The black hole and FRW geometries of non-relativistic gravity
Creators
- 1. Physics Division, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens (Greece)
- 2. Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Patras, 26110 Patras (Greece)
Description
We consider the recently proposed non-relativistic Horava-Lifshitz four-dimensional theory of gravity. We study a particular limit of the theory which admits flat Minkowski vacuum and we discuss thoroughly the quadratic fluctuations around it. We find that there are two propagating polarizations of the metric. We then explicitly construct a spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat, black hole solution that represents the analog of the Schwarzschild solution of GR. We show that this theory has the same Newtonian and post-Newtonian limits as GR and thus, it passes the classical tests. We also consider homogeneous and isotropic cosmological solutions and we show that although the equations are identical with GR cosmology, the couplings are constrained by the observed primordial abundance of 4He.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.06.019Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.06.019;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0905.0477v1;
- PII
- S0370-2693(09)00692-3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 678
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 123-126
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41055413
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; FLUCTUATIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; HELIUM 4; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; POLARIZATION; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; SYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FIELD THEORIES; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; METRICS; NUCLEI; RELATIVITY THEORY; SPACE; STABLE ISOTOPES; VARIATIONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.