A point mass in an isotropic universe: Existence, uniqueness, and basic properties

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DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.58.064006zbMATH Open1006.83008arXivgr-qc/9805041MaRDI QIDQ4537869FDOQ4537869


Authors: Brien C. Nolan Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 March 2003

Published in: Physical Review D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Criteria which a space-time must satisfy to represent a point mass embedded in an open Robertson--Walker (RW) universe are given. It is shown that McVittie's solution in the case k=0 satisfies these criteria, but does not in the case k=1. Existence of a solution for the case k=1 is proven and its representation in terms of an elliptic integral is given. The following properties of this and McVittie's k=0 solution are studied; uniqueness, behaviour at future null infinity, recovery of the RW and Schwarzschild limits, compliance with energy conditions and the occurence of singularities. Existence of solutions representing more general spherical objects embedded in a RW universe is also proven.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9805041




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