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Black hole and cosmological space-times in Born-Infeld-Einstein theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper I examine black hole and cosmological space-times in Born-Infeld-Einstein theory with electric and magnetic charges. The field equations are derived and written in the form Gμν=κTμνG_{\mu\nu}=-\kappa T_{\mu\nu} for spherically symmetric space-times. The energy-momentum tensor is not the Born-Infeld energy-momentum tensor, but can be obtained from Born-Infeld theory by letting aiaa\to ia, where aa is the Born-Infeld parameter. It is shown that there is a curvature singularity in spherically symmetric space-times at a nonzero radial coordinate and that, as in Reissner-Nordstrom space-times, there are zero, one or two horizons. Charged black holes have either two horizons and a timelike singularity or one horizon with a spacelike, timelike, or null singularity. Anisotropic cosmological solutions with electric and magnetic fields are obtained from the spherically symmetric solutions.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0601136,
  title  = {Black hole and cosmological space-times in Born-Infeld-Einstein theory},
  author = {Dan N. Vollick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0601136},
  year   = {2007}
}

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