36 research outputs found
Cylindrically symmetric, static strings with a cosmological constant in Brans-Dicke theory
The static, cylindrically symmetric vacuum solutions with a cosmological
constant in the framework of the Brans-Dicke theory are investigated. Some of
these solutions admitting Lorentz boost invariance along the symmetry axis
correspond to local, straight cosmic strings with a cosmological constant. Some
physical properties of such solutions are studied. These strings apply
attractive or repulsive forces on the test particles. A smooth matching is also
performed with a recently introduced interior thick string solution with a
cosmological constant.Comment: 8 pages, Revtex; Published versio
Multiple Photonic Shells Around a Line Singularity
Line singularities including cosmic strings may be screened by photonic
shells until they appear as a planar wall.Comment: 6 page
Gravitational hedgehog, stringy hedgehog and stringy sphere
We investigate the solutions of Einstein equations such that a hedgehog
solution is matched to different exterior or interior solutions via a spherical
shell. In the case where both the exterior and the interior regions are
hedgehog solutions or one of them is flat, the resulting spherical shell
becomes a stringy shell. We also consider more general matchings and see that
in this case the shell deviates from its stringy character.Comment: 11 page
Higher Dimensional Cylindrical or Kasner Type Electrovacuum Solutions
We consider a D dimensional Kasner type diagonal spacetime where metric
functions depend only on a single coordinate and electromagnetic field shares
the symmetries of spacetime. These solutions can describe static cylindrical or
cosmological Einstein-Maxwell vacuum spacetimes. We mainly focus on
electrovacuum solutions and four different types of solutions are obtained in
which one of them has no four dimensional counterpart. We also consider the
properties of the general solution corresponding to the exterior field of a
charged line mass and discuss its several properties. Although it resembles the
same form with four dimensional one, there is a difference on the range of the
solutions for fixed signs of the parameters. General magnetic field vacuum
solution are also briefly discussed, which reduces to Bonnor-Melvin magnetic
universe for a special choice of the parameters. The Kasner forms of the
general solution are also presented for the cylindrical or cosmological cases.Comment: 16 pages, Revtex. Text and references are extended, Published versio