Published October 11, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity, Goedel Universe and variable cosmological constant

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Caixa Postal 5008, 58051-970, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba (Brazil)
  • 2. Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso - Campus Caceres, Av. dos Ramires, S/N, Distrito Industrial, 78200-000, Caceres-MT (Brazil)

Description

We study the condition for the consistency of the Goedel metric with the dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity. It turns out to be that this compatibility can be achieved only if the cosmological constant is variable in the space.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.002

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.002;
arXiv
arXiv:1004.5106v2;
PII
S0370-2693(10)01053-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
693
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 494-497
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42018226
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; GRAVITATION; METRICS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SPACE DEPENDENCE; SYMMETRY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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