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Levi-Civita spacetimes in multidimensional theories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-08-13 v1

Abstract

We obtain the most general static cylindrically symmetric vacuum solutions of the Einstein field equations in (4+N)(4 + N) dimensions. Under the assumption of separation of variables, we construct a family of Levi-Civita-Kasner vacuum solutions in (4+N)(4 + N). We discuss the dimensional reduction of the static solutions. Depending on the reduction procedure, they can be interpreted either as a scalar-vacuum generalization of Levi-Civita spacetimes, or as the effective 4D vacuum spacetime outside of an idealized string in braneworld theory.

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@article{arxiv.0904.3596,
  title  = {Levi-Civita spacetimes in multidimensional theories},
  author = {J. Ponce de Leon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.3596},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages. Accepted for publication in Mod. Phys. Lett. A (MPLA)

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