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We present solutions to the Einstein-Klein Gordon system representing boson stars in the slow rotation approximation. By considering slow rotation we are able to reduce the number of equations yielding a system of ordinary differential…

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We establish purely geometric or metric-based criteria for the validity of the separate universe ansatz, under which the evolution of small-scale observables in a long-wavelength perturbation is indistinguishable from a separate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-01 Wayne Hu , Austin Joyce

We study the initial value problem in Einstein-Cartan theory which includes torsion and, therefore, a non-symmetric connection on the spacetime manifold. Generalizing the path of a classical theorem by Choquet-Bruhat and York for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-29 Paulo Luz , Filipe C. Mena

The accelerating expansion of the Universe poses a major challenge to our understanding of fundamental physics. One promising avenue is to modify general relativity and obtain a new description of the gravitational force. Because…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-28 Adam R. Solomon

We study a formulation of euclidean general relativity in which the dynamical variables are given by a sequence of real numbers $\lambda_{n}$, representing the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator on the curved spacetime. These quantities are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Giovanni Landi , Carlo Rovelli

Continuing work initiated in an earlier publication [Yamada, Tsuchiya, and Asada, Phys. Rev. D 91, 124016 (2015)], we reexamine the linear stability of the triangular solution in the relativistic three-body problem for general masses by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-08 Kei Yamada , Takuya Tsuchiya

We review the quantum version of the linear Boltzmann equation, which describes in a non-perturbative fashion, by means of scattering theory, how the quantum motion of a single test particle is affected by collisions with an ideal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 Bassano Vacchini , Klaus Hornberger

We consider linear perturbation equations for long-wavelength scalar metric perturbations in generalised gravity, applicable to non-singular cosmological models including a bounce from collapse to expansion in the very early universe. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Antonio Cardoso , David Wands

Non-linear nature of Einstein equation introduces genuine relativistic higher order corrections to the usual Newtonian fluid equations describing the evolution of cosmological perturbations. We study the effect of such novel non-linearities…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Donghui Jeong , Jinn-Ouk Gong , Hyerim Noh , Jai-chan Hwang

The effective evolution of an inhomogeneous universe model in any theory of gravitation may be described in terms of spatially averaged variables. In Einstein's theory, restricting attention to scalar variables, this evolution can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Thomas Buchert

We study the dynamics of the field equations in a five-dimensional spatially flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker metric in the context of a Gauss-Bonnet-Scalar field theory where the quintessence scalar field is coupled to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-29 Alfredo D. Millano , Claudio Michea , Genly Leon , Andronikos Paliathanasis

Contents: 1) Introduction and a few excursions [A word on the role of explicit solutions in other parts of physics and astrophysics. Einstein's field equations. "Just so" notes on the simplest solutions: The Minkowski, de Sitter and anti-de…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiri Bicak

The stability of Einstein static universe against homogeneous scalar perturbations in the context of braneworld scenario is investigated. The stability regions are obtained in terms of the constant geometric linear equation of state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-10 K. Atazadeh , Y. Heydarzade , F. Darabi

The stability features of steady states of the spherically symmetric Einstein-Vlasov system are investigated numerically. We find support for the conjecture by Zeldovich and Novikov that the binding energy maximum along a steady state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Hakan Andreasson , Gerhard Rein

We consider the $(1 + 3)$-dimensional Einstein equations with negative cosmological constant coupled to a spherically-symmetric, massless scalar field and study perturbations around the Anti-de Sitter spacetime. We derive the resonant…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-30 Athanasios Chatzikaleas

We compare Einstein-Boltzmann solvers that include modifications to General Relativity and find that, for a wide range of models and parameters, they agree to a high level of precision. We look at three general purpose codes that primarily…

Some black hole mimickers, as well as black strings and other higher-dimensional spacetimes, exhibit stable light rings-regions where light or high-frequency gravitational waves can be trapped. In these regions, linear perturbations decay…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-11 Jaime Redondo-Yuste , Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño

Advantages of inhomogeneous cosmological models that are exact solutions of Einstein's equations over linearised perturbations of homogeneous models are presented. Examples of effects that can be described in the inhomogeneous ones are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-12-05 Andrzej Krasiński

We consider a space-homogeneous gas of {\it inelastic hard spheres}, with a {\it diffusive term} representing a random background forcing (in the framework of so-called {\em constant normal restitution coefficients} $\alpha \in [0,1]$ for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-02 Stéphane Mischler , Clément Mouhot

We present here the linear regime of the Einstein's field equations in the characteristic formulation. Through a simple decomposition of the metric variables in spin-weighted spherical harmonics, the field equations are expressed as a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-18 Carlos Eduardo Cedeño Montaña