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In this work, we study of the algebraic-hyperbolic formulation of the Einstein constraint equations for numerically constructing initial data sets for inhomogeneous cosmological space-times with $\mathbb{T}^3$ topology. We implement a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-16 Alejandro Estrada-Llesta , Cristhian Martinez-Duarte , Leon Escobar-Diaz

Based on an earlier introduced new class of generalized gravity-matter models defined in terms of two independent non-Riemannian volume forms (alternative generally covariant integration measure densities) on the space-time manifold, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-29 Eduardo Guendelman , Ramon Herrera , Pedro Labrana , Emil Nissimov , Svetlana Pacheva

We discuss various space-time metrics which are compatible with Einstein's equations and a previously suggested cosmology with a finite total mass. In this alternative cosmology the matter density was postulated to be a spatial delta…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 L. Clavelli , Gary R. Goldstein

The Einstein initial-value equations in the extrinsic curvature (Hamiltonian) representation and conformal thin sandwich (Lagrangian) representation are brought into complete conformity by the use of a decomposition of symmetric tensors…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Harald P. Pfeiffer , James W. York

We present exact solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell system of equations in spherically symmetric gravitational fields with a specified form of the electric field intensity. The condition of pressure isotropy yields a difference equation with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. D. Maharaj , K. Komathiraj

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

In this paper we consider the single patch pseudo-spectral scheme for tensorial and spinorial evolution problems on the 2-sphere presented in [3,4] which is based on the spin-weighted spherical harmonics transform. We apply and extend this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-09 Florian Beyer , Leon Escobar , Jörg Frauendiener

We present a novel homogeneous and geometrically flat exact solution of Einstein's General Relativity equations for an ideal fluid. The solution, which describes an expanding/contracting hypercylinder, fits well with the observational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-05 David H. Oaknin

Consider the characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein vacuum equations without any symmetry assumptions. Impose a sequence of data on two intersecting null hypersurfaces, each of which is foliated by spacelike $2$-spheres.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-21 Jonathan Luk , Igor Rodnianski

I use the Newtonian equation of hydrostatic equilibrium for an isotropic fluid sphere to generate exact anisotropic solutions of Einstein's equations. The input function is simply the density. An infinite number of regular solutions are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-06 Kayll Lake

In this paper, we present a framework for getting a series of exact vacuum solutions to the Einstein equation. This procedure of resolution is based on a canonical form of the metric. According to this procedure, the Einstein equation can…

General Physics · Physics 2007-10-01 Ying-Qiu Gu

The Einstein evolution equations are studied in a gauge given by a combination of the constant mean curvature and spatial harmonic coordinate conditions. This leads to a coupled quasilinear elliptic--hyperbolic system of evolution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Lars Andersson , Vincent Moncrief

Many evolution problems in physics are described by partial differential equations on an infinite domain; therefore, one is interested in the solutions to such problems for a given initial dataset. A prominent example is the binary black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Olivier Sarbach , Manuel Tiglio

In this work, we have obtained exact solutions of Einstein equations for static and axially symmetric magnetized matter, specifically in plane-symmetric and almost-plane symmetric cases. Although these solutions impose constraints on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-05 Ernesto Contreras , Pedro Bargueno , Gretel Quintero , Aurora Perez-Martinez , Diana Alvear

To numerically evolve the full Einstein equations (or modifications thereof), simulations of cosmological spacetimes must rely on a particular formulation of the field equations combined with a specific gauge/frame choice. Yet truly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-30 Anna Ijjas

This paper is concerned with the initial-boundary value problem for the Einstein equations in a first-order generalized harmonic formulation. We impose boundary conditions that preserve the constraints and control the incoming gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-22 Oliver Rinne

We provide new exact solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell system of equations which are physically reasonable. The spacetime is static and spherically symmetric with a charged matter distribution. We utilise an equation of state which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 S. D. Maharaj , P. Mafa Takisa

We study homogeneous and isotropic cosmologies in a Weyl spacetime. We show that for homogeneous and isotropic spacetimes, the field equations can be reduced to the Einstein equations with a two-fluid source. We write the equations as a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 John Miritzis

In this paper we are looking for the exponential solutions (i.e. the solutions with the scale factors change exponentially over time) in the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. We argue that we found all possible non-constant-volume solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-19 Dmitry Chirkov , Sergey Pavluchenko , Alexey Toporensky

In this work a class of interior solution for Einstein field equations corresponding to a spherically symmetric anisotropic fluid sphere has been obtained under the assumption that the cosmological constant is spatially variable. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-03-07 R. N. Tiwari , Saibal Ray