Superfluid Picture for Rotating Space-Times
Abstract
A new prescription, in the framework of condensate models for space-times, for physical stationary gravitational fields is presented. We show that the spinning cosmic string metric describes the gravitational field associated with the single vortex in a superfluid condensate model for space-time outside the vortex core. This metric differs significantly from the usual acoustic metric for the Onsager-Feynman vortex. We also consider the question of what happens when many vortices are present, and show that on large scales a G\"odel-like metric emerges. In both the single and multiple vortex cases the failure of general relativity exemplified by the presence of closed time-like curves is attributed to the breakdown of superfluid rigidity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0407033,
title = {Superfluid Picture for Rotating Space-Times},
author = {George Chapline and Pawel O. Mazur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0407033},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
12 pages, LaTeX, Acta Physica Polonica B45, 2014; Dedicated to Professor Andrzej Staruszkiewicz on the occasion of His birthday