English

An exterior for the G\"{o}del spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We match the vacuum, stationary, cylindrically symmetric solution of Einstein's field equations with Λ\Lambda, in a form recently given by Santos, as an exterior to an infinite cylinder of dust cut out of a G\"{o}del universe. There are three cases, depending on the radius of the cylinder. Closed timelike curves are present in the exteriors of some of the solutions. There is a considerable similarity between the spacetimes investigated here and those of van Stockum referring to an infinite cylinder of rotating dust matched to vacuum, with Λ=0\Lambda=0.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9711011,
  title  = {An exterior for the G\"{o}del spacetime},
  author = {W. B. Bonnor and N. O. Santos and M. A. H. MacCallum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9711011},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

11 pages, LaTeX 2.09, no figures. Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity