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Four dimensional string solutions in Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-20 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We investigate string-like solutions in four dimensions based on Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity. For a restricted class of solutions where the Cotton tensor vanishes, we find that the string-like solutions in Einstein gravity including the BTZ black strings are solutions in Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity as well. The geometry is warped in the same way as in Einstein gravity, but the "conformal" lapse function is not constrained in Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity. It turns out that if λ1\lambda \ne 1, there exist no other solutions. For the value of model parameter with which Einstein gravity recovers in IR limit (i.e., λ=1\lambda=1), there exists an additional solution of which the conformal lapse function is determined. Interestingly, this solution admits a uniform BTZ black string along the string direction, which is distinguished from the warped BTZ black string in Einstein gravity. Therefore, it is a good candidate for the test of the theory.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3065,
  title  = {Four dimensional string solutions in Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity},
  author = {Inyong Cho and Gungwon Kang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3065},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

15 pages, references added, minor corrections made

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