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Surplus Solid Angle as an Imprint of Horava-Lifshitz Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-05-29 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider the electrostatic field of a point charge coupled to Horava-Lifshitz gravity and find an exact solution describing the space with a surplus (or deficit) solid angle. Although, theoretically in general relativity, a surplus angle is hardly to be obtained in the presence of ordinary matter with positive energy distribution, it seems natural in Horava-Lifshitz gravity. We present the sudden disappearance and reappearance of a star image as an astrophysical effect of a surplus angle. We also consider matter configurations of all possible power law behaviors coupled to Horava-Lifshitz gravity and obtain a series of exact solutions.

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@article{arxiv.0907.3093,
  title  = {Surplus Solid Angle as an Imprint of Horava-Lifshitz Gravity},
  author = {Sung-Soo Kim and Taekyung Kim and Yoonbai Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3093},
  year   = {2013}
}

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23 pages, 1 figure; minor changes, published version

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