Conformal gravity and ``gravitational bubbles

DOI10.1142/S0217751X16410049zbMATH Open1337.83059arXiv1509.00212OpenAlexW2241641000WikidataQ126199714 ScholiaQ126199714MaRDI QIDQ2809415FDOQ2809415

Authors: Yu Eroshenko, V. A. Berezin, V. Dokuchaev 

Publication date: 30 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe the general structure of the spherically symmetric solutions in the Weyl conformal gravity. The corresponding Bach equations are derived for the special type of metrics, which can be considered as the representative of the general class. The complete set of the pure vacuum solutions, consisting of two classes, is found. The first one contains the solutions with constant two-dimensional curvature scalar, and the representatives are the famous Robertson--Walker metrics. We called one of them the "gravitational bubbles", which is compact and with zero Weyl tensor. These "gravitational bubbles" are the pure vacuum curved space-times (without any material sources, including the cosmological constant), which are absolutely impossible in General Relativity. This phenomenon makes it easier to create the universe from "nothing". The second class consists of the solutions with varying curvature scalar. We found its representative as the one-parameter family, which can be conformally covered by the thee-parameter Mannheim--Kazanas solution. We describe the general structure of the energy-momentum tensor in the spherical conformal gravity and construct the vectorial equation that reveals clearly some features of non-vacuum solutions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.00212

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zbMATH Keywords

black holescosmologygravitationconformal gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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