General Relativity And Quantum Cosmology

By introducing a specific etheric-like vector in the Dirac equation with Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV) in the curved spacetime, an improved method for quantum tunneling radiation of fermions is proposed. As an example, we apply this new method to a charged axisymmetric Kerr-Newman black hole. Firstly, considering LIV theory, we derive a modified dynamical equation of fermion with spin 1/2 in the Kerr-Newman black hole spacetime. Then we solve the equation and find the increase or decrease of black hole's Hawking temperature and entropy are related to constants a and c of the Dirac equation with LIV in the curved spacetime. As c is positive, the new Hawking temperature is about 1+2a+2cm k 2 r ??1+2a ??times higher than that without modification, but the entropy will decrease. We also make a brief discussion for the case of high spin fermions.

In this thesis we will focus on Einstein's interpretation of gravity. We will examine how the most famous equations in cosmology are derived from GR and also some results of cosmological significance. We will see how combining that with observational data forces us to consider some form of dark energy or vacuum energy. So we will conclude with some of the more well-known models for dark energy and examine how the dynamics of dark energy can lead us to the so-called cosmological inflation.

We present a method for exploring analogue Hawking radiation using a laser pulse propagating through an underdense plasma. The propagating fields in the Hawking effect are local perturbations of the plasma density and laser amplitude. We derive the dependence of the resulting Hawking temperature on the dimensionless amplitude of the laser and the behaviour of the spot area of the laser at the analogue event horizon. We demonstrate one possible way of obtaining the analogue Hawking temperature in terms of the plasma wavelength, and our analysis shows that for a high intensity near-IR laser the analogue Hawking temperature is less than approximately 25K for a reasonable choice of parameters.

Ghost-free bimetric gravity is an extension of general relativity, featuring a massive spin-2 field coupled to gravity. We parameterize the theory with a set of observables having specific physical interpretations. For the background cosmology and the static, spherically symmetric solutions (for example approximating the gravitational potential of the solar system), there are four directions in the parameter space in which general relativity is approached. Requiring that there is a working screening mechanism and a nonsingular evolution of the Universe, we place analytical constraints on the parameter space which rule out many of the models studied in the literature. Cosmological solutions where the accelerated expansion of the Universe is explained by the dynamical interaction of the massive spin-2 field rather than by a cosmological constant, are still viable.

The properties of exotic stars are investigated. In particular, we study objects made entirely of dark matter and we take into account intrinsic anisotropies which have been ignored so far. We obtain exact analytical solutions to the structure equations and we we show that those solutions i) are well behaved within General Relativity, and ii) are capable of describing realistic astrophysical configurations.

In this work, we investigate the anisotropic Bianchi type I cosmological model in the chiral setup, in a twofold manner. Firstly, we consider a quintessence plus a k-essence like model, where two scalar fields but only one potential term is considered. Secondly, we look at a model where in addition to the two scalar fields the two potential terms are taken into account as well as the standard kinetic energy and the mixed term. Regarding this second model, it is shown that two possible cases can be studied: a quintom like case and a quintessence like case. In each of the models, we were able to find both classical and quantum analytical solutions.

In this paper, we develop a new class of models for a compact star with anisotropic stresses inside the matter distribution. By assuming a linear equation of state for the anisotropic matter composition of the star we solve the Einstein field equations. In our approach, for the interior solutions we use a particular form of the ansatz for the metric function g rr . The exterior solution is assumed as Schwarzschild metric and is joined with the interior metric obtained across the boundary of the star. These matching of the metrices along with the condition of the vanishing radial pressure at the boundary lead us to determine the model parameters. The physical acceptability of the solutions has verified by making use of the current estimated data available from the pulsar 4U1608-52. Thereafter, assuming anisotropy due to tidal effects we calculate the Love numbers from our model and compare the results with the observed compact stars, viz. KS 1731- 260,4U 1608- 52,4U 1724- 207,4U 1820- 30,SAX J1748.9-2021 and EXO 1745-268. The overall situation confirms physical viability of the proposed approach,which can shed new light on the interior of the compact relativistic objects.

It was found recently that the anisotropies in the homogeneous Bianchi I cosmology considered within the context of a specific Horndeski theory are damped near the initial singularity instead of being amplified. In this work we extend the analysis of this phenomenon to cover the whole of the Horndeski family. We find that the phenomenon is absent in the K-essence and/or Kinetic Gravity Braiding theories, where the anisotropies grow as one approaches the singularity. The anisotropies are damped at early times only in more general Horndeski models whose Lagrangian includes terms quadratic and cubic in second derivatives of the scalar field. Such theories are often considered as being inconsistent with the observations because they predict a non-constant speed of gravitational waves. However, the predicted value of the speed at present can be close to the speed of light with any required precision, hence the theories actually agree with the present time observations. We consider two different examples of such theories, both characterized by a late self-acceleration and an early inflation driven by the non-minimal coupling. Their anisotropies show a maximum at intermediate times and approach zero at early and late times. The early inflationary stage exhibits an instability with respect to inhomogeneous perturbations, suggesting that the initial state of the universe should be inhomogeneous. However, more general Horndeski models may probably be stable.

The manifesto of the current article is to investigate the compact anisotropic matter profiles in the context of one of the modified gravitational theories, known as f(R,T) gravity, where R is a Ricci Scalar and T is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. To achieve the desired goal, we capitalized on the spherical symmetric space-time and utilized the embedding class-1 solution via Karmarkar's condition in modeling the matter profiles. To calculate the unidentified constraints, Schwarzschild exterior solution along with experimental statistics of three different stars LMC X-4, Cen X-3, and EXO 1785-248 are taken under consideration. For the evaluation of the dynamical equations, a unique model f(R,T)=R+β R 2 +λT has been considered, with β and λ being the real constants. Different physical aspects have been exploited with the help of modified dynamical equations. Conclusively, all the stars under observations are realistic, stable, and are free from all singularities.

The radiation of linear momentum imparts a recoil (or "kick") to the center of mass of a merging black hole binary system. Recent numerical relativity calculations have shown that eccentricity can lead to an approximate 25% increase in recoil velocities for equal-mass, spinning binaries with spins lying in the orbital plane ("superkick" configurations) [U Sperhake et al. Phys. Rev. D 101 (2020) 024044 (arXiv:1910.01598)]. Here we investigate the impact of nonzero eccentricity on the kick magnitude and gravitational-wave emission of nonspinning, unequal-mass black hole binaries. We confirm that nonzero eccentricities at merger can lead to kicks which are larger by up to ~25% relative to the quasicircular case. We also find that the kick velocity v has an oscillatory dependence on eccentricity, that we interpret as a consequence of changes in the angle between the infall direction at merger and the apoapsis (or periapsis) direction.