Gravitational Waves in Closed Universes

1971/09/20 by Robert H. Gowdy · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Quantum Mechanics and Applications

paper · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.27.826

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Abstract

New boundary conditions on the Einstein-Rosen-Bondi gravitational-wave metrics yield closed inhomogeneous universes which solve Einstein's vacuum field equations exactly. Space sections of these universes have either the three-sphere topology S³ or the wormhole (hypertorus) topology S¹\ensuremath\bigotimesS².

Citations

• Quantum Cosmology. I

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• Numerical Approaches to Spacetime Singularities
• General relativity [wikipedia]