Spacetime structure of an inflating global monopole
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-30 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
The evolution of a global monopole with an inflating core is investigated. An analytic expression for the exterior metric at large distances from the core is obtained. The overall spacetime structure is studied numerically, both in vacuum and in a radiation background.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9708005,
title = {Spacetime structure of an inflating global monopole},
author = {Inyong Cho and Alexander Vilenkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9708005},
year = {2009}
}
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18 pages, REVTeX, 8 PostScript figures, submitted to the Physical Review D