Static and Dynamic Melvin Universes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2022-06-22 v4
Abstract
We briefly review the known properties of Melvin's magnetic universe and study the propagation of test charged matter waves in this static spacetime. Moreover, the possible correspondence between the wave perturbations on the background Melvin universe and the motion of charged test particles is discussed. Next, we explore a simple scenario for turning Melvin's static universe into one that undergoes gravitational collapse. In the resulting dynamic gravitational field, the formation of cosmic double-jet configurations is emphasized.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2202.02033,
title = {Static and Dynamic Melvin Universes},
author = {Donato Bini and Bahram Mashhoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.02033},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
28 pages, 4 figures; v2: expanded version, references added; v3: amended version to appear in Phys. Rev. D; v4: typos corrected, reference [10] added