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Homothetic Wyman Spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

The time-dependent, spherically symmetric, Wyman sector of the Unified Field Theory is shown to be equivalent to a self-gravitating scalar field with a positive-definite, repulsive self-interaction potential. A homothetic symmetry is imposed on the fundamental tensor, and the resulting autonomous system is numerically integrated. Near the critical point (between the collapsing and non-collapsing spacetimes) the system displays an approximately periodic alternation between collapsing and dispersive epochs.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9707037,
  title  = {Homothetic Wyman Spacetimes},
  author = {M. A. Clayton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9707037},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages with 6 figures; requires amsart, amssymb, amsmath, graphicx; formatted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D