1998/03/15 by Marc Mars · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Axial symmetry #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Boundary (topology) #COSMIC cancer database #Circular symmetry #Classical mechanics #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Einstein #Einstein field equations #Energy–momentum relation #Geometry #Hypersurface #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Quantum mechanics #RADIUS #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.57.3389
published as Phys.Rev. D57 (1998) 3389-3400 · Latex, no figures
openalex publication_date 1998/03/15 · arxiv created 2002/02/23 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The existence of static and axially symmetric regions in a Friedman-Lema\\itre (FL) cosmology is investigated under the only assumption that the cosmic time and the static time match properly on the boundary hypersurface. It turns out that the most general form for the static region is a two-sphere with an arbitrarily changing radius which moves along the axis of symmetry in a determined way. The geometry of the interior region is completely determined in terms of background objects. When any of the most widely used energy-momentum contents for the interior region is imposed, both the interior geometry and the shape of the static region must become exactly spherically symmetric. This shows that the Einstein-Straus model, which is the generally accepted answer for the null influence of the cosmic expansion on the local physics, is not a robust model and it is rather an exceptional and isolated situation. Hence, its suitability for solving the interplay between cosmic expansion and local physics is doubtful and more adequate models should be investigated.