Published October 10, 2019
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Journal article
Global spacetime structure of compactified inflationary universe
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8 (Canada)
Description
We investigate the global spacetime structure of torus de Sitter universe, which is exact de Sitter space with torus identification based on the flat chart. We show that past incomplete null geodesics in torus de Sitter universe are locally extendible. Then we give an extension of torus de Sitter universe so that at least one of the past incomplete null geodesics in the original spacetime becomes complete. However, we find that extended torus de Sitter universe has two ill behaviors. The first one is a closed causal curve. The second one is so called quasi regular singularity, which means that there is no global, consistent extension of spacetime where all curves become complete, nevertheless each curve is locally extensible. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ab38edAdditional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 19
- Journal Page Range
- [11 p.]
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 52029253
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DE SITTER SPACE; GEODESICS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; SINGULARITY; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE