Kerr metric in the deSitter background

In addition to the Kerr metric with cosmological constant Λ several other metrics are presented giving a Kerr-like solution of Einstein’s equations in the background of deSitter universe. A new metric of what may be termed as rotating deSitter space-time—a space-time devoid of matter but containing null fluid with twisting null rays, has been presented. This metric reduces to the standard deSitter metric when the twist in the rays vanishes. Kerr metric in this background is the immediate generalization of Schwarzschild’s exterior metric with cosmological constant.     

Perfect-Fluid Sources for the Levi-Civita Metric II

A regular static interior solution of Einstein’s field equations representing a perfect fluid cylinder of finite radius is presented. The solution is matched to the Levi-Civita vacuum solution at a boundary where the pressure vanishes. The density and pressure are finite and positive inside the cylinder for a specific range of the mass parameter. The solution could thus represent a reasonable source for the Levi-Civita metric.     

Exterior and interior metrics with quadrupole moment

We present the Ernst potential and the line element of an exact solution of Einstein’s vacuum field equations that contains as arbitrary parameters the total mass, the angular momentum, and the quadrupole moment of a rotating mass distribution. We show that in the limiting case of slowly rotating and slightly deformed configuration, there exists a coordinate transformation that relates the exact solution with the approximate Hartle solution. It is shown that this approximate solution can be smoothly matched with an interior perfect fluid solution with physically reasonable properties. This opens the possibility of considering the quadrupole moment as an additional physical degree of freedom that could be used to search for a realistic exact solution, representing both the interior and exterior gravitational field generated by a self-gravitating axisymmetric distribution of mass of perfect fluid in stationary rotation.     

On the black hole limit of rotating discs and rings

Solutions to Einstein’s field equations describing rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium permit parametric (i.e. quasi-stationary) transitions to the extreme Kerr solution (outside the horizon). This has been shown analytically for discs of dust and numerically for ring solutions with various equations of state. From the exterior point of view, this transition can be interpreted as a (quasi) black hole limit. All gravitational multipole moments assume precisely the values of an extremal Kerr black hole in the limit. In the present paper, the way in which the black hole limit is approached is investigated in more detail by means of a parametric Taylor series expansion of the exact solution describing a rigidly rotating disc of dust. Combined with numerical calculations for ring solutions our results indicate an interesting universal behaviour of the multipole moments near the black hole limit.     

An approximate global solution of Einstein’s equations for a rotating finite body

We obtain an approximate global stationary and axisymmetric solution of Einstein’s equations which can be considered as a simple star model: a self-gravitating perfect fluid ball with constant mass density rotating in rigid motion. Using the post-Minkowskian formalism (weak-field approximation) and considering rotation as a perturbation (slow-rotation approximation), we find second-order approximate interior and exterior (asymptotically flat) solutions to this problem in harmonic and quo-harmonic coordinates. In both cases, interior and exterior solutions are matched, in the sense of Lichnerowicz, on the surface of zero pressure to obtain a global solution. The resulting metric depends on three arbitrary constants: mass density, rotational velocity and the star radius at the non-rotation limit. The mass, angular momentum, quadrupole moment and other constants of the exterior metric are determined by these three parameters. It is easy to check that Kerr’s metric cannot be the exterior part of that metric.     

Gravitational fields with space-times of Bianchi type IX

Spatially homogeneous space-times of Bianchi type IX are considered. A general scheme for the derivation of exact solutions of Einstein’s equations corresponding to perfect fluid plus pure radiation fields is outlined. Some simple rotating Bianchi type IX cosmological models are presented. The details of these solutions are also discussed. The authors felicitate Prof. D S Kothari on his eightieth birthday and dedicate this paper to him on this occasion.     

A spherically symmetric gravitational collapse-field with radiation

An interior spherically symmetric solution of Einstein’s field equations corresponding to perfect fluid plus a flowing radiation-field is presented. The physical 3-spacet=constant of our solution is spheroidal. Vaidya’s pure radiation field is taken as the exterior solution. The inward motion of the collapsing boundary surface follows from the equations of fit. An approximation procedure is used to get a generalization of the standard Oppenheimer-Snyder model of collapse with outflow of radiation. One such explicit solution has been given correct to second power of eccentricity of the spheroidal 3-space.     

Letter: Slowly Rotating, Compact Fluid Sources Embedded in Kerr Empty Space-Time

Spherically symmetric static fluid sources are endowed with rotation and embedded in Kerr empty space-time up to and including quadratic terms in an angular velocity parameter using Darmois junction conditions. The boundary behaviour of the metric tensor and partial derivatives is used to develop a series solution of Einstein's equation's for the rotating fluid. The boundary of the rotating source is expressed explicitly in terms of sinusoidal functions of the polar angle. As an example of the analysis the Schwarzschild interior solution is endowed with rotation and the equation of the fluid boundary is generated together with surface behaviour of the fluid density and angular velocity.     

A class of new LRS Bianchi type-I perfect fluid universes with decaying vacuum energy density Λ

A class of new LRS Bianchi type-I cosmological models with a variable cosmological term is investigated in presence of perfect fluid. A procedure to generate new exact solutions to Einstein’s field equations is applied to LRS Bianchi type-I space-time. Starting from some known solutions a class of new perfect fluid solutions of LRS Bianchi type-I are obtained. The cosmological constant Λ is found to be positive and a decreasing function of time which is supported by results from recent supernovae Ia observations. The physical and geometric properties of spatially homogeneous and anisotropic cosmological models are discussed.     

Relativistic compact objects in isotropic coordinates

We present a matrix method for obtaining new classes of exact solutions for Einstein’s equations representing static perfect fluid spheres. By means of a matrix transformation, we reduce Einstein’s equations to two independent Riccati-type differential equations for which three classes of solutions are obtained. One class of the solutions corresponding to the linear barotropic-type fluid with an equation of statep =γρ is discussed in detail.     

Some Exact Bianchi Type-V Perfect Fluid Cosmological Models with Heat Flow and Decaying Vacuum Energy Density Λ: Expressions for Some Observable Quantities

In this paper we have obtained some new exact solutions of Einstein’s field equations in a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type-V space-time with perfect fluid distribution along with heat-conduction and decaying vacuum energy density Λ by applying the variation law for generalized Hubble’s parameter that yields a constant value of deceleration parameter. We find that the constant value of deceleration parameter is reasonable for the present day universe. The variation law for Hubble’s parameter generates two types of solutions for the average scale factor, one is of power-law type and other is of the exponential form. Using these two forms, Einstein’s field equations are solved separately that correspond to expanding singular and non-singular models of the universe respectively. The cosmological constant Λ is found to be a decreasing function of time and positive which is corroborated by results from recent supernovae Ia observations. Expressions for look-back time-redshift, neoclassical tests (proper distance d(z)), luminosity distance red-shift and event horizon are derived and their significance are described in detail. The physical and geometric properties of spatially homogeneous and anisotropic cosmological models are discussed.     

A New Class of Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models with Electromagnetic Field in Normal Gauge for Lyra’s Manifold

A new class of exact solutions of Einstein’s modified field equations in inhomogeneous space-time for perfect fluid distribution with electromagnetic field is obtained in the context of normal gauge for Lyra’s manifold. We have obtained solutions by considering the time dependent displacement field. The source of the magnetic field is due to an electric current produced along the z-axis. Only F ₁₂ is a non-vanishing component of the electromagnetic field tensor. It has been found that the displacement vector β(t) behaves like the cosmological constant Λ in the normal gauge treatment and the solutions are consistent with the recent observations of Type Ia supernovae. Physical and geometric aspects of the models are also discussed in the presence of magnetic field.     

Bianchi Type-II inflationary models with constant deceleration parameter in general relativity

Einstein’s field equations are considered for a locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi Type-II space-time in the presence of a massless scalar field with a scalar potential. Exact solutions of scale factors and other physical parameters are obtained by using a special law of variation for Hubble’s parameter that yields a constant value of deceleration parameter. To get inflationary solutions, a flat region is considered in which the scalar potential is constant. Power-law and exponential cases are studied and in both solutions there is an anisotropic expansion of the cosmic fluid, but the fluid has vanishing vorticity. A detailed study of geometrical and kinematical properties of solutions has been carried out.      

Exact Bianchi Type-I Cosmological Models in a Scalar-Tensor Theory

In this paper, a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type-I space-time filled with perfect fluid is investigated within the framework of a scalar-tensor theory proposed by Saez and Ballester. Two different physically viable models of the universe are obtained by using a special law of variation for Hubble’s parameter that yields a constant value of deceleration parameter. One of the models is found to generalize a model recently investigated by Reddy et al. (Astrophys. Space Sci. 306:171, 2006). The Einstein’s field equations are solved exactly and the solutions are found to be consistent with the recent observations of type Ia supernovae. A detailed study of physical and kinematical properties of the models is carried out.     

Higher dimensional Vaidya metric in Einstein and de Sitter background

Spherically symmetric non-static higher dimensional metrics are considered in connection with Einstein’s field equations. Two exact solutions are derived. One of them corresponds to a mixture of perfect fluid and pure radiation field and represents higher dimensional Vaidya metric in the cosmological background of Einstein static universe. The other corresponds to a pure radiation field and represents higher dimensional Vaidya metric in the background de Sitter universe. For both of these solutions, the cosmological constant is taken to be non-zero. Many known solutions are derived as particular cases.     

Symmetry constraints in general relativity and the Schwarzchild interior metric

Einstein's equations with a perfect fluid source are subjected to compatibility conditions in the context of a space-time that contains symmetric subspaces. These conditions constitute, in some cases, a powerful tool for exhibiting the solutions to a given problem. The Schwarzchild interior metric in conformally flat coordinates is derived using these methods.     

Solutions of LRS Bianchi I space-time filled with a perfect fluid

LRS Bianchi I space-time filled with a perfect fluid is considered and it is shown that the field equations are solvable for any arbitrary cosmic scale function. Solutions for a particular form of cosmic sclae functions are presented and all solutions, except for some cases, are shown to represent an empty universe for large time.     

Non-static local string in Brans-Dicke theory

A recent investigation showed that a local gauge string with a phenomenological energy momentum tensor, as prescribed by Vilenkin, is inconsistent in Brans-Dicke theory. In this work it has been shown that such a string is indeed consistent if one introduces time dependences in the metric. A set of solutions of full non-linear Einstein’s equations for the interior region of such a string are presented.     

Some Exact Bianchi Type V Perfect Fluid Solutions with Heat Flow

The variation law for generalized mean Hubble’s parameter is discussed in a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type V space-time with perfect fluid along with heat-conduction. The variation law for Hubble’s parameter, that yields a constant value of deceleration parameter, generates two types of solutions for the average scale factor, one is of power-law type and other one of exponential form. Using these two forms of the average scale factor, exact solutions of Einstein field equations with a perfect fluid and heat conduction are presented for a Bianchi type V space-time, which represent expanding singular and non-singular cosmological models. We find that the constant value of deceleration parameter is reasonable for the present day universe. The physical and geometrical properties of the models are also discussed in detail.     

Some New Solutions Derived From the 5-Dimensional Theory—The New Methods of Creating Solutions

Application of the 5-dimensional coordinate transformations in the 5-dimensional theory lead us to some new solutions for the 4-dimensional Einstein–Maxwell equations and the relevant scaler equation. From the Kerr solution we derive the corresponding solution. And we propose a new method to solve the usual 4-dimensional Einstein–Maxwell equations and the scalar equation, illustrating by three examples.