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On thick domain walls in general relativity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Noetzold, Dirk Goetz, Guenter |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | Planar scalar field configurations in general relativity differ considerably from those in flat space. It is shown that static domain walls of finite thickness in curved space-time do not possess a reflection symmetry. At infinity, the space-time tends to the Taub vacuum on one side of the wall and to the Minkowski vacuum (Rindler space-time) on the other. Massive test particles are always accelerated towards the Minkowski side, i.e., domain walls are attractive on the Taub side, but repulsive on the Minkowski side (Taub-vacuum cleaner). It is also proved that the pressure in all directions is always negative. Finally, a brief comment is made concerning the possibility of infinite, i.e., bigger than horizon size, domain walls in our universe. All of the results are independent of the form of the potential V(phi) greater than or equal to 0 of the scalar field phi. |
| File Size | 657811 |
| Page Count | 18 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900004808 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7vm9532g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Thermodynamics And Statistical Physics Thickness Vacuum Relativity Minkowski Space Cosmology Scalars Universe Topology Domain Wall Field Theory Physics Relativistic Effects Symmetry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
