A higher-dimensional Bianchi type-I inflationary Universe in general relativity

A five-dimensional Bianchi type-I inflationary Universe is investigated in the presence of massless scalar field with a flat potential. To get an inflationary Universe, a flat region in which the potential V is constant is considered. Some physical and kinematical properties of the Universe are also discussed.     

Spherically symmetric solution in higher-dimensional teleparallel equivalent of general relativity

A theory of(N+1)-dimensional gravity is developed on the basis of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity(TEGR).The fundamental gravitational field variables are the(N+1)-dimensional vector fields,defined globally on a manifold M,and the gravitational field is attributed to the torsion.The form of Lagrangian density is quadratic in torsion tensor.We then give an exact five-dimensional spherically symmetric solution(Schwarzschild(4+1)-dimensions).Finally,we calculate energy and spatial momentum using gravitational energy-momentum tensor and superpotential 2-form.     

Stationary solutions in five-dimensional general relativity

Asymptotically Minkowskian stationary axisymmetric solutions of the five-dimensional Einstein equations are generated from particular classes of stationary axisymmetric solutions of the four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell equations. First, the five-dimensional electrostatic and magnetostatic solutions are generated from the four-dimensional electrostatic solutions and a harmonic scalar field. Then, a new class of five-dimensional nonstatic solutions are generated from the four-dimensional class =+1. As an example, a three-parameter family of regular asymptotically flat rotating solutions is constructed. These solutions can be interpreted, after dimensional reduction to four dimensions, as extended elementary particles with mass, spin, electric charge, and magnetic dipole moment.     

Stationary solutions in three-dimensional general relativity

All the stationary solutions of the three-dimensional vacuum Einstein equations are obtained. These include a class of multicenter solutions representing systems of massive and spinning point particles. The geodesic motion of a test particle in the one-particle metric is discussed. A class of geodesics contain finite intervals where the particle moves back in coordinate time, without violation of causality.     

A class of static charged dust spheres in general relativity

Using static spherically symmetric space-times with associated 3-spaces obtained as hypersurfacest= const as 3-spheroidal, a class of physically viable relativistic models for spherical distributions of uniformly charged dust in equilibrium is obtained. The charged analog of Schwarzschild interior solution given by Cooperstock and de la Cruz follows as a particular case of this class.     

Spherically symmetric solutions in five-dimensional general relativity

The most general time-independent spherically symmetric (in the usual three space dimensions) solution to the five-dimensional vacuum Einstein equations is found, subject to the existence of a Killing vector in the fifth direction. The significance of these solutions is discussed within the context of a previously proposed extension of the Kaluza-Klein model in which the universe, although (4+1)-dimensional, has evolved over cosmic times into an effectively (3+l)-dimensional one.     

Shear free solutions in general relativity theory

The Goldberg-Sachs theorem is an exact result on shear-free null geodesics in a vacuum spacetime. It is compared and contrasted with an exact result for pressure-free matter: shear-free flows cannot both expand and rotate. In both cases, the shear-free condition restricts the way distant matter can influence the local gravitational field. This leads to intriguing discontinuities in the relation of the General Relativity solutions to Newtonian solutions in the timelike case, and of the full theory to the linearised theory in the null case.     

Static spherically symmetric solutions in general projective relativity

Static spherically symmetric solutions have been obtained for general projective relativity withn=0 andn0 both in isotropic and curvature coordinates. In curvature coordinates, only a restricted exact solution is possible. However, an approximate solution can always be obtained following a method similar to Vanden Bergh. In these spacetimes there is no horizon, but only a naked singularity atr=0. Thus there are no black holes. It is shown that there is no solution in static, spherically symmetric, conformally flat spacetime.     

Stationary axisymmetric perfect fluid solutions in general relativity

A new class of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations with the energy-momentum tensor of a perfect fluid is given. The class of solutions is invariantly characterized by means of the following properties: (i) The energy-momentum tensor describes a perfect fluid. (ii) There are two commuting Killing vectors and which form an abelian groupG ₂ of motion. (iii) There is a timelike Killing vector parallel to the four-velocity of the fluid (rigid rotation of the fluid). (iv) The four-vector of the angular velocity of the fluid is a gradient ⁱ=–(1/4_c)^irklU_l (U_r:k–U_k:r)= ⁱ. The last assumption is the reason that all solutions of this class can be found by solving an ordinary differential equation of the second order.     

Axisymmetric regular multiwormhole solutions in five-dimensional general relativity

A class of regular, asymptotically flat solutions to the five-dimensional vacuum Einstein equations with a two-parameter Abelian isometry group is constructed, under the additional assumption of axial symmetry in three-dimensional space. The possibility of interpreting these multiwormhole solutions as multiparticle systems is discussed.     

New solutions for charged spheres in general relativity

Exact solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell field equations are obtained for the case of static and spherically symmetric distribution of charged matter. The solutions are obtained through the extension of a method originally used for neutral configurations and are conveniently matched to the Reissner-Nordstrom exterior metric. The physical plausability of the solutions is discussed and it is shown that some of them reduce in appropriate limits to known neutral or charged solutions.     

Positivity of energy and stationary solutions in general relativity

This paper shows that all asymptotically flat stationary solutions (including solutions with ergoregions) whose sources obey the strong energy condition and which have a maximal slice have positive mass.     

On ellipsoidal solutions of Liouville's equation in general relativity

A relativistic, collisionless gas of gravitating particles all having the same proper mass (possibly equal to zero) is studied under the assumption that the oneparticle distribution function is locally ellipsoidal in momentum space with respect to some timelike vector field (observer). Liouville's equation implies that the distribution function depends only on a quadratic form in the 4- momenta, whose coefficients are a Killing tensor in the case of non- vanishing proper mass, and a conformal Killing tensor in the case of vanishing rest mass of the particles. It is suggested that cosmological models of Bianchi-type I can be described in terms of ellipsoidal momentum distribution functions whose ellipsoidal tensor is built out of the Killing vectors associated with the spatial homogeneity.     

Some solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations in general relativity

A solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations corresponding to source-free electromagnetic field plus pure radiation is obtained. The solution is algebraically special. A particular case of the solution is considered which encompasses many known solutions. Among them is a radiating Ruban metric.     

Effective construction of topologically nontrivial solutions in general relativity

In this study we propose a method for obtaining a closed solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations in the case that arbitrary stationary solitons are generated on the arbitrary static background. In particular, we demonstrate that the already existing single-sheet solutions only form a subclass of the manifold of all the solutions, which in general are multisheet-like and have a nontrivial topology.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 75–81, September, 1986.The authors are grateful to M. Zarinov for discussions about some questions in this work.     

On the existence of interior solutions in general relativity

The existence problem of matter sources for given stationary axisymmetric solutions of Einstein's vacuum field equations is investigated. The existence of sources of a differentially or rigidly rotating perfect fluid can be proved at least in the neighborhood of boundary surfaces if these can be chosen suitably (theorem). In particular, there exist such half-local perfect fluid sources for the Kerr metric. Hence the existence of a global regular Kerr-interior solution cannot be excluded by local considerations in an arbitrarily small neighborhood of a possible boundary.Work supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.     

Space times of embedding class one in general relativity

The algebraic structures of both the Ricci and Weyl tensors, given that of the second fundamental tensor, are tabulated. In particular, the Weyl tensor is algebraically special if and only if the second fundamental tensor is algebraically special. A class one perfect fluid is found to possess at least one of the following properties: (a) conformai flatness; (b) the flow is geodesic; (c) it admits a three-dimensional group of isometries with two-dimensional space-like trajectories. All solutions with property (b) are obtained explicitly.