78 research outputs found
Effective Geometry
We introduce the concept of effective geometry by studying several systems in
which it arises naturally. As an example of the power and conciseness of the
method, it is shown that a flowing dielectric medium with a linear response to
an external electric field can be used to generate an analog geometry that has
many of the formal properties of a \Sch black hole for light rays, in spite of
birefringence. The surface gravity of this analog black hole has a contribution
that depends only on the dielectric properties of the fluid (in addition to the
usual term dependent on the acceleration). This term may be give a hint to a
new mechanism to increase the temperature of Hawking radiation.Comment: 13 pages, RevTex4, Contribution to the Proceedings of the Xth
Brazilian School of Gravitation and Cosmology, to be published by AI
Evolution of Vacuum Bubbles Embeded in Inhomogeneous Spacetimes
We study the propagation of bubbles of new vacuum in a radially inhomogeneous
background filled with dust or radiation, and including a cosmological
constant, as a first step in the analysis of the influence of inhomogeneities
in the evolution of an inflating region. We also compare the cases with dust
and radiation backgrounds and show that the evolution of the bubble in
radiation environments is notably different from that in the corresponding dust
cases, both for homogeneous and inhomogeneous ambients, leading to appreciable
differences in the evolution of the proper radius of the bubble.Comment: 18 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of
Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (new version with a few cosmetic changes
w.r.t. the published one
Cosmography and the redshift drift in Palatini theories
We present an application to cosmological models in theories
within the Palatini formalism of a method that combines cosmography and the
explicit form of the field equations in the calculation of the redshift drift.
The method yields a sequence of constraint equations which lead to limits on
the parameter space of a given -model. Two particular families of
-cosmologies capable of describing the current dynamics of the
universe are explored here: (i) power law theories of the type , and (ii) theories of the form . The constraints on and
, respectively, limit the values to intervals that are narrower
than the ones previously obtained. As a byproduct, we show that when applied to
General Relativity, the method yields values of the kinematic parameters with
much smaller errors that those obtained directly from observations.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Effective geometry in Astrophysics
The effective metric is introduced by means of two examples (non-linear
electromagnetism and hydrodynamics),along with applications in Astrophysics. A
sketch of the generality of the effect is also given.Comment: 9 pages, contributions for the proceedings of the First International
Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA 2003), Olinda
(Brazil
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