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Vaidya geometries and scalar fields with null gradients
Vaidya geometries and scalar fields with null gradients
- Source :
- European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 81, Iss 3, Pp 1-4 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SpringerOpen, 2021.
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Abstract
- Abstract Since, in Einstein gravity, a massless scalar field with lightlike gradient behaves as a null dust, one could expect that it can act as the matter source of Vaidya geometries. We show that this is impossible because the Klein–Gordon equation forces the null geodesic congruence tangent to the scalar field gradient to have zero expansion, contradicting a basic property of Vaidya solutions. By contrast, exact plane waves travelling at light speed and sourced by a scalar field acting as a null dust are possible.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14346044 and 14346052
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.fd4cc251fd1743a99d2bf78dedf8f9c7
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09040-9