Diego", "" ], [ "Frutos-Alfaro", "Francisco", "" ] ]
An study of the equatorial circular motion of photons and massive particles around a rotating compact body like a neutron star is presented. For this goal, we use an approximate Kerr-like metric with mass quadrupole as perturbation. The effect of this deformation on the photon sphere, and the innermost stable circular orbit, is determined via an effective potential. Furthermore, a stability anaysis is shown, where we observed the same behavior of the effective potential for co-rotating and counter-rotating particles. A comparison with the results for the innermost stable circular orbit obtained for the Hartle-Thorne spacetime is also presented.
gr-qc/9604036
Heinz-Dieter Conradi
Heinz-Dieter Conradi (RWTH-Aachen, Germany)
Tunneling of Macroscopic Universes
10 pages, one eps-file includes, uses LaTeX2e
Int.J.Mod.Phys. D7 (1998) 189-200
10.1142/S0218271898000152
PHITA 95/36
gr-qc
null
The meaning of `tunneling' in a timeless theory such as quantum cosmology is discussed. A recent suggestion of `tunneling' of the macroscopic universe at the classical turning point is analyzed in an anisotropic and inhomogeneous toy model. This `inhomogeneous tunneling' is a local process which cannot be interpreted as a tunneling of the universe.
[ { "created": "Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:48:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-25
[ [ "Conradi", "Heinz-Dieter", "", "RWTH-Aachen, Germany" ] ]
The meaning of `tunneling' in a timeless theory such as quantum cosmology is discussed. A recent suggestion of `tunneling' of the macroscopic universe at the classical turning point is analyzed in an anisotropic and inhomogeneous toy model. This `inhomogeneous tunneling' is a local process which cannot be interpreted as a tunneling of the universe.
1810.04153
Philipp Hoehn
Philipp A Hoehn and Augustin Vanrietvelde
How to switch between relational quantum clocks
26 pages + appendices. Written in a manner accessible to an audience unacquainted with the problem of time and Hamiltonian constraints. A few clarifications added. Matches published version
New J. Phys. 22 (2020) 123048
10.1088/1367-2630/abd1ac
null
gr-qc quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Every clock is a physical system and thereby ultimately quantum. A naturally arising question is how to describe time evolution relative to quantum clocks and, specifically, how the dynamics relative to different quantum clocks are related. This is a pressing issue in view of the multiple choice problem of time in quantum gravity, which posits that there is no distinguished choice of internal clock in generic general relativistic systems and that different choices lead to inequivalent quantum theories. Exploiting a recent approach to switching quantum reference systems (arXiv:1809.00556, arXiv:1809:05093), we exhibit a systematic method for switching between different clock choices in the quantum theory. We illustrate it by means of the parametrized particle, which, like gravity, features a Hamiltonian constraint. We explicitly switch between the quantum evolution relative to the non-relativistic time variable and that relative to the particle's position, which requires carefully regularizing the zero-modes in the so-called time-of-arrival observable. While this toy model is simple, our approach is general and directly amenable to quantum cosmology. It proceeds by systematically linking the reduced quantum theories relative to different clock choices via the clock-choice-neutral Dirac quantized theory, in analogy to coordinate changes on a manifold. This method suggests a new perspective on the multiple choice problem, indicating that it is rather a multiple choice feature of a complete relational quantum theory, taken as the conjunction of Dirac quantized and quantum deparametrized theories. Precisely this conjunction permits one to consistently switch between different temporal reference systems which is a prerequisite for a quantum notion of general covariance. Finally, we show that quantum uncertainties lead to discontinuity in the relational dynamics when switching clocks.
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2021-01-05
[ [ "Hoehn", "Philipp A", "" ], [ "Vanrietvelde", "Augustin", "" ] ]
Every clock is a physical system and thereby ultimately quantum. A naturally arising question is how to describe time evolution relative to quantum clocks and, specifically, how the dynamics relative to different quantum clocks are related. This is a pressing issue in view of the multiple choice problem of time in quantum gravity, which posits that there is no distinguished choice of internal clock in generic general relativistic systems and that different choices lead to inequivalent quantum theories. Exploiting a recent approach to switching quantum reference systems (arXiv:1809.00556, arXiv:1809:05093), we exhibit a systematic method for switching between different clock choices in the quantum theory. We illustrate it by means of the parametrized particle, which, like gravity, features a Hamiltonian constraint. We explicitly switch between the quantum evolution relative to the non-relativistic time variable and that relative to the particle's position, which requires carefully regularizing the zero-modes in the so-called time-of-arrival observable. While this toy model is simple, our approach is general and directly amenable to quantum cosmology. It proceeds by systematically linking the reduced quantum theories relative to different clock choices via the clock-choice-neutral Dirac quantized theory, in analogy to coordinate changes on a manifold. This method suggests a new perspective on the multiple choice problem, indicating that it is rather a multiple choice feature of a complete relational quantum theory, taken as the conjunction of Dirac quantized and quantum deparametrized theories. Precisely this conjunction permits one to consistently switch between different temporal reference systems which is a prerequisite for a quantum notion of general covariance. Finally, we show that quantum uncertainties lead to discontinuity in the relational dynamics when switching clocks.
1604.01385
David A. Craig
David A. Craig
The consistent histories approach to loop quantum cosmology
31 pages, 4 pdf figures. Invited review for special issue of Int. J. Mod. Phys. D on loop quantum cosmology. Typos corrected
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D25 1642009 (2016)
10.1142/S0218271816420098
null
gr-qc quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We review the application of the consistent (or decoherent) histories formulation of quantum theory to canonical loop quantum cosmology. Conventional quantum theory relies crucially on "measurements" to convert unrealized quantum potentialities into physical outcomes that can be assigned probabilities. In the early universe and other physical contexts in which there are no observers or measuring apparatus (or indeed, in any closed quantum system), what criteria determine which alternative outcomes may be realized and what their probabilities are? In the consistent histories formulation it is the vanishing of interference between the branch wave functions describing alternative histories -- as determined by the system's decoherence functional -- that determines which alternatives may be assigned probabilities. We describe the consistent histories formulation and how it may be applied to canonical loop quantum cosmology, describing in detail the application to homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models with scalar matter. We show how the theory may be used to make definite physical predictions in the absence of "observers". As an application, we demonstrate how the theory predicts that loop quantum models "bounce" from large volume to large volume, while conventional "Wheeler-DeWitt"-quantized universes are invariably singular. We also briefly indicate the relation to other work.
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2016-06-30
[ [ "Craig", "David A.", "" ] ]
We review the application of the consistent (or decoherent) histories formulation of quantum theory to canonical loop quantum cosmology. Conventional quantum theory relies crucially on "measurements" to convert unrealized quantum potentialities into physical outcomes that can be assigned probabilities. In the early universe and other physical contexts in which there are no observers or measuring apparatus (or indeed, in any closed quantum system), what criteria determine which alternative outcomes may be realized and what their probabilities are? In the consistent histories formulation it is the vanishing of interference between the branch wave functions describing alternative histories -- as determined by the system's decoherence functional -- that determines which alternatives may be assigned probabilities. We describe the consistent histories formulation and how it may be applied to canonical loop quantum cosmology, describing in detail the application to homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models with scalar matter. We show how the theory may be used to make definite physical predictions in the absence of "observers". As an application, we demonstrate how the theory predicts that loop quantum models "bounce" from large volume to large volume, while conventional "Wheeler-DeWitt"-quantized universes are invariably singular. We also briefly indicate the relation to other work.
1308.6289
Sanved Kolekar
Sanved Kolekar and T. Padmanabhan
Indistinguishability of thermal and quantum fluctuations
v1. 4 pages, no figure, v2. minor clarification added, v3. accepted for publication in CQG Fast Track Comm
Class. Quant. Grav. Fast Track Comm 32, 202001 (2015)
10.1088/0264-9381/32/20/202001
null
gr-qc hep-th quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The existence of Davies-Unruh temperature in a uniformly accelerated frame shows that quantum fluctuations of the inertial vacuum state appears as thermal fluctuations in the accelerated frame. Hence thermodynamic experiments cannot distinguish between phenomena occurring in a thermal bath of temperature T in the inertial frame from those in a frame accelerating through inertial vacuum with the acceleration $a=2\pi T$. We show that this indisguishability between quantum fluctuations and thermal fluctuations goes far beyond the fluctuations in the vacuum state. We show by an exact calculation, that the reduced density matrix for a uniformly accelerated observer when the quantum field is in a thermal state of temperature $T^\prime$ is symmetric between acceleration temperature $T = a/(2\pi)$ and the thermal bath temperature $T^\prime$. Thus thermal phenomena cannot distinguish whether (i) one is accelerating with $a = 2\pi T$ through a bath of temperature $T^\prime$ or (ii) accelerating with $a=2\pi T^\prime$ through a bath of temperature T. This shows that thermal and quantum fluctuations in an accelerated frame affect the observer in a symmetric manner. The implications are discussed.
[ { "created": "Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:00:30 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Sep 2013 00:25:21 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:02:06 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2018-06-20
[ [ "Kolekar", "Sanved", "" ], [ "Padmanabhan", "T.", "" ] ]
The existence of Davies-Unruh temperature in a uniformly accelerated frame shows that quantum fluctuations of the inertial vacuum state appears as thermal fluctuations in the accelerated frame. Hence thermodynamic experiments cannot distinguish between phenomena occurring in a thermal bath of temperature T in the inertial frame from those in a frame accelerating through inertial vacuum with the acceleration $a=2\pi T$. We show that this indisguishability between quantum fluctuations and thermal fluctuations goes far beyond the fluctuations in the vacuum state. We show by an exact calculation, that the reduced density matrix for a uniformly accelerated observer when the quantum field is in a thermal state of temperature $T^\prime$ is symmetric between acceleration temperature $T = a/(2\pi)$ and the thermal bath temperature $T^\prime$. Thus thermal phenomena cannot distinguish whether (i) one is accelerating with $a = 2\pi T$ through a bath of temperature $T^\prime$ or (ii) accelerating with $a=2\pi T^\prime$ through a bath of temperature T. This shows that thermal and quantum fluctuations in an accelerated frame affect the observer in a symmetric manner. The implications are discussed.
gr-qc/9304005
Mark A. Miller
O. Bostrom, M. Miller, L. Smolin
A New Discretization of Classical and Quantum General Relativity
25 pages, LaTeX (calculational errors corrected, revised conclusions)
null
null
Goteborg ITP 94-5, SU-GP-93-4-1, CGPG-94/3-3
gr-qc hep-lat hep-th
null
We propose a new discrete approximation to the Einstein equations, based on the Capovilla-Dell-Jacobson form of the action for the Ashtekar variables. This formulation is analogous to the Regge calculus in that the curvature has support on sets of measure zero. Both a Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation are proposed and we report partial results about the constraint algebra of the Hamiltonian formulation. We find that the discrete versions of the diffeomorphism constraints do not commute with each other or with the Hamiltonian constraint.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Apr 1993 13:51:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 10 May 1994 21:02:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-02-03
[ [ "Bostrom", "O.", "" ], [ "Miller", "M.", "" ], [ "Smolin", "L.", "" ] ]
We propose a new discrete approximation to the Einstein equations, based on the Capovilla-Dell-Jacobson form of the action for the Ashtekar variables. This formulation is analogous to the Regge calculus in that the curvature has support on sets of measure zero. Both a Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation are proposed and we report partial results about the constraint algebra of the Hamiltonian formulation. We find that the discrete versions of the diffeomorphism constraints do not commute with each other or with the Hamiltonian constraint.
0707.1608
Roberto Giambo'
Roberto Giamb\'o, Sara Quintavalle
Dimensional dependence of naked singularity formation in spherical gravitational collapse
11 pages, to appear with minor modifications on Class. Quantum Grav
Class.Quant.Grav.25:145003,2008
10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/145003
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The complete spectrum of the endstates - naked singularities, or blackholes - of gravitational collapse is analyzed for a wide class of $N$-dimensional spacetimes in spherical symmetry, which includes and generalizes the dust solutions and the case of vanishing radial stresses. The final fate of the collapse is shown to be fully determined by the local behavior of a single scalar function and by the dimension $N$ of the spacetime. In particular, the ``critical'' behavior of the N=4 spacetimes, where a sort of phase transition from black hole to naked singularity can occur, is still present if N=5 but does not occur if $N > 5$, independently from the initial data of the collapse. Physically, the results turn out to be related to the kinematical properties of the considered solutions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:04:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:12:52 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-03-24
[ [ "Giambó", "Roberto", "" ], [ "Quintavalle", "Sara", "" ] ]
The complete spectrum of the endstates - naked singularities, or blackholes - of gravitational collapse is analyzed for a wide class of $N$-dimensional spacetimes in spherical symmetry, which includes and generalizes the dust solutions and the case of vanishing radial stresses. The final fate of the collapse is shown to be fully determined by the local behavior of a single scalar function and by the dimension $N$ of the spacetime. In particular, the ``critical'' behavior of the N=4 spacetimes, where a sort of phase transition from black hole to naked singularity can occur, is still present if N=5 but does not occur if $N > 5$, independently from the initial data of the collapse. Physically, the results turn out to be related to the kinematical properties of the considered solutions.
1905.07638
Oldrich Semerak
O. Semer\'ak, M. Basovn\'ik, P. Kotla\v{r}\'ik
Schwarzschild binary supported by an Appell ring
20 pages, 17 figures
Physical Review D 99 (2019) 064050
10.1103/PhysRevD.99.064050
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We continue to study black holes subjected to strong sources of gravity, again paying special attention to the behaviour of geometry in the black-hole interior. After examining, in previous two papers, the deformation arising in the Majumdar-Papapetrou binary of extremally charged black holes and that of a Schwarzschild black hole due to a surrounding (Bach-Weyl) ring, we consider here the system of two Schwarzschild-type black holes held apart by the Appell ring. After verifying that such a configuration can be in a strut-free equilibrium along certain lines in a parameter space, we compute several basic geometric characteristics of the equilibrium configurations. Then, like in previous papers, we calculate and visualize simple invariants determined by the metric (lapse or, equivalently, potential), by its first derivatives (gravitational acceleration) and by its second derivatives (Kretschmann scalar). Extension into the black-hole interior is achieved along particular null geodesics starting tangentially to the horizon. In contrast to the case involving the Bach-Weyl ring, here each single black hole is placed asymmetrically with respect to the equatorial plane (given by the Appell ring) and the interior geometry is really deformed in a non-symmetrical way. Inside the black holes, we again found regions of negative Kretschmann scalar in some cases.
[ { "created": "Sat, 18 May 2019 20:13:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-05-21
[ [ "Semerák", "O.", "" ], [ "Basovník", "M.", "" ], [ "Kotlařík", "P.", "" ] ]
We continue to study black holes subjected to strong sources of gravity, again paying special attention to the behaviour of geometry in the black-hole interior. After examining, in previous two papers, the deformation arising in the Majumdar-Papapetrou binary of extremally charged black holes and that of a Schwarzschild black hole due to a surrounding (Bach-Weyl) ring, we consider here the system of two Schwarzschild-type black holes held apart by the Appell ring. After verifying that such a configuration can be in a strut-free equilibrium along certain lines in a parameter space, we compute several basic geometric characteristics of the equilibrium configurations. Then, like in previous papers, we calculate and visualize simple invariants determined by the metric (lapse or, equivalently, potential), by its first derivatives (gravitational acceleration) and by its second derivatives (Kretschmann scalar). Extension into the black-hole interior is achieved along particular null geodesics starting tangentially to the horizon. In contrast to the case involving the Bach-Weyl ring, here each single black hole is placed asymmetrically with respect to the equatorial plane (given by the Appell ring) and the interior geometry is really deformed in a non-symmetrical way. Inside the black holes, we again found regions of negative Kretschmann scalar in some cases.
gr-qc/9603060
Philip Papadopoulos
Roberto Go'mez (1), Pablo Laguna (2), Philippos Papadopoulos (2) and Jeff Winicour (1) ((1) University of Pittsburgh, (2) Penn State University)
Cauchy-characteristic Evolution of Einstein-Klein-Gordon Systems
Submitted to Phys. Rev. D, 16 pages, revtex, 7 figures available at http://nr.astro.psu.edu:8080/preprints.html
Phys.Rev.D54:4719-4727,1996
10.1103/PhysRevD.54.4719
CGPG-96/4-1
gr-qc
null
A Cauchy-characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein-Klein-Gordon system with spherical symmetry is presented. Initial data are specified on the union of a space-like and null hypersurface. The development of the data is obtained with the combination of a constrained Cauchy evolution in the interior domain and a characteristic evolution in the exterior, asymptotically flat region. The matching interface between the space-like and characteristic foliations is constructed by imposing continuity conditions on metric, extrinsic curvature and scalar field variables, ensuring smoothness across the matching surface. The accuracy of the method is established for all ranges of $M/R$, most notably, with a detailed comparison of invariant observables against reference solutions obtained with a calibrated, global, null algorithm.
[ { "created": "Fri, 29 Mar 1996 21:15:36 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-12-30
[ [ "Go'mez", "Roberto", "", "University of Pittsburgh" ], [ "Laguna", "Pablo", "", "Penn State University" ], [ "Papadopoulos", "Philippos", "", "Penn State University" ], [ "Winicour", "Jeff", "", "University of Pittsburgh" ] ]
A Cauchy-characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein-Klein-Gordon system with spherical symmetry is presented. Initial data are specified on the union of a space-like and null hypersurface. The development of the data is obtained with the combination of a constrained Cauchy evolution in the interior domain and a characteristic evolution in the exterior, asymptotically flat region. The matching interface between the space-like and characteristic foliations is constructed by imposing continuity conditions on metric, extrinsic curvature and scalar field variables, ensuring smoothness across the matching surface. The accuracy of the method is established for all ranges of $M/R$, most notably, with a detailed comparison of invariant observables against reference solutions obtained with a calibrated, global, null algorithm.
0811.4484
Grigory Vereshkov
Leonid Marochnik (1), Daniel Usikov, and Grigory Vereshkov (2) ((1) University of Maryland, College Park, (2) Research Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University)
Graviton, ghost and instanton condensation on horizon scale of the Universe. Dark energy as a macroscopic effect of quantum gravity
92 pp, 4 figs, REVTeX 4; v2: misprints corrected; some footnotes and refs added
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that cosmological acceleration, Dark Energy (DE) effect is a consequence of the zero rest mass, conformal non-invariance of gravitons, and 1-loop finiteness of quantum gravity (QG). The effect is due to graviton-ghost condensates arising from the interference of quantum coherent states. The theory is constructed as follows: Faddeev-Popov-De Witt gauged path integral -> factorization of classical and quantum variables -> transition to the 1-loop approximation -> choice of ghost sector, satisfying 1-loop finiteness of the theory off the mass shell. The Bogolyubov-Born-Green-Kirckwood-Yvon (BBGKY) chain for the spectral function of gravitons renormalized by ghosts is used to build a theory of gravitons in the isotropic Universe. We found three exact solutions of the equations that describe virtual graviton and ghost condensates as well as condensates of instanton fluctuations. Exact solutions correspond to various condensates with different graviton-ghost compositions. The formalism of the BBGKY chain takes into account the contribution of non-relativistic matter in the formation of a common self-consistent gravitational field. It is shown that the era of non-relativistic matter dominance must be replaced by an era of dominance of graviton-ghost condensate. Pre-asymptotic state of DE is a condensate of virtual gravitons and ghosts with a constant conformal wavelength. The asymptotic state predicted by the theory is a graviton-ghost condensate of constant physical wavelength in the De Sitter space. Such DE phenomenon is presented in the form of the model that interpolates the exact solutions of equations of 1-loop QG. Processing of observational DE data extracted from the Hubble diagram for supernovae SNIa suggests that the graviton-ghost condensate is an adequate variable component of DE.
[ { "created": "Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:34:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:57:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-07
[ [ "Marochnik", "Leonid", "" ], [ "Usikov", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Vereshkov", "Grigory", "" ] ]
We show that cosmological acceleration, Dark Energy (DE) effect is a consequence of the zero rest mass, conformal non-invariance of gravitons, and 1-loop finiteness of quantum gravity (QG). The effect is due to graviton-ghost condensates arising from the interference of quantum coherent states. The theory is constructed as follows: Faddeev-Popov-De Witt gauged path integral -> factorization of classical and quantum variables -> transition to the 1-loop approximation -> choice of ghost sector, satisfying 1-loop finiteness of the theory off the mass shell. The Bogolyubov-Born-Green-Kirckwood-Yvon (BBGKY) chain for the spectral function of gravitons renormalized by ghosts is used to build a theory of gravitons in the isotropic Universe. We found three exact solutions of the equations that describe virtual graviton and ghost condensates as well as condensates of instanton fluctuations. Exact solutions correspond to various condensates with different graviton-ghost compositions. The formalism of the BBGKY chain takes into account the contribution of non-relativistic matter in the formation of a common self-consistent gravitational field. It is shown that the era of non-relativistic matter dominance must be replaced by an era of dominance of graviton-ghost condensate. Pre-asymptotic state of DE is a condensate of virtual gravitons and ghosts with a constant conformal wavelength. The asymptotic state predicted by the theory is a graviton-ghost condensate of constant physical wavelength in the De Sitter space. Such DE phenomenon is presented in the form of the model that interpolates the exact solutions of equations of 1-loop QG. Processing of observational DE data extracted from the Hubble diagram for supernovae SNIa suggests that the graviton-ghost condensate is an adequate variable component of DE.
1807.01379
Gerard Clement
G\'erard Cl\'ement
Rotating magnetized black diholes
25 pages, revised version published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 98, 104003 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.104003
LAPTH-020/18
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyze a four-parameter class of asymptotically flat magnetized solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equations constructed by Manko et al., and show that these represent systems of two co-rotating extreme black holes with equal masses and electric charges, and opposite magnetic and NUT charges, connected by a cosmic string. We discuss several three-parameter subclasses, and determine in each case the parameter domain in which the ring singularity is absent. We find a two-parameter subclass and a one-parameter subclass where the conical singularity is also absent in the horizon co-rotating frame.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Jul 2018 21:50:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Nov 2018 13:15:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-11-14
[ [ "Clément", "Gérard", "" ] ]
We analyze a four-parameter class of asymptotically flat magnetized solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equations constructed by Manko et al., and show that these represent systems of two co-rotating extreme black holes with equal masses and electric charges, and opposite magnetic and NUT charges, connected by a cosmic string. We discuss several three-parameter subclasses, and determine in each case the parameter domain in which the ring singularity is absent. We find a two-parameter subclass and a one-parameter subclass where the conical singularity is also absent in the horizon co-rotating frame.
1808.01372
Jordan Wilson-Gerow
Jordan Wilson-Gerow, Colby DeLisle, Philip Stamp
A functional approach to soft graviton scattering and BMS charges
20 pages, 4 figures
2018 Class. Quantum Grav. 35 164001
10.1088/1361-6382/aacfef
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the interaction between a matter system and soft gravitons. We use a functional eikonal expansion to deal with the infrared divergences, and introduce a "composite generating functional" which allows us to calculate a decoherence functional for the time evolution of the system. These techniques allow us to formulate scattering problems in a way which deals consistently with infrared effects, as well as being manifestly diffeomorphism invariant. We show how the asymptotic form of the decoherence functional can be written in terms of the infinitely many conserved charges associated with asymptotic BMS symmetries, and allow us to address the question of how much information is lost during the scattering.
[ { "created": "Fri, 3 Aug 2018 21:48:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-08-07
[ [ "Wilson-Gerow", "Jordan", "" ], [ "DeLisle", "Colby", "" ], [ "Stamp", "Philip", "" ] ]
We consider the interaction between a matter system and soft gravitons. We use a functional eikonal expansion to deal with the infrared divergences, and introduce a "composite generating functional" which allows us to calculate a decoherence functional for the time evolution of the system. These techniques allow us to formulate scattering problems in a way which deals consistently with infrared effects, as well as being manifestly diffeomorphism invariant. We show how the asymptotic form of the decoherence functional can be written in terms of the infinitely many conserved charges associated with asymptotic BMS symmetries, and allow us to address the question of how much information is lost during the scattering.
1004.0627
Ahmad Sheykhi
Ahmad Sheykhi
Entropic Corrections to Friedmann Equations
4 pages, the version appears in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D81:104011,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104011
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Recently, Verlinde discussed that gravity can be understood as an entropic force caused by changes in the information associated with the positions of material bodies. In the Verlinde's argument, the area law of the black hole entropy plays a crucial role. However, the entropy-area relation can be modified from the inclusion of quantum effects, motivated from the loop quantum gravity. In this note, by employing this modified entropy-area relation, we derive corrections to Newton's law of gravitation as well as modified Friedman equations by adopting the viewpoint that gravity can be emerged as an entropic force. Our study further supports the universality of the log correction and provides a strong consistency check on Verlinde's model.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:33:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:14:24 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:48:10 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:37:04 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2010-05-19
[ [ "Sheykhi", "Ahmad", "" ] ]
Recently, Verlinde discussed that gravity can be understood as an entropic force caused by changes in the information associated with the positions of material bodies. In the Verlinde's argument, the area law of the black hole entropy plays a crucial role. However, the entropy-area relation can be modified from the inclusion of quantum effects, motivated from the loop quantum gravity. In this note, by employing this modified entropy-area relation, we derive corrections to Newton's law of gravitation as well as modified Friedman equations by adopting the viewpoint that gravity can be emerged as an entropic force. Our study further supports the universality of the log correction and provides a strong consistency check on Verlinde's model.
0902.0481
Edvin Deadman
E. Deadman, J. M. Stewart
Numerical Relativity and Asymptotic Flatness
24 pages, to be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Class.Quant.Grav.26:065008,2009
10.1088/0264-9381/26/6/065008
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is highly plausible that the region of space-time far from an isolated gravitating body is, in some sense, asymptotically Minkowskian. However theoretical studies of the full nonlinear theory, initiated by Bondi et al. (1962), Sachs (1962) and Newman & Unti (1962), rely on careful, clever, a-priori choices of chart (and tetrad) and so are not readily accessible to the numerical relativist, who chooses her/his chart on the basis of quite different grounds. This paper seeks to close this gap. Starting from data available in a typical numerical evolution, we construct a chart and tetrad which is, asymptotically, sufficiently close to the theoretical ones, so that the key concepts of Bondi news function, Bondi mass and its rate of decrease can be estimated. In particular these esimates can be expressed in the numerical relativist's chart as numerical relativity recipes.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:40:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-09-30
[ [ "Deadman", "E.", "" ], [ "Stewart", "J. M.", "" ] ]
It is highly plausible that the region of space-time far from an isolated gravitating body is, in some sense, asymptotically Minkowskian. However theoretical studies of the full nonlinear theory, initiated by Bondi et al. (1962), Sachs (1962) and Newman & Unti (1962), rely on careful, clever, a-priori choices of chart (and tetrad) and so are not readily accessible to the numerical relativist, who chooses her/his chart on the basis of quite different grounds. This paper seeks to close this gap. Starting from data available in a typical numerical evolution, we construct a chart and tetrad which is, asymptotically, sufficiently close to the theoretical ones, so that the key concepts of Bondi news function, Bondi mass and its rate of decrease can be estimated. In particular these esimates can be expressed in the numerical relativist's chart as numerical relativity recipes.
2012.14429
Cl\'audio Gomes
Cl\'audio Gomes and Orfeu Bertolami
Stability Conditions for the Horndeski Scalar Field Gravity Model
12 pages
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2022/04/008
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We constrain the viable models of Horndeski gravity, written in its equivalent Generalised Galileon version, by resorting to the Witten positive energy theorem. We find that the free function $G_3(\phi, X)$ in the Lagrangian is constrained to be a function solely of the scalar field, $G_3(\phi)$, and relations among the free functions are found. Other criterion for stability are also analysed, such as the attractiveness of gravity, the Dolgov-Kawasacki instability and the energy conditions. Some applications for Cosmology are discussed
[ { "created": "Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:28:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-04-12
[ [ "Gomes", "Cláudio", "" ], [ "Bertolami", "Orfeu", "" ] ]
We constrain the viable models of Horndeski gravity, written in its equivalent Generalised Galileon version, by resorting to the Witten positive energy theorem. We find that the free function $G_3(\phi, X)$ in the Lagrangian is constrained to be a function solely of the scalar field, $G_3(\phi)$, and relations among the free functions are found. Other criterion for stability are also analysed, such as the attractiveness of gravity, the Dolgov-Kawasacki instability and the energy conditions. Some applications for Cosmology are discussed
1910.13329
Bogeun Gwak
Bogeun Gwak
Weak Cosmic Censorship in Kerr-Sen Black Hole under Charged Scalar Field
15 pages, 5 figures, published in JCAP
JCAP 03 (2020) 058
10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/058
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the weak cosmic censorship conjecture for Kerr-Sen black holes, which are solutions to the four-dimensional low-energy effective field theory for the heterotic string theory, based on the scattering of a charged scalar field. When the fluxes of the scalar field are assumed to transfer its conserved quantities to the black hole, extremal and near-extremal black holes cannot be over-spun and over-charged in their first-order variations, which is sufficient to conclude that the weak cosmic censorship conjecture is valid for Kerr-Sen black holes. We confirm our conclusion by relating it to the first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:48:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:33:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-04-01
[ [ "Gwak", "Bogeun", "" ] ]
We investigate the weak cosmic censorship conjecture for Kerr-Sen black holes, which are solutions to the four-dimensional low-energy effective field theory for the heterotic string theory, based on the scattering of a charged scalar field. When the fluxes of the scalar field are assumed to transfer its conserved quantities to the black hole, extremal and near-extremal black holes cannot be over-spun and over-charged in their first-order variations, which is sufficient to conclude that the weak cosmic censorship conjecture is valid for Kerr-Sen black holes. We confirm our conclusion by relating it to the first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics.
gr-qc/0104067
Claus Laemmerzahl
Claus L\"ammerzahl, Hansj\"org Dittus, Achim Peters, Stephan Schiller
OPTIS - a satellite-based test of Special and General Relativity
To appear in Class. Quantum Grav
Class.Quant.Grav. 18 (2001) 2499-2508
10.1088/0264-9381/18/13/312
null
gr-qc
null
A new satellite based test of Special and General Relativity is proposed. For the Michelson-Morley experiment we expect an improvement of at least three orders of magnitude, and for the Kennedy-Thorndike experiment an improvement of more than one order of magnitude. Furthermore, an improvement by two orders of the test of the universality of the gravitational red shift by comparison of an atomic clock with an optical clock is projected. The tests are based on ultrastable optical cavities, an atomic clock and a comb generator.
[ { "created": "Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:57:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Lämmerzahl", "Claus", "" ], [ "Dittus", "Hansjörg", "" ], [ "Peters", "Achim", "" ], [ "Schiller", "Stephan", "" ] ]
A new satellite based test of Special and General Relativity is proposed. For the Michelson-Morley experiment we expect an improvement of at least three orders of magnitude, and for the Kennedy-Thorndike experiment an improvement of more than one order of magnitude. Furthermore, an improvement by two orders of the test of the universality of the gravitational red shift by comparison of an atomic clock with an optical clock is projected. The tests are based on ultrastable optical cavities, an atomic clock and a comb generator.
2307.01055
Yan Wang
Wen-Fan Feng, Tan Liu, Jie-Wen Chen, Yan Wang and Soumya D. Mohanty
Effects of spin-orbit coupling on gravitational waveforms from a triaxial non-aligned neutron star in a binary system
17 pages, 9 figures. Match the version accepted by PRD
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spinning neutron stars (NSs) can emit continuous gravitational waves (GWs) that carry a wealth of information about the compact object. If such a signal is detected, it will provide us with new insight into the physical properties of matter under extreme conditions. Future space-based GW detectors, such as LISA and TianQin, can potentially detect some double NSs in tight binaries with orbital periods shorter than 10 minutes. The possibility of a successful directed search for continuous GWs from the spinning NS in such a binary system identified by LISA/TianQin will be significantly increased with the proposed next-generation ground-based GW observatories, such as Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope. Searching for continuous GWs from such a tight binary system requires highly accurate waveform templates that account for the interaction of the NS with its companion. In this spirit, we derive analytic approximations that describe the GWs emitted by a triaxial non-aligned NS in a binary system in which the effects of spin-orbit coupling have been incorporated. The difference with the widely used waveform for the isolated NS is estimated and the parameter estimation accuracy of an example signal using Cosmic Explorer is calculated. For a typical tight double NS system with a 6~min orbital period, the angular frequency correction of the spinning NS in this binary due to spin precession is $\sim 10^{-6}~{\rm Hz}$, which is in the same order of magnitude as the angular frequency of orbital precession. The fitting factor between the waveforms with and without spin precession will drop to less than 0.97 after a few days ($\sim 10^5~{\rm s}$). We find that spin-orbit coupling has the potential to improve the accuracy of parameter estimation, especially for the binary inclination angle and spin precession cone opening angle, by up to 3 orders of magnitude. (Abridged)
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Jul 2023 14:35:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 10 Sep 2023 07:38:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-09-12
[ [ "Feng", "Wen-Fan", "" ], [ "Liu", "Tan", "" ], [ "Chen", "Jie-Wen", "" ], [ "Wang", "Yan", "" ], [ "Mohanty", "Soumya D.", "" ] ]
Spinning neutron stars (NSs) can emit continuous gravitational waves (GWs) that carry a wealth of information about the compact object. If such a signal is detected, it will provide us with new insight into the physical properties of matter under extreme conditions. Future space-based GW detectors, such as LISA and TianQin, can potentially detect some double NSs in tight binaries with orbital periods shorter than 10 minutes. The possibility of a successful directed search for continuous GWs from the spinning NS in such a binary system identified by LISA/TianQin will be significantly increased with the proposed next-generation ground-based GW observatories, such as Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope. Searching for continuous GWs from such a tight binary system requires highly accurate waveform templates that account for the interaction of the NS with its companion. In this spirit, we derive analytic approximations that describe the GWs emitted by a triaxial non-aligned NS in a binary system in which the effects of spin-orbit coupling have been incorporated. The difference with the widely used waveform for the isolated NS is estimated and the parameter estimation accuracy of an example signal using Cosmic Explorer is calculated. For a typical tight double NS system with a 6~min orbital period, the angular frequency correction of the spinning NS in this binary due to spin precession is $\sim 10^{-6}~{\rm Hz}$, which is in the same order of magnitude as the angular frequency of orbital precession. The fitting factor between the waveforms with and without spin precession will drop to less than 0.97 after a few days ($\sim 10^5~{\rm s}$). We find that spin-orbit coupling has the potential to improve the accuracy of parameter estimation, especially for the binary inclination angle and spin precession cone opening angle, by up to 3 orders of magnitude. (Abridged)
1210.6807
Laszlo Arpad Gergely
M\'arton T\'apai, Zolt\'an Keresztes, L\'aszl\'o \'Arp\'ad Gergely
Gravitational waveforms for black hole binaries with unequal masses
submitted to the proceedings of the conference on Relativity and Gravitation: 100 Years after Einstein in Prague
Springer Proceedings in Physics 157, 455-458 (2014)
10.1007/978-3-319-06761-2_65
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We derived a post-Newtonian (PN) inspiral only gravitational waveform for unequal mass, spinning black hole binaries. Towards the end of the inspiral the larger spin dominates over the orbital angular momentum (while the smaller spin is negligible), hence the name Spin-Dominated Waveforms (SDW). Such systems are common sources for future gravitational wave detectors and during the inspiral the largest amplitude waves are emitted exactly in its last part. The SDW waveforms emerge as a double expansion in the PN parameter and the ratio of the orbital angular momentum to the dominant spin.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:22:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-09-12
[ [ "Tápai", "Márton", "" ], [ "Keresztes", "Zoltán", "" ], [ "Gergely", "László Árpád", "" ] ]
We derived a post-Newtonian (PN) inspiral only gravitational waveform for unequal mass, spinning black hole binaries. Towards the end of the inspiral the larger spin dominates over the orbital angular momentum (while the smaller spin is negligible), hence the name Spin-Dominated Waveforms (SDW). Such systems are common sources for future gravitational wave detectors and during the inspiral the largest amplitude waves are emitted exactly in its last part. The SDW waveforms emerge as a double expansion in the PN parameter and the ratio of the orbital angular momentum to the dominant spin.
2105.02086
Adrian Macquet
Adrian Macquet, Marie-Anne Bizouard, Eric Burns, Nelson Christensen, Michael Coughlin, Zorawar Wadiasingh, George Younes
Search for Long-duration Gravitational-wave Signals Associated with Magnetar Giant Flares
null
The Astrophysical Journal, 918:80 (7pp), 2021 September 10
10.3847/1538-4357/ac0efd
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Magnetar giant flares are rare and highly energetic phenomena observed in the transient sky whose emission mechanisms are still not fully understood. Depending on the nature of the excited modes of the magnetar, they are also expected to emit gravitational waves, which may bring unique information about the dynamics of the excitation. A few magnetar giant flares have been proposed to be associated to short gamma-ray bursts. In this paper we revisit, with a new gravitational-wave search algorithm, the possible emission of gravitational waves from four magnetar giant flares within 5 Mpc. While no gravitational-wave signals were observed, we discuss the future prospects of detecting signals with more sensitive gravitational-wave detectors. We in particular show that galactic magnetar giant flares that emit at least 1% of their electromagnetic energy as gravitational waves could be detected during the planned observing run of the LIGO and Virgo detectors at design sensitivity, with even better prospects for third generation detectors.
[ { "created": "Wed, 5 May 2021 14:38:02 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:47:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-09-14
[ [ "Macquet", "Adrian", "" ], [ "Bizouard", "Marie-Anne", "" ], [ "Burns", "Eric", "" ], [ "Christensen", "Nelson", "" ], [ "Coughlin", "Michael", "" ], [ "Wadiasingh", "Zorawar", "" ], [ "Younes", "George", "...
Magnetar giant flares are rare and highly energetic phenomena observed in the transient sky whose emission mechanisms are still not fully understood. Depending on the nature of the excited modes of the magnetar, they are also expected to emit gravitational waves, which may bring unique information about the dynamics of the excitation. A few magnetar giant flares have been proposed to be associated to short gamma-ray bursts. In this paper we revisit, with a new gravitational-wave search algorithm, the possible emission of gravitational waves from four magnetar giant flares within 5 Mpc. While no gravitational-wave signals were observed, we discuss the future prospects of detecting signals with more sensitive gravitational-wave detectors. We in particular show that galactic magnetar giant flares that emit at least 1% of their electromagnetic energy as gravitational waves could be detected during the planned observing run of the LIGO and Virgo detectors at design sensitivity, with even better prospects for third generation detectors.
1006.1830
Ron Lenk
Ron Lenk
Classical Electron Model with QED Corrections
6 pages, comments welcome
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this article we build a metric for a classical general relativistic electron model with QED corrections. We calculate the stress-energy tensor for the radiative corrections to the Coulomb potential in both the near-field and far-field approximations. We solve the three field equations in both cases by using a perturbative expansion to first order in alpha (the fine-structure constant) while insisting that the usual (+, +, -, -) structure of the stress-energy tensor is maintained. The resulting metric models a (non-spinning) electron with a Coulomb potential with QED corrections, and maintains masslessness of the photon to self-consistent order. The near-field solution resembles the metric of a global monopole.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:26:22 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-06-10
[ [ "Lenk", "Ron", "" ] ]
In this article we build a metric for a classical general relativistic electron model with QED corrections. We calculate the stress-energy tensor for the radiative corrections to the Coulomb potential in both the near-field and far-field approximations. We solve the three field equations in both cases by using a perturbative expansion to first order in alpha (the fine-structure constant) while insisting that the usual (+, +, -, -) structure of the stress-energy tensor is maintained. The resulting metric models a (non-spinning) electron with a Coulomb potential with QED corrections, and maintains masslessness of the photon to self-consistent order. The near-field solution resembles the metric of a global monopole.
gr-qc/9509005
null
E. Recami, F. Raciti, W.A. Rodrigues Jr., and V.T. Zanchin
Micro--universes and ``strong black holes'': a purely geometric approach to elementary particles
standard latex file, using wspro.sty
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
We present here a panoramic view of our unified, bi--scale theory of gravitational and strong interactions [which is mathematically analogous to the last version of N.Rosen's bi--metric theory; and yields physical results similar to strong gravity's]. This theory, developed during the last 15 years, is purely geometrical in nature, adopting the methods of General Relativity for the description of hadron structure and strong interactions. In particular, hadrons are associated with `` strong black--holes'', from the external point of view, and with ``micro--universes'', from the internal point of view. Among the results herein presented, let us mention the derivation: (i) of confinement and (ii) asymptotic freedom for the hadron constituents; (iii) of the Yukawa behaviour for the strong potential at the static limit; (iv) of the strong coupling ``constant'', and (v) of mesonic mass spectra.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Sep 1995 10:09:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-09-25
[ [ "Recami", "E.", "" ], [ "Raciti", "F.", "" ], [ "Rodrigues", "W. A.", "Jr." ], [ "Zanchin", "V. T.", "" ] ]
We present here a panoramic view of our unified, bi--scale theory of gravitational and strong interactions [which is mathematically analogous to the last version of N.Rosen's bi--metric theory; and yields physical results similar to strong gravity's]. This theory, developed during the last 15 years, is purely geometrical in nature, adopting the methods of General Relativity for the description of hadron structure and strong interactions. In particular, hadrons are associated with `` strong black--holes'', from the external point of view, and with ``micro--universes'', from the internal point of view. Among the results herein presented, let us mention the derivation: (i) of confinement and (ii) asymptotic freedom for the hadron constituents; (iii) of the Yukawa behaviour for the strong potential at the static limit; (iv) of the strong coupling ``constant'', and (v) of mesonic mass spectra.
1002.2329
Lo\"ic Rolland
The Virgo collaboration: T. Accadia, F. Acernese, F. Antonucci, S. Aoudia, K. G. Arun, P. Astone, G. Ballardin, F. Barone, M. Barsuglia, Th. S. Bauer, M.G. Beker, A. Belletoile, S. Bigotta, S. Birindelli, M. Bitossi, M. A. Bizouard, M. Blom, C. Boccara, F. Bondu, L. Bonelli, R. Bonnand, L. Bosi, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, A. Brillet, V. Brisson, R. Budzynski, T. Bulik, H. J. Bulten, D. Buskulic, C. Buy, G. Cagnoli, E. Calloni, E. Campagna, B. Canuel, F. Carbognani, F. Cavalier, R. Cavalieri, G. Cella, E. Cesarini, E. Chassande-Mottin, A. Chincarini, F. Cleva, E. Coccia, C. N. Colacino, J. Colas, A. Colla, M. Colombini, A. Corsi, J.-P. Coulon, E. Cuoco, S. D'Antonio, A. Dari, V. Dattilo, M. Davier, R. Day, R. De Rosa, M. del Prete, L. Di Fiore, A. Di Lieto, M. Di Paolo Emilio, A. Di Virgilio, A. Dietz, M. Drago, V. Fafone, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, I. Fiori, R. Flaminio, J.-D. Fournier, J. Franc, S. Frasca, F. Frasconi, A. Freise, M. Galimberti, L. Gammaitoni, F. Garufi, G. Gemme, E. Genin, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto, R. Gouaty, M. Granata, C. Greverie, G. M. Guidi, H. Heitmann, P. Hello, S. Hild, D. Huet, P. Jaranowski, I. Kowalska, A. Krolak, N. Leroy, N. Letendre, T. G. F. Li, M. Lorenzini, V. Loriette, G. Losurdo, J. M. Mackowski, E. Majorana, I. Maksimovic, N. Man, M. Mantovani, F. Marchesoni, F. Marion, J. Marque, F. Martelli, A. Masserot, C. Michel, L. Milano, Y. Minenkov, M. Mohan, J. Moreau, N. Morgado, A. Morgia, S. Mosca, V. Moscatelli, B. Mours, I. Neri, F. Nocera, G. Pagliaroli, L. Palladino, C. Palomba, F. Paoletti, S. Pardi, M. Parisi, A. Pasqualetti, R. Passaquieti, D. Passuello, G. Persichetti, M. Pichot, F. Piergiovanni, M. Pietka, L. Pinard, R. Poggiani, M. Prato, G. A. Prodi, M. Punturo, P. Puppo, O. Rabaste, D. S. Rabeling, P. Rapagnani, V. Re, T. Regimbau, F. Ricci, F. Robinet, A. Rocchi, L. Rolland, R. Romano, D. Rosinska, P. Ruggi, B. Sassolas, D. Sentenac, R. Sturani, B. Swinkels, A. Toncelli, M. Tonelli, O. Torre, E. Tournefier, F. Travasso, J. Trummer, G. Vajente, J. F. J. van den Brand, S. van der Putten, M. Vavoulidis, G. Vedovato, D. Verkindt, F. Vetrano, A. Vicere, J.-Y. Vinet, H. Vocca, M. Was, M. Yvert
Virgo calibration and reconstruction of the gravitational wave strain during VSR1
8 pages, 8 figures, proceedings of Amaldi 8 conference, to be published in Journal of Physics Conference Series (JPCS). Second release: correct typos
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.228:012015,2010
10.1088/1742-6596/228/1/012015
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Virgo is a kilometer-length interferometer for gravitational waves detection located near Pisa. Its first science run, VSR1, occured from May to October 2007. The aims of the calibration are to measure the detector sensitivity and to reconstruct the time series of the gravitational wave strain h(t). The absolute length calibration is based on an original non-linear reconstruction of the differential arm length variations in free swinging Michelson configurations. It uses the laser wavelength as length standard. This method is used to calibrate the frequency dependent response of the Virgo mirror actuators and derive the detector in-loop response and sensitivity within ~5%. The principle of the strain reconstruction is highlighted and the h(t) systematic errors are estimated. A photon calibrator is used to check the sign of h(t). The reconstructed h(t) during VSR1 is valid from 10 Hz up to 10 kHz with systematic errors estimated to 6% in amplitude. The phase error is estimated to be 70 mrad below 1.9 kHz and 6 micro-seconds above.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:41:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:02:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-20
[ [ "The Virgo collaboration", "", "" ], [ "Accadia", "T.", "" ], [ "Acernese", "F.", "" ], [ "Antonucci", "F.", "" ], [ "Aoudia", "S.", "" ], [ "Arun", "K. G.", "" ], [ "Astone", "P.", "" ], [ "Ballard...
Virgo is a kilometer-length interferometer for gravitational waves detection located near Pisa. Its first science run, VSR1, occured from May to October 2007. The aims of the calibration are to measure the detector sensitivity and to reconstruct the time series of the gravitational wave strain h(t). The absolute length calibration is based on an original non-linear reconstruction of the differential arm length variations in free swinging Michelson configurations. It uses the laser wavelength as length standard. This method is used to calibrate the frequency dependent response of the Virgo mirror actuators and derive the detector in-loop response and sensitivity within ~5%. The principle of the strain reconstruction is highlighted and the h(t) systematic errors are estimated. A photon calibrator is used to check the sign of h(t). The reconstructed h(t) during VSR1 is valid from 10 Hz up to 10 kHz with systematic errors estimated to 6% in amplitude. The phase error is estimated to be 70 mrad below 1.9 kHz and 6 micro-seconds above.
2010.07330
Alexandru Lupsasca
Delilah E. A. Gates, Shahar Hadar, Alexandru Lupsasca
Photon Emission from Circular Equatorial Kerr Orbiters
24 pages, 10 figures. v2: expanded discussion
Phys. Rev. D 103, 044050 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.044050
null
gr-qc hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider monochromatic and isotropic photon emission from circular equatorial Kerr orbiters. We derive analytic expressions for the photon escape probability and the redshift-dependent total flux collected on the celestial sphere as a function of emission radius and black hole parameters. These calculations crucially involve the critical curve delineating the region of photon escape from that of photon capture in each emitter's sky. This curve generalizes to finite orbital radius the usual Kerr critical curve and displays interesting features in the limit of high spin, which we investigate by developing a perturbative expansion about extremality. Although the innermost stable circular orbit appears to approach the event horizon for very rapidly spinning black holes, we find in this regime that the photon escape probability tends to $5/12+1/(\sqrt{5}\pi)\arctan\sqrt{5/3}\approx54.65\%$. We also obtain a simple formula for the flux distribution received on the celestial sphere, which is nonzero. This confirms that the near-horizon geometry of a high-spin black hole is in principle observable. These results require us to introduce a novel type of near-horizon double-scaling limit. We explain the dip observed in the total flux at infinity as an imprint of the black hole: the black hole "bite".
[ { "created": "Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:01:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:31:12 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-03-03
[ [ "Gates", "Delilah E. A.", "" ], [ "Hadar", "Shahar", "" ], [ "Lupsasca", "Alexandru", "" ] ]
We consider monochromatic and isotropic photon emission from circular equatorial Kerr orbiters. We derive analytic expressions for the photon escape probability and the redshift-dependent total flux collected on the celestial sphere as a function of emission radius and black hole parameters. These calculations crucially involve the critical curve delineating the region of photon escape from that of photon capture in each emitter's sky. This curve generalizes to finite orbital radius the usual Kerr critical curve and displays interesting features in the limit of high spin, which we investigate by developing a perturbative expansion about extremality. Although the innermost stable circular orbit appears to approach the event horizon for very rapidly spinning black holes, we find in this regime that the photon escape probability tends to $5/12+1/(\sqrt{5}\pi)\arctan\sqrt{5/3}\approx54.65\%$. We also obtain a simple formula for the flux distribution received on the celestial sphere, which is nonzero. This confirms that the near-horizon geometry of a high-spin black hole is in principle observable. These results require us to introduce a novel type of near-horizon double-scaling limit. We explain the dip observed in the total flux at infinity as an imprint of the black hole: the black hole "bite".
gr-qc/0502083
Jia Feng Chang
Jia-Feng Chang and You-Gen Shen
Neutrino Quasinormal Modes of a Kerr-Newman-de Sitter Black Hole
25 pages, 13 figures
Nucl.Phys.B712:347-370,2005
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.01.043
null
gr-qc
null
Using the P\"{o}shl-Teller approximation, we evaluate the neutrino quasinormal modes (QNMs) of a Kerr-Newman-de Sitter black hole. The result shows that for a Kerr-Newman-de Sitter black hole, massless neutrino perturbation of large $\Lambda$, positive $m$ and small value of $n$ will decay slowly.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:52:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:14:55 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:51:09 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Chang", "Jia-Feng", "" ], [ "Shen", "You-Gen", "" ] ]
Using the P\"{o}shl-Teller approximation, we evaluate the neutrino quasinormal modes (QNMs) of a Kerr-Newman-de Sitter black hole. The result shows that for a Kerr-Newman-de Sitter black hole, massless neutrino perturbation of large $\Lambda$, positive $m$ and small value of $n$ will decay slowly.
1706.06372
Orfeu Bertolami
Hodjat Mariji, Orfeu Bertolami
Neutron Stars, Ungravity, and the I-Love-Q relation
20 pages, 1 table, 7 figures. Version to match the one that appeared in Physical Review D96 (2017) 084042
Phys. Rev. D 96, 084042 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.96.084042
null
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work, we study neutron stars (NSs) in an ungravity (UG) inspired model. We examine the UG effects on the static properties of the selected NSs, in different mass and radius regimes, i.e., mini, moderate, and heavy NSs, using a polytropic equation of state approach. Based on the observational data, we obtain bounds on the characteristic length and scaling dimension of the UG model. Furthermore, we obtain dynamic properties, such as inertial moment (I), Love number (Love), and quadrupole moment (Q) of a slowly rotating NS in the presence of the exterior gravity and ungravity fields. The UG model is also examined with respect to the I-Love-Q universal relation.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:29:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:34:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-10-25
[ [ "Mariji", "Hodjat", "" ], [ "Bertolami", "Orfeu", "" ] ]
In this work, we study neutron stars (NSs) in an ungravity (UG) inspired model. We examine the UG effects on the static properties of the selected NSs, in different mass and radius regimes, i.e., mini, moderate, and heavy NSs, using a polytropic equation of state approach. Based on the observational data, we obtain bounds on the characteristic length and scaling dimension of the UG model. Furthermore, we obtain dynamic properties, such as inertial moment (I), Love number (Love), and quadrupole moment (Q) of a slowly rotating NS in the presence of the exterior gravity and ungravity fields. The UG model is also examined with respect to the I-Love-Q universal relation.
1501.00918
Juan Calderon Bustillo
Juan Calder\'on Bustillo, Alejandro Boh\'e, Sascha Husa, Alicia M. Sintes, Mark Hannam and Michael P\"urrer
Comparison of subdominant gravitational wave harmonics between post-Newtonian and numerical relativity calculations and construction of multi-mode hybrids
19 pages, 13 Figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Gravitational waveforms which describe the inspiral, merger and ringdown of coalescing binaries are usually constructed by synthesising information from perturbative descriptions, in particular post-Newtonian theory and black-hole perturbation theory, with numerical solutions of the full Einstein equations. In this paper we discuss the "glueing" of numerical and post-Newtonian waveforms to produce hybrid waveforms which include subdominant spherical harmonics ("higher order modes"), and focus in particular on the process of consistently aligning the waveforms, which requires a comparison of both descriptions and a discussion of their imprecisions. We restrict to the non-precessing case, and illustrate the process using numerical waveforms of up to mass ratio $q=18$ produced with the BAM code, and publicly available waveforms from the SXS catalogue. The results also suggest new ways of analysing finite radius errors in numerical simulations.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Jan 2015 16:47:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:51:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-02-25
[ [ "Bustillo", "Juan Calderón", "" ], [ "Bohé", "Alejandro", "" ], [ "Husa", "Sascha", "" ], [ "Sintes", "Alicia M.", "" ], [ "Hannam", "Mark", "" ], [ "Pürrer", "Michael", "" ] ]
Gravitational waveforms which describe the inspiral, merger and ringdown of coalescing binaries are usually constructed by synthesising information from perturbative descriptions, in particular post-Newtonian theory and black-hole perturbation theory, with numerical solutions of the full Einstein equations. In this paper we discuss the "glueing" of numerical and post-Newtonian waveforms to produce hybrid waveforms which include subdominant spherical harmonics ("higher order modes"), and focus in particular on the process of consistently aligning the waveforms, which requires a comparison of both descriptions and a discussion of their imprecisions. We restrict to the non-precessing case, and illustrate the process using numerical waveforms of up to mass ratio $q=18$ produced with the BAM code, and publicly available waveforms from the SXS catalogue. The results also suggest new ways of analysing finite radius errors in numerical simulations.
1807.02148
M. B. Paranjape
J. Gamboa, F. Mendez, M. B. Paranjape, Benoit Sirois
The twin paradox: the role of acceleration
16 pages, 5 figures
null
10.1139/cjp-2018-0788
UdeM-GPP-TH-18-263
gr-qc physics.class-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The twin paradox, which evokes from the the idea that two twins may age differently because of their relative motion, has been studied and explained ever since it was first described in 1906, the year after special relativity was invented. The question can be asked: "Is there anything more to say?" It seems evident that acceleration has a role to play, however this role has largely been brushed aside since it is not required in calculating, in a preferred reference frame, the relative age difference of the twins. Indeed, if one tries to calculate the age difference from the point of the view of the twin that undergoes the acceleration, then the role of the acceleration is crucial and cannot be dismissed. In the resolution of the twin paradox, the role of the acceleration has been denigrated to the extent that it has been treated as a red-herring. This is a mistake and shows a clear misunderstanding of the twin paradox.
[ { "created": "Thu, 5 Jul 2018 18:46:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-10-23
[ [ "Gamboa", "J.", "" ], [ "Mendez", "F.", "" ], [ "Paranjape", "M. B.", "" ], [ "Sirois", "Benoit", "" ] ]
The twin paradox, which evokes from the the idea that two twins may age differently because of their relative motion, has been studied and explained ever since it was first described in 1906, the year after special relativity was invented. The question can be asked: "Is there anything more to say?" It seems evident that acceleration has a role to play, however this role has largely been brushed aside since it is not required in calculating, in a preferred reference frame, the relative age difference of the twins. Indeed, if one tries to calculate the age difference from the point of the view of the twin that undergoes the acceleration, then the role of the acceleration is crucial and cannot be dismissed. In the resolution of the twin paradox, the role of the acceleration has been denigrated to the extent that it has been treated as a red-herring. This is a mistake and shows a clear misunderstanding of the twin paradox.
1707.06415
Handhika Ramadhan
Ilham Prasetyo and Handhika S. Ramadhan
Classical defects in higher-dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to nonlinear $\sigma$-models
accepted for publication in the General Relativity and Gravitation
null
10.1007/s10714-017-2278-8
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct solutions of higher-dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to nonlinear $\sigma$-model with cosmological constant. The $\sigma$-model can be perceived as exterior configuration of a spontaneously-broken $SO(D-1)$ global higher-codimensional "monopole". Here we allow the kinetic term of the $\sigma$-model to be noncanonical; in particular we specifically study a quadratic-power-law type. This is some possible higher-dimensional generalization of the Bariola-Vilenkin (BV) solutions with $k$-global monopole studied recently. The solutions can be perceived as the exterior solution of a black hole swallowing up noncanonical global defects. Even in the absence of comological constant its surrounding spacetime is asymptotically non-flat; it suffers from deficit solid angle. We discuss the corresponding horizons. For $\Lambda>0$ in $4d$ there can exist three extremal conditions (the cold, ultracold, and Nariai black holes), while in higher-than-four dimensions the extremal black hole is only Nariai. For $\Lambda<0$ we only have black hole solutions with one horizon, save for the $4d$ case where there can exist two horizons. We give constraints on the mass and the symmetry-breaking scale for the existence of all the extremal cases. In addition, we also obtain factorized solutions, whose topology is the direct product of two-dimensional spaces of constant curvature ($M_2$, $dS_2$, or $AdS_2$) with (D-2)-sphere. We study all possible factorized channels.
[ { "created": "Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:42:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-08-30
[ [ "Prasetyo", "Ilham", "" ], [ "Ramadhan", "Handhika S.", "" ] ]
We construct solutions of higher-dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to nonlinear $\sigma$-model with cosmological constant. The $\sigma$-model can be perceived as exterior configuration of a spontaneously-broken $SO(D-1)$ global higher-codimensional "monopole". Here we allow the kinetic term of the $\sigma$-model to be noncanonical; in particular we specifically study a quadratic-power-law type. This is some possible higher-dimensional generalization of the Bariola-Vilenkin (BV) solutions with $k$-global monopole studied recently. The solutions can be perceived as the exterior solution of a black hole swallowing up noncanonical global defects. Even in the absence of comological constant its surrounding spacetime is asymptotically non-flat; it suffers from deficit solid angle. We discuss the corresponding horizons. For $\Lambda>0$ in $4d$ there can exist three extremal conditions (the cold, ultracold, and Nariai black holes), while in higher-than-four dimensions the extremal black hole is only Nariai. For $\Lambda<0$ we only have black hole solutions with one horizon, save for the $4d$ case where there can exist two horizons. We give constraints on the mass and the symmetry-breaking scale for the existence of all the extremal cases. In addition, we also obtain factorized solutions, whose topology is the direct product of two-dimensional spaces of constant curvature ($M_2$, $dS_2$, or $AdS_2$) with (D-2)-sphere. We study all possible factorized channels.
0909.0274
Martin Richarte MR
Luis P. Chimento, Monica Forte, and Martin G. Richarte
Crossing the phantom divide with k-essence in brane-worlds
8 pages, 5 figures. The article was fully rewritten. References added. Accepted for publication in MPLA (2010)
Mod.Phys.Lett.A25:2469-2481,2010
10.1142/S0217732310033797
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study a flat 3-brane in presence of a linear $k$ field with nonzero cosmological constant $\Lambda_{4}$. In this model the crossing of the phantom divide (PD) occurs when the $k$-essence energy density becomes negative. We show that in the high energy regime the effective equation of state has a resemblance of a modified Chaplygin gas while in the low energy regime it becomes linear. We find a scale factor that begins from a singularity and evolves to a de Sitter stable stage while other solutions have a super-accelerated regime and end with a big rip. We use the energy conditions to show when the effective equation of state of the brane-universe crosses the PD.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:21:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 5 Jun 2010 17:02:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-20
[ [ "Chimento", "Luis P.", "" ], [ "Forte", "Monica", "" ], [ "Richarte", "Martin G.", "" ] ]
We study a flat 3-brane in presence of a linear $k$ field with nonzero cosmological constant $\Lambda_{4}$. In this model the crossing of the phantom divide (PD) occurs when the $k$-essence energy density becomes negative. We show that in the high energy regime the effective equation of state has a resemblance of a modified Chaplygin gas while in the low energy regime it becomes linear. We find a scale factor that begins from a singularity and evolves to a de Sitter stable stage while other solutions have a super-accelerated regime and end with a big rip. We use the energy conditions to show when the effective equation of state of the brane-universe crosses the PD.
gr-qc/9703039
Sung S.-T.
S.-T. Sung
A Quantum Material Model of Static Schwarzschild Black Holes
24 pages, Latex, 8 ps figures
null
null
null
gr-qc
null
A quantum-mechanical prescription of static Einstein field equation is proposed in order to construct the matter-metric eigen-states in the interior of a static Schwarzschild black hole where the signature of space-time is chosen as (--++). The spectrum of the quantum states is identified to be the integral multiples of the surface gravity. A statistical explanation of black hole entropy is given and a quantisation rule for the masses of Schwarzschild black holes is proposed.
[ { "created": "Sun, 16 Mar 1997 22:55:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Sung", "S. -T.", "" ] ]
A quantum-mechanical prescription of static Einstein field equation is proposed in order to construct the matter-metric eigen-states in the interior of a static Schwarzschild black hole where the signature of space-time is chosen as (--++). The spectrum of the quantum states is identified to be the integral multiples of the surface gravity. A statistical explanation of black hole entropy is given and a quantisation rule for the masses of Schwarzschild black holes is proposed.
1304.5430
Manuel Hohmann
Manuel Hohmann
Extensions of Lorentzian spacetime geometry: From Finsler to Cartan and vice versa
33 pages, no figures, journal version
Phys. Rev. D 87 (2013) 124034
10.1103/PhysRevD.87.124034
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We briefly review two recently developed extensions of the Lorentzian geometry of spacetime and prove that they are in fact closely related. The first is the concept of observer space, which generalizes the space of Lorentzian observers, i.e., future unit timelike vectors, using Cartan geometry. The second is the concept of Finsler spacetimes, which generalizes the Lorentzian metric of general relativity to an observer-dependent Finsler metric. We show that every Finsler spacetime possesses a well-defined observer space that can naturally be equipped with a Cartan geometry. Conversely, we derive conditions under which a Cartan geometry on observer space gives rise to a Finsler spacetime. We further show that these two constructions complement each other. We finally apply our constructions to two gravity theories, MacDowell-Mansouri gravity on observer space and Finsler gravity, and translate their actions from one geometry to the other.
[ { "created": "Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:38:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:55:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-06-28
[ [ "Hohmann", "Manuel", "" ] ]
We briefly review two recently developed extensions of the Lorentzian geometry of spacetime and prove that they are in fact closely related. The first is the concept of observer space, which generalizes the space of Lorentzian observers, i.e., future unit timelike vectors, using Cartan geometry. The second is the concept of Finsler spacetimes, which generalizes the Lorentzian metric of general relativity to an observer-dependent Finsler metric. We show that every Finsler spacetime possesses a well-defined observer space that can naturally be equipped with a Cartan geometry. Conversely, we derive conditions under which a Cartan geometry on observer space gives rise to a Finsler spacetime. We further show that these two constructions complement each other. We finally apply our constructions to two gravity theories, MacDowell-Mansouri gravity on observer space and Finsler gravity, and translate their actions from one geometry to the other.
2306.17221
Benjamin Leather
Benjamin Leather, Niels Warburton
Applying the effective-source approach to frequency-domain self-force calculations for eccentric orbits
23 pages, 16 figures; updated to reflect published version
Phys. Rev. D 108, 084045 (2023)
10.1103/PhysRevD.108.084045
null
gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are expected to have considerable eccentricity when emitting gravitational waves (GWs) in the LISA band. Developing GW templates that remain phase accurate over these long inspirals requires the use of second-order self-force theory and practical second-order self-force calculations are now emerging for quasi-circular EMRIs. These calculations rely on effective-source regularization techniques in the frequency domain that presently are specialized to circular orbits. Here we make a first step towards more generic second-order calculations by extending the frequency domain effective-source approach to eccentric orbits. In order to overcome the slow convergence of the Fourier sum over radial modes, we develop a new extended effective-sources approach which builds upon the method of extended particular solutions. To demonstrate our new computational technique we apply it a toy scalar-field problem which is conceptually similar to the gravitational case.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:00:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:44:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-10-25
[ [ "Leather", "Benjamin", "" ], [ "Warburton", "Niels", "" ] ]
Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are expected to have considerable eccentricity when emitting gravitational waves (GWs) in the LISA band. Developing GW templates that remain phase accurate over these long inspirals requires the use of second-order self-force theory and practical second-order self-force calculations are now emerging for quasi-circular EMRIs. These calculations rely on effective-source regularization techniques in the frequency domain that presently are specialized to circular orbits. Here we make a first step towards more generic second-order calculations by extending the frequency domain effective-source approach to eccentric orbits. In order to overcome the slow convergence of the Fourier sum over radial modes, we develop a new extended effective-sources approach which builds upon the method of extended particular solutions. To demonstrate our new computational technique we apply it a toy scalar-field problem which is conceptually similar to the gravitational case.
2305.13984
Asuka Ito
Asuka Ito, Kazunori Kohri, Kazunori Nakayama
Probing high frequency gravitational waves with pulsars
7 pages, 2 figures
null
null
KEK-QUP-2023-0011, KEK-TH-2529, KEK-Cosmo-0314, TU-1192
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study graviton-photon conversion in magnetosphere of a pulsar and explore the possibility of detecting high frequency gravitational waves with pulsar observations. It is shown that conversion of one polarization mode of photons can be enhanced significantly due to strong magnetic fields around a pulsar. We also constrain stochastic gravitational waves in frequency range of $10^{8}-10^{9}\,$Hz and $10^{13}-10^{27}\,$Hz by using data of observations of the Crab pulsar and the Geminga pulsar. Our method widely fills the gap among existing high frequency gravitational wave experiments and boosts the frequency frontier in gravitational wave observations.
[ { "created": "Tue, 23 May 2023 12:08:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-05-24
[ [ "Ito", "Asuka", "" ], [ "Kohri", "Kazunori", "" ], [ "Nakayama", "Kazunori", "" ] ]
We study graviton-photon conversion in magnetosphere of a pulsar and explore the possibility of detecting high frequency gravitational waves with pulsar observations. It is shown that conversion of one polarization mode of photons can be enhanced significantly due to strong magnetic fields around a pulsar. We also constrain stochastic gravitational waves in frequency range of $10^{8}-10^{9}\,$Hz and $10^{13}-10^{27}\,$Hz by using data of observations of the Crab pulsar and the Geminga pulsar. Our method widely fills the gap among existing high frequency gravitational wave experiments and boosts the frequency frontier in gravitational wave observations.
0708.3835
Farhad Darabi
F. Darabi
A 5D non compact and non Ricci flat Kaluza-Klein Cosmology
13 pages, major revision, published online in GRG
Gen. Relativ. Gravit 41: 497--504 (2009)
10.1007/s10714-008-0685-6
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A model universe is proposed in the framework of 5-dimensional noncompact Kaluza-Klein cosmology which is not Ricci flat. The 4D part as the Robertson-Walker metric is coupled to conventional perfect fluid, and its extra-dimensional part is coupled to a dark pressure through a scalar field. It is shown that neither early inflation nor current acceleration of the 4D universe would happen if the non-vacuum states of the scalar field would contribute to 4D cosmology.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:13:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:08:14 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:14:30 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-05-03
[ [ "Darabi", "F.", "" ] ]
A model universe is proposed in the framework of 5-dimensional noncompact Kaluza-Klein cosmology which is not Ricci flat. The 4D part as the Robertson-Walker metric is coupled to conventional perfect fluid, and its extra-dimensional part is coupled to a dark pressure through a scalar field. It is shown that neither early inflation nor current acceleration of the 4D universe would happen if the non-vacuum states of the scalar field would contribute to 4D cosmology.
gr-qc/0503058
Ken-Ichi Nakao
Hiroyuki Nakano, Ken-ichi Nakao, Masahide Yamaguchi
Black Strings in Our World
11pages, no figure
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 124013
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.124013
OCU-PHYS-229, AP-GR-24
gr-qc astro-ph hep-ph
null
The brane world scenario is a new approach to resolve the problem on how to compactify the higher dimensional spacetime to our 4-dimensional world. One of the remarkable features of this scenario is the higher dimensional effects in classical gravitational interactions at short distances. Due to this feature, there are black string solutions in our 4-dimensional world. In this paper, assuming the simplest model of complex minimally coupled scalar field with the local U(1) symmetry, we show a possibility of black-string formation by merging processes of type I long cosmic strings in our 4-dimensional world. No fine tuning for the parameters in the model might be necessary.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:45:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Nakano", "Hiroyuki", "" ], [ "Nakao", "Ken-ichi", "" ], [ "Yamaguchi", "Masahide", "" ] ]
The brane world scenario is a new approach to resolve the problem on how to compactify the higher dimensional spacetime to our 4-dimensional world. One of the remarkable features of this scenario is the higher dimensional effects in classical gravitational interactions at short distances. Due to this feature, there are black string solutions in our 4-dimensional world. In this paper, assuming the simplest model of complex minimally coupled scalar field with the local U(1) symmetry, we show a possibility of black-string formation by merging processes of type I long cosmic strings in our 4-dimensional world. No fine tuning for the parameters in the model might be necessary.
2404.11703
Oscar Castillo Felisola Dr.
Oscar Castillo-Felisola and Bastian Grez and Gonzalo J. Olmo and Oscar Orellana and Jos\'e Perdiguero G\'arate
Cosmological Solutions in Polynomial Affine Gravity with Torsion
EPJC format, 11 pages. v2: improved discussion, additional references
null
null
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The Polynomial Affine Gravity is an alternative gravitational model, where the interactions are mediated solely by the affine connection, instead of the metric tensor. In this paper, we explore the space of solutions to the field equations when the torsion fields are turned on, in a homogeneous and isotropic (cosmological) scenario. We explore various metric structures that emerge in the space of solutions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:10:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 4 Jun 2024 08:34:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-06-05
[ [ "Castillo-Felisola", "Oscar", "" ], [ "Grez", "Bastian", "" ], [ "Olmo", "Gonzalo J.", "" ], [ "Orellana", "Oscar", "" ], [ "Gárate", "José Perdiguero", "" ] ]
The Polynomial Affine Gravity is an alternative gravitational model, where the interactions are mediated solely by the affine connection, instead of the metric tensor. In this paper, we explore the space of solutions to the field equations when the torsion fields are turned on, in a homogeneous and isotropic (cosmological) scenario. We explore various metric structures that emerge in the space of solutions.
0801.4529
Saibal Ray
A. A. Usmani, P. P.Ghosh, Utpal Mukhopadhyay, P. C. Ray and Saibal Ray
The dark energy equation of state
4 Latex pages, 3 figures, To appear in Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Lett
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.Lett.386:L92-95,2008
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00468.x
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
null
We perform a study of cosmic evolution with an equation of state parameter $\omega(t)=\omega_0+\omega_1(t\dot H/H)$ by selecting a phenomenological $\Lambda$ model of the form, $\dot\Lambda\sim H^3$. This simple proposition explains both linearly expanding and inflationary Universes with a single set of equations. We notice that the inflation leads to a scaling in the equation of state parameter, $\omega(t)$, and hence in equation of state. In this approach, one of its two parameters have been pin pointed and the other have been delineated. It has been possible to show a connection between dark energy and Higgs-Boson.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:32:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:16:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-13
[ [ "Usmani", "A. A.", "" ], [ "Ghosh", "P. P.", "" ], [ "Mukhopadhyay", "Utpal", "" ], [ "Ray", "P. C.", "" ], [ "Ray", "Saibal", "" ] ]
We perform a study of cosmic evolution with an equation of state parameter $\omega(t)=\omega_0+\omega_1(t\dot H/H)$ by selecting a phenomenological $\Lambda$ model of the form, $\dot\Lambda\sim H^3$. This simple proposition explains both linearly expanding and inflationary Universes with a single set of equations. We notice that the inflation leads to a scaling in the equation of state parameter, $\omega(t)$, and hence in equation of state. In this approach, one of its two parameters have been pin pointed and the other have been delineated. It has been possible to show a connection between dark energy and Higgs-Boson.
2007.12462
Cosimo Bambi
Bakhtiyor Narzilloev, Javlon Rayimbaev, Sanjar Shaymatov, Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov, Bobomurat Ahmedov, Cosimo Bambi
Can the dynamics of test particles around charged stringy black holes mimic the spin of Kerr black holes?
17 pages, 15 figures
Phys. Rev. D 102, 044013 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.044013
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the motion of electrically charged particles, magnetic monopoles, and magnetic dipoles around electrically and magnetically charged stringy black holes. From the analysis of the radius of the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of electrically charged particles, we show that the electric charge $Q$ of stringy black holes can mimic well the spin of Kerr black holes; the black hole magnetic charge $Q_m$ can mimic spins up to $a_* \simeq 0.85$ for magnetic dipoles; the magnetic charge parameter $g$ of a magnetic monopole can mimic spins up to $a_* \simeq 0.8$. This is due to the destructive character of the magnetic field and such a result excludes the existence of an appreciable black hole magnetic charge in astrophysical black holes from the observation of rapidly rotating objects with dimensionless spin up to $a_* \simeq 0.99$. We then consider the magnetar SGR (PSR) J1745-2900 as a magnetic dipole orbiting the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). We show that Sgr A* may be interpreted as a stringy black hole with magnetic charge $Q_{\rm m}/M \leq 0.4118$.
[ { "created": "Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:50:41 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-08-12
[ [ "Narzilloev", "Bakhtiyor", "" ], [ "Rayimbaev", "Javlon", "" ], [ "Shaymatov", "Sanjar", "" ], [ "Abdujabbarov", "Ahmadjon", "" ], [ "Ahmedov", "Bobomurat", "" ], [ "Bambi", "Cosimo", "" ] ]
We study the motion of electrically charged particles, magnetic monopoles, and magnetic dipoles around electrically and magnetically charged stringy black holes. From the analysis of the radius of the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of electrically charged particles, we show that the electric charge $Q$ of stringy black holes can mimic well the spin of Kerr black holes; the black hole magnetic charge $Q_m$ can mimic spins up to $a_* \simeq 0.85$ for magnetic dipoles; the magnetic charge parameter $g$ of a magnetic monopole can mimic spins up to $a_* \simeq 0.8$. This is due to the destructive character of the magnetic field and such a result excludes the existence of an appreciable black hole magnetic charge in astrophysical black holes from the observation of rapidly rotating objects with dimensionless spin up to $a_* \simeq 0.99$. We then consider the magnetar SGR (PSR) J1745-2900 as a magnetic dipole orbiting the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). We show that Sgr A* may be interpreted as a stringy black hole with magnetic charge $Q_{\rm m}/M \leq 0.4118$.
gr-qc/0112006
Victor M. Villalba
Victor M. Villalba, Walter Greiner
Creation of scalar and Dirac particles in the presence of a time varying electric field in an anisotropic Bianchi I universe
8 pages, REVTEX 3.0. to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 025007
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.025007
null
gr-qc hep-th
null
In this article we compute the density of scalar and Dirac particles created by a cosmological anisotropic Bianchi type I universe in the presence of a time varying electric field. We show that the particle distribution becomes thermal when one neglects the electric interaction.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:56:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Villalba", "Victor M.", "" ], [ "Greiner", "Walter", "" ] ]
In this article we compute the density of scalar and Dirac particles created by a cosmological anisotropic Bianchi type I universe in the presence of a time varying electric field. We show that the particle distribution becomes thermal when one neglects the electric interaction.
2303.07769
Kalin Staykov Dr.
Kalin V. Staykov, Daniela D. Doneva, Lavinia Heisenberg, Nikolaos Stergioulas, Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev
Differentially rotating scalarized neutron stars with realistic post-merger profile
17 pages, 6 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.108.024058
ET-0053A-23
gr-qc astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The merger remnant of a binary neutron star coalescence is initially strongly differentially rotating. Some properties of these remnants can be accurately modeled through building equilibrium neutron star models. In the present paper, we study how a modification of general relativity, namely scalar-tensor theory with a massive scalar field, will alter the picture. In contrast to previous studies, we implement a realistic phenomenological differential rotational law which allows for neutron star models to attain maximal angular velocity away from the center. We find that solutions with much higher masses and angular momenta exist in scalar-tensor theory compared to general relativity. They keep their quasi-spherical energy-density distribution for significantly higher values of the angular momentum before transitioning to quasi-toroidal models, in contrast to pure general relativity. Constructing such neutron star solutions is the first step to our final goal that is studying how scalarization alters the stability and gravitational wave emission of post-merger remnants.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:18:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-08-02
[ [ "Staykov", "Kalin V.", "" ], [ "Doneva", "Daniela D.", "" ], [ "Heisenberg", "Lavinia", "" ], [ "Stergioulas", "Nikolaos", "" ], [ "Yazadjiev", "Stoytcho S.", "" ] ]
The merger remnant of a binary neutron star coalescence is initially strongly differentially rotating. Some properties of these remnants can be accurately modeled through building equilibrium neutron star models. In the present paper, we study how a modification of general relativity, namely scalar-tensor theory with a massive scalar field, will alter the picture. In contrast to previous studies, we implement a realistic phenomenological differential rotational law which allows for neutron star models to attain maximal angular velocity away from the center. We find that solutions with much higher masses and angular momenta exist in scalar-tensor theory compared to general relativity. They keep their quasi-spherical energy-density distribution for significantly higher values of the angular momentum before transitioning to quasi-toroidal models, in contrast to pure general relativity. Constructing such neutron star solutions is the first step to our final goal that is studying how scalarization alters the stability and gravitational wave emission of post-merger remnants.
2212.02917
Muzaffer Adak
Muzaffer Adak, Nese Ozdemir, Ozcan Sert
Scale invariant Einstein-Cartan theory in three dimensions
Accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. C
Eur. Phys. J. C 83 (2023)106
10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11255-x
null
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We retreat the well-known Einstein-Cartan theory by slightly modifying the covariant derivative of spinor field by investigating double cover of the Lorentz group. We first write the Lagrangian consisting of the Einstein-Hilbert term, Dirac term and a scalar field term in a non-Riemannian spacetime with curvature and torsion. Then by solving the affine connection analytically we reformulate the theory in the Riemannian spacetime in a self-consistent way. Finally we discuss our results and give future perspectives on the subject.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Dec 2022 12:17:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:56:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-02-03
[ [ "Adak", "Muzaffer", "" ], [ "Ozdemir", "Nese", "" ], [ "Sert", "Ozcan", "" ] ]
We retreat the well-known Einstein-Cartan theory by slightly modifying the covariant derivative of spinor field by investigating double cover of the Lorentz group. We first write the Lagrangian consisting of the Einstein-Hilbert term, Dirac term and a scalar field term in a non-Riemannian spacetime with curvature and torsion. Then by solving the affine connection analytically we reformulate the theory in the Riemannian spacetime in a self-consistent way. Finally we discuss our results and give future perspectives on the subject.
2402.03684
Shuxun Tian
Changcheng Jing and Shuxun Tian and Zong-Hong Zhu
Early dark energy triggered by spacetime dynamics that encodes cosmic radiation-matter transition
9 pages, 7 figures, published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 109, 044016 (2024)
10.1103/PhysRevD.109.044016
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Early dark energy (EDE), introduced at the epoch of matter-radiation equality to alleviate the Hubble tension, has posed a new coincidence problem: why EDE appears at matter-radiation equality when their physics are completely unrelated? To solve this coincidence problem, we propose a new EDE model based on scalar-tensor gravity with the idea that EDE is triggered by spacetime dynamics that encodes cosmic radiation-matter transition. Our model can induce EDE naturally at matter-radiation equality without unnatural parameter tuning. Compared with other EDE models, a distinguishing feature of ours is that it can also induce a new energy component during cosmic matter-dark energy transition. This is testable with low-redshift observations.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Feb 2024 04:13:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-02-07
[ [ "Jing", "Changcheng", "" ], [ "Tian", "Shuxun", "" ], [ "Zhu", "Zong-Hong", "" ] ]
Early dark energy (EDE), introduced at the epoch of matter-radiation equality to alleviate the Hubble tension, has posed a new coincidence problem: why EDE appears at matter-radiation equality when their physics are completely unrelated? To solve this coincidence problem, we propose a new EDE model based on scalar-tensor gravity with the idea that EDE is triggered by spacetime dynamics that encodes cosmic radiation-matter transition. Our model can induce EDE naturally at matter-radiation equality without unnatural parameter tuning. Compared with other EDE models, a distinguishing feature of ours is that it can also induce a new energy component during cosmic matter-dark energy transition. This is testable with low-redshift observations.
1611.10074
Mauro Pieroni
F. Cicciarella and M. Pieroni
Universality for quintessence
21 pages + appendices, 23 figures
JCAP 1708 (2017) no.08, 010
10.1088/1475-7516/2017/08/010
null
gr-qc astro-ph.CO hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Several recent works suggested the possibility of describing inflation by means of a renormalization group equation. In this paper we discuss the application of these methods to models of quintessence. In this framework a period of exponential expansion corresponds to the slow evolution of the scalar field in the neighborhood of a fixed point. A minimal set of universality classes for models of quintessence is defined and the transition from a matter dominated to quintessence dominated universe is studied. Models in which quintessence is non-minimally coupled with gravity are also discussed. We show that the formalism proves to be extremely convenient to describe quintessence and moreover we find that in most of the models discussed in this work quintessence naturally takes over ordinary matter.
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2017-09-08
[ [ "Cicciarella", "F.", "" ], [ "Pieroni", "M.", "" ] ]
Several recent works suggested the possibility of describing inflation by means of a renormalization group equation. In this paper we discuss the application of these methods to models of quintessence. In this framework a period of exponential expansion corresponds to the slow evolution of the scalar field in the neighborhood of a fixed point. A minimal set of universality classes for models of quintessence is defined and the transition from a matter dominated to quintessence dominated universe is studied. Models in which quintessence is non-minimally coupled with gravity are also discussed. We show that the formalism proves to be extremely convenient to describe quintessence and moreover we find that in most of the models discussed in this work quintessence naturally takes over ordinary matter.
gr-qc/9405040
Claus Kiefer
D. Giulini and C. Kiefer
Wheeler-Dewitt Metric and the Attractivity of Gravity
LATEX, 6pages, slightly corrected and enlarged version, to appear in Phys. Lett. A
Phys.Lett. A193 (1994) 21-24
10.1016/0375-9601(94)00651-2
null
gr-qc
null
We investigate the class of ultralocal metrics on the configuration space of canonical gravity. It is described by a parameter $\alpha$, where $\alpha=0.5$ corresponds to general relativity. For $\alpha$ less than a critical value the signature is positive definite, while for all other values it is indefinite. We show that in the positive definite case gravity becomes repulsive. From the primordial helium abundance we find that $\alpha$ must lie between $0.4$ and $0.55$.
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2009-10-22
[ [ "Giulini", "D.", "" ], [ "Kiefer", "C.", "" ] ]
We investigate the class of ultralocal metrics on the configuration space of canonical gravity. It is described by a parameter $\alpha$, where $\alpha=0.5$ corresponds to general relativity. For $\alpha$ less than a critical value the signature is positive definite, while for all other values it is indefinite. We show that in the positive definite case gravity becomes repulsive. From the primordial helium abundance we find that $\alpha$ must lie between $0.4$ and $0.55$.
gr-qc/0405008
Michael Petri
Michael Petri
On the thermodynamic origin of the Hawking entropy and a measurement of the Hawking temperature
27 pages, 1 figure
null
null
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
null
In the spherically symmetric case the Einstein field equations take on their simplest form for a matter-density rho = 1 / (8 pi r^2), from which a radial metric coefficient g_{rr} \propto r follows. The boundary of an object with such an interior matter-density is situated slightly outside of its gravitational radius. Its surface-redshift scales with z \propto \sqrt{r}, so that any such large object is practically indistinguishable from a black hole, as seen from exterior space-time. The interior matter has a well defined temperature, T \propto 1 / \sqrt{r}. Under the assumption, that the interior matter can be described as an ultra-relativistic gas, the object's total entropy and its temperature at infinity can be calculated by microscopic statistical thermodynamics. They are equal to the Hawking result up to a possibly different constant factor. The simplest solution of the field equations with rho = 1 / (8 pi r^2) is the so called holographic solution, short "holostar". It has an interior string equation of state. The strings are densely packed, explaining why the solution does not collapse to a singularity. The holographic solution has been shown to be a very accurate model for the universe as we see it today in Ref[7]. The factor relating the holostar's temperature at infinity to the Hawking temperature can be expressed in terms the holostar's interior (local) radiation temperature and its (local) matter-density, allowing an experimental verification of the Hawking temperature law. Using the recent experimental data for the CMBR-temperature and the total matter-density in the universe measured by WMAP, the Hawking formula is verified to an accuracy of 1%.
[ { "created": "Sun, 2 May 2004 19:04:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Petri", "Michael", "" ] ]
In the spherically symmetric case the Einstein field equations take on their simplest form for a matter-density rho = 1 / (8 pi r^2), from which a radial metric coefficient g_{rr} \propto r follows. The boundary of an object with such an interior matter-density is situated slightly outside of its gravitational radius. Its surface-redshift scales with z \propto \sqrt{r}, so that any such large object is practically indistinguishable from a black hole, as seen from exterior space-time. The interior matter has a well defined temperature, T \propto 1 / \sqrt{r}. Under the assumption, that the interior matter can be described as an ultra-relativistic gas, the object's total entropy and its temperature at infinity can be calculated by microscopic statistical thermodynamics. They are equal to the Hawking result up to a possibly different constant factor. The simplest solution of the field equations with rho = 1 / (8 pi r^2) is the so called holographic solution, short "holostar". It has an interior string equation of state. The strings are densely packed, explaining why the solution does not collapse to a singularity. The holographic solution has been shown to be a very accurate model for the universe as we see it today in Ref[7]. The factor relating the holostar's temperature at infinity to the Hawking temperature can be expressed in terms the holostar's interior (local) radiation temperature and its (local) matter-density, allowing an experimental verification of the Hawking temperature law. Using the recent experimental data for the CMBR-temperature and the total matter-density in the universe measured by WMAP, the Hawking formula is verified to an accuracy of 1%.