Open AccessGödel-type solutions in Einstein–Maxwell–scalar field theories
Author(s) -
Hideki Ishihara,
Satsuki Matsuno
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
progress of theoretical and experimental physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2050-3911
DOI - 10.1093/ptep/ptab154
Subject(s) - physics , mathematical physics , scalar field , einstein , theoretical physics , type (biology) , scalar (mathematics) , field (mathematics) , gauge theory , classical mechanics , pure mathematics , geometry , ecology , mathematics , biology
We show that the one-parameter family of Gödel-type metrics are exact solutions in a wide class of Einstein–Maxwell–scalar field theories. In these solutions, the gauge field has a one-form expectation value parallel to the timelike contact form that represents the rotation of the Gödel universe.
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