Static Generalized Brans-Dicke Universe and Gravitational Waves Amplification

2001/11/28 by Marcelo Samuel Berman, Marcelo S. Berman, Berman, Marcelo S. +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0111099

Submitted to Physics Letters A. Date of receipt 01 October 2001

arxiv created 2001/11/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We find a static solution for the scale-factor in a Brans-Dicke generalized theory where the scalar field and the coupling constant vary with time. We find also that in the early Universe there may be amplification of gravitational waves.

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