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In this article, a special static spherically symmetric perfect fluid solution of Einstein's equations is provided. Though pressure and density both diverge at the origin, their ratio remains constant. The solution presented here fails to…

General Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 F. Rahaman , M. Kalam , S. Chakraborty , K. Maity , B. Raychaudhuri

We investigate the two-dimensional behavior of gravity coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector field, i.e. "Einstein-aether theory". The classical solutions of this theory in two dimensions depend on one coupling constant. When this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Christopher Eling , Ted Jacobson

We present a mechanical model of a quasi-elastic body (aether) which reproduces Maxwell's equations with charges and currents. Major criticism against mechanical models of electrodynamics is that any presence of charges in the known models…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2022-01-13 Lachezar S. Simeonov

The Einstein-Aether theory is an alternative theory of gravity in which the spacetime metric is supplemented by a long-range timelike vector field (the "aether" field). Here, for the first time, we apply the full formalism of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-13 Fatemeh Taherasghari , Clifford M. Will

We consider a class of Lorentz-violating theories of gravity involving a timelike unit vector field (the aether) coupled to a metric, two examples being Einstein-aether theory and Ho\v{r}ava gravity. The action always includes the Ricci…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-01 Ted Jacobson , Antony J. Speranza

The Einstein equations for a perfect fluid spatially homogeneous spacetime are studied in a unified manner by retaining the generality of certain parameters whose discrete values correspond to the various Bianchi types of spatial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert T. Jantzen

Einstein-aether theory is general relativity coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector field. A brief review of current theoretical understanding and observational constraints on the four coupling parameters of the theory is given.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-09 Ted Jacobson

We present, for the first time, the quantization process for the Einstein-aether scalar field cosmology. We consider a cosmological theory proposed as a Lorentz violating inflationary model, where the aether and scalar fields interact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 N. Dimakis , T. Pailas , A. Paliathanasis , G. Leon , Petros A. Terzis , T. Christodoulakis

We extend the Einstein-aether theory to include the Maxwell field in a nontrivial manner by taking into account its interaction with the time-like unit vector field characterizing the aether. We also include a generic matter term. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-27 Alexander B. Balakin , José P. S. Lemos

In this paper Einstein's field equations, for static spherically symmetric perfect fluid models with a linear barotropic equation of state, are recast into a 3-dimensional regular system of ordinary differential equations on a compact state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 U. S. Nilsson , C. Uggla

We expand previous work on an inverse approach to Einstein Field Equations where we include fluids with energy flux and consider the vanishing of the anisotropic stress tensor. We consider the approach using warped product spacetimes of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-01 James Richardson , Mustapha Ishak

Einstein's theory of general relativity describes gravity as the interaction of particles with space-time geometry, as opposed to interacting with a physical fluid, as in the old gravitational aether theories. Moreover, any theoretical…

Popular Physics · Physics 2010-04-19 Niayesh Afshordi

We consider cosmology in the Einstein-aether theory (the generally covariant theory of gravitation coupled to a dynamical timelike Lorentz-violating vector field) with a linear aether-Lagrangian. The 3+1 spacetime splitting approach is used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Baojiu Li , David F. Mota , John D. Barrow

Lorentz symmetry is a fundamental property of Einstein's theory of general relativity that one may wish to test with gravitational wave observations. Einstein-aether theory is a model that introduces Lorentz-symmetry breaking in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-01 Kristen Schumacher , Scott Ellis Perkins , Ashley Shaw , Kent Yagi , Nicolas Yunes

We study gravitational collapse of a spherically symmetric scalar field in Einstein-aether theory (general relativity coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector field). The initial value formulation is developed, and numerical simulations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 David Garfinkle , Christopher Eling , Ted Jacobson

Gravitation might make a preferred frame appear, and with it a clear space/time separation--the latter being, a priori, needed by quantum mechanics (QM) in curved space-time. Several models of gravitation with an ether are discussed: they…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-04-07 Mayeul Arminjon

We investigate the existence of analytic solutions for the field equations in the Einstein-\ae ther theory for a static spherically symmetric spacetime and provide a detailed dynamical system analysis of the field equations. In particular,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-08 Genly Leon , A. Coley , Andronikos Paliathanasis

We determine exact and analytic solutions of the gravitational field equations in Einstein-aether scalar model field with a Bianchi I background space. In particular, we consider nonlinear interactions of the scalar field with the aether…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-15 Andronikos Paliathanasis , Genly Leon

The so-called Einstein-Aether theory is General Relativity coupled (at second derivative order) to a dynamical unit time-like vector field (the aether). It is a Lorentz-violating theory, and gained much attention in the recent years. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-16 Hao Wei , Xiao-Peng Yan , Ya-Nan Zhou

The structure of the Einstein field equations describing the gravitational collapse of spherically symmetric isotropic fluids is analyzed here for general equations of state. A suitable system of coordinates is constructed which allows us,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-24 Roberto Giambò , Giulio Magli