English

Geodesics dynamics in the Linet-Tian spacetime with Lambda>0

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-12-30 v1

Abstract

We analyse the geodesics' dynamics in cylindrically symmetric vacuum spacetimes with Lambda>0 and compare it to the Lambda=0 and Lambda<0 cases. When Lambda>0 there are two singularities in the metric which brings new qualitative features to the dynamics. We find that Lambda=0 planar timelike confined geodesics are unstable against the introduction of a sufficiently large Lambda, in the sense that the bounded orbits become unbounded. In turn, any non-planar radially bounded geodesics are stable for any positive Lambda. We construct global non-singular static vacuum spacetimes in cylindrical symmetry with Lambda>0 by matching the Linet-Tian metric with two appropriate sources.

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@article{arxiv.1612.09215,
  title  = {Geodesics dynamics in the Linet-Tian spacetime with Lambda>0},
  author = {Irene Brito and M. F. A. Da Silva and Filipe C. Mena and N. O. Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.09215},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

29 pages, 30 figures

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