2006/11/17 by Deshdeep Sahdev, Ravishankar Sundararaman, Sahdev, Deshdeep +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0611093
25 pages, 12 figures
arxiv created 2006/11/17 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the Gödel universe through worldlines associated with motion at constant speed and constant acceleration orthogonal to the instantaneous velocity (WSAs). We show that these worldlines can be used to access every region -- both spatial and temporal -- of the space-time. We capture the insights they accord in a series of sketches, which extend significantly the Hawking and Ellis picture of the Gödel universe.