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The eccentric universe

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v3 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

For a universe containing cosmological constant together with uniform arrangements of magnetic fields, strings, or domain walls, exact solutions to the Einstein equations are shown to lead to a universe with ellipsoidal expansion. The magnetic field case is the easiest to motivate and has the highest possibility of finding application in observational cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0311233,
  title  = {The eccentric universe},
  author = {Arjun Berera and Roman V. Buniy and Thomas W. Kephart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0311233},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, 1 table, 2 figures; minor changes; to appear in JCAP