Constructing vacuum spacetimes by generating manifolds of revolution around a curve

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/6/065006zbMATH Open1336.83014arXiv1502.03957OpenAlexW3104931317WikidataQ125884075 ScholiaQ125884075MaRDI QIDQ2806018FDOQ2806018

Authors: Vee-Liem Saw 

Publication date: 13 May 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a general perturbative analysis on vacuum spacetimes which can be constructed by generating manifolds of revolution around a curve, and apply it to the Schwarzschild metric. The following different perturbations are carried out separately: 1) Non-rotating 2-spheres are added along a plane curve slightly deviated from the ``Schwarzschild line; 2) General non-rotating topological 2-spheres are added along the ``Schwarzschild line 3) Slow-rotating 2-spheres are added along the ``Schwarzschild line. For (1), we obtain the first order vacuum solution and show that no higher order solution exists. This linearised vacuum solution turns out however to be just a gauge transformation of the Schwarzschild metric. For (2), we solve the general linearised vacuum equations under several special cases. In particular, there exist linearised vacuum solutions with signature-changing metrics that contain closed timelike curves (though these do not correspond to adding topological 2-spheres). For (3), we find that the first order vacuum solution is equivalent to the slowly rotating Kerr metric. This is hence a much simpler and geometrically insightful derivation as compared to the gravitomagnetic one, where this rotating-shells construction is a direct manifestation of the frame-dragging phenomenon. We also show that the full Kerr however, cannot be obtained via adding rotating ellipsoids.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.03957

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zbMATH Keywords

perturbationSchwarzschildclosed timelike curvessignature changevacuum spacetimearbitrarily infinitesimal exotic matterlinearised theorymanifold of revolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Black holes (83C57)

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