Axial Symmetry Cosmological Constant Vacuum Solution of Field Equations with a Curvature Singularity, Closed Time-Like Curves, and Deviation of Geodesics

Ahmed, Faizuddin; Hazarika, Bidyut Bikash; Sarma, Debojit

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Axial Symmetry Cosmological Constant Vacuum Solution of Field Equations with a Curvature Singularity, Closed Time-Like Curves, and Deviation of Geodesics

Faizuddin Ahmed,¹Bidyut Bikash Hazarika,²and Debojit Sarma²

Academic Editor: Diego Saez Chillon Gomez

Received28 May 2020

Revised19 Aug 2020

Accepted03 Nov 2020

Published19 Nov 2020

Abstract

In this paper, we present a type D, nonvanishing cosmological constant, vacuum solution of Einstein’s field equations, extension of an axially symmetric, asymptotically flat vacuum metric with a curvature singularity. The space-time admits closed time-like curves (CTCs) that appear after a certain instant of time from an initial space-like hypersurface, indicating it represents a time-machine space-time. We wish to discuss the physical properties and show that this solution can be interpreted as gravitational waves of Coulomb-type propagate on anti-de Sitter space backgrounds. Our treatment focuses on the analysis of the equation of geodesic deviations.

1. Introduction

Closed time-like curves constitute one of the most intriguing aspects of general relativity. The first solution of the field equations admitting closed time-like curves (CTCs) is the Gödel rotating Universe [1]. It represents a rotating universe and is axially symmetric, given by

The coordinates are in the ranges , , and , and is periodic. For some , the metric function, , becomes negative. The circle defined by and will be time-like everywhere. This condition is fulfilled when which is the condition for the existence of CTCs in the Gödel space-time because one of the coordinates is periodic. The next one is the van Stockum space-time [2], which predates the Gödel solution and was shown later to have CTCs [3]. Examples of space-time admitting CTCs including NUT-Taub metric [4–7], Kerr and Kerr-Newman black hole solution [8–10], Gott time-machine [11], Grant space-time [12], Krasnikov tube [13], Bonnor’s metrics [14–19], and others [20–36]. Space-time with causality violating curves is classified as either eternal or true time-machine space-times. In eternal time machine space-time case, CTCs always preexist. In this category would be [1] or [2] (see also, Refs. [23, 25, 27, 32, 36]). A true time machine space-time is the one in which CTCs evolve at a particular instant of time from an initial space-like hypersurface in a causally well-behaved manner satisfying all the energy conditions with known type of matter fields. In this category, the Ori time machine space-time [37] is considered to be most remarkable. But the matter sources satisfying all the energy conditions are of unknown type in this space-time. Most of the time machine models suffer from one or more drawbacks. For space-time admitting CTCs, the matter-energy sources must be realistic, that is, the stress-energy tensor must be of a known type of matter fields, which satisfy all the energy conditions. Many space-time model, for examples, traversable wormholes [38, 39] and warp drive models [40–43] violate the weak energy condition (WEC), which states that for a time-like tangent vector field , that is, the energy-density must be nonnegative. Some other space-times admitting CTCs violate the strong energy condition (SEC) (e.g., Refs. [44–47]), which states that . In addition, some solutions do not admit a partial Cauchy surface (initial space-like hypersurface) (e.g., Refs. [1, 48]) and/or CTCs come from infinity (e.g., Refs. [11, 12]). In addition, there is a curvature singularity in some solutions admitting CTCs [3, 35, 48–53].

In literature, only a handful of solutions of Einstein’s field equations with the stress-energy tensor in [1, 33, 34] and type N Einstein space-time in [30] have a negative cosmological constant. In this work, we try to construct a type D Einstein space-time with a negative cosmological constant which was not studied earlier. The cosmological constant plays a vital role in explaining the dynamics of the universe. A tiny positive cosmological constant neatly explains the late-time accelerated expansion of the universe. Indeed, our universe is observed to be undergoing a de Sitter (dS) type expansion in the present epoch. For a negative cosmological constant, space-time is labelled as an anti-de Sitter (AdS) space. The AdS space has been a subject of intense study in recent times on account of the celebrated AdS/CFT correspondence [54], which provides a link between a quantum theory of gravity on an asymptotically AdS space and a lower-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) on its boundary.

2. Review of a Type D Vacuum Space-Time with a Curvature Singularity and CTCs [51]

In Ref. [51], a type D axially symmetric, asymptotically flat vacuum solution of the field equations with zero cosmological constant, was constructed. This vacuum metric is as follow

After doing a number of transformations into the above metric, we arrive at the following

The Kretschmann scalar of the above metric is

For constant , the metric (3) reduces to conformal Misner metric in 2Dwhere is the conformal factor.

In the context of CTCs, the Misner space metric in 2D is interesting because CTCs appear after a certain instant of time from causally well-behaved conditions. The metric for the Misner space in 2D [55] is given bywhere but the coordinate is periodic locally. The metric (6) is regular everywhere as including at . The curves , where is a constant, are closed since is periodic. The curves are spacelike, are time-like, while the null curves form the chronology horizon. The second type of curves, namely, , are closed time-like curves. Therefore, the metric (2) or (3) is a four-dimensional generalization of Misner space in curved space-time. Note that the above space-time is the vacuum solution of field equations, a Ricci flat, that is, . Li [56] constructed a Misner-like AdS space-time, a time-machine model. Levanony and Ori [57] constructed a three-, four-dimensional generalization of flat Misner space metric.

In this paper, we extend the above Ricci flat space-time (2) to the Einstein space-times of Petrov type D, which satisfy the following conditions

It is an anti-de Sitter-like space if and de Sitter like if . The extended space-time satisfies all the basic requirements (see details in Ref. [30]) for a time machine space-time except one, that is, this new model is not free from curvature singularity.

3. Analysis of a Cosmological Constant Vacuum Space-Time

Consider the following line element, a modification of the metric (2) given by

Here, is a positive constant, and is real. The coordinates are labelled , , , and . The ranges of the coordinates areand is a periodic coordinate , with . The metric is Lorentzian with signature and the determinant of the corresponding metric tensor ,

Now, we have evaluated the Ricci tensor of the space-time (8) as follows:

The Ricci scalar is given by

Using the metric tensor components of the above space-time, we have found that the Ricci tensorand the Einstein tensor are

From the Einstein’s field equations and from eq. (14), we have

Thus, from the above analysis, it is clear that the space-time considered by (8) is an example of the class of Einstein space of anti-de Sitter-type and satisfies eq. (7) for a negative cosmological constant. We have shown later that the space-time possesses a curvature singularity at .

An interesting property of the metrics (8) is that it reduces to 2D Misner space metric [55] for constant . For that, we do the following transformationsinto the metric (8) (replacing ), we arrive at the following line element

For constant and , the metric (17) becomesa conformal Misner space metric in 2D where is the conformal factor. Therefore, the space-time admits CTC for similar to the Misner space discussed earlier.

We check whether the CTCs evolve from an initially space-like hypersurface (and thus is a time coordinate). This is determined by calculating the norm of the vector [37] (or alternately from the value of in the inverse metric tensor ). A hypersurface is space-like when at , time-like when for , and null for . For the metric (8), we have

Thus, a hypersurface is spacelike for , time-like for , and null at . We restrict our analysis to ; otherwise, no CTCs will be formed. Thus, the space-like hypersurface can be chosen as initial hypersurface over which initial data may be specified. There is a Cauchy horizon at called the chronology horizon, which separates the causal past and future in a past-directed and future-directed manner. Hence, the space-time evolves from a partial Cauchy surface (i.e., initial space-like hypersurface) in a causally well-behaved, up to a moment, i.e., a null hypersurface and the formation of CTCs takes place from causally well-behaved initial conditions. The evolution of CTC is thus identical to the case of the Misner space.

That the space-time represented by (8) satisfies the requirements of axial symmetry is clear from the following. Consider the Killing vector having the normal form

Its covector form

The vector (22) satisfies the Killing equation . The space-time is axial symmetry if the norm of the Killing vector vanishes on the axis i.e., at (see [58, 59] and references therein). In our caseas .

The metric has a curvature singularity at . We find that the Kretschmann scalar is

We can see that the scalar curvature diverges at , which indicates that the space-time possesses a curvature singularity. In addition, the Kretschmann scalar becomes for , indicating that the metric (8) is asymptotically anti-de Sitter-like space radially [60].

3.1. Classification and Physical Interpretation of the Space-Times

Here, we first classify the space-time according to the Petrov classification scheme and then analyze the effect of local fields of the solution. We construct a set of null tetrad [61] for the space-time (8). Explicitly, these covectors are

The set of null tetrad above is such that the metric tensor for the line element (8) can be expressed as

The vectors (25), (26), (27), and (28) are null vector and orthogonal, except for and .

We calculate the five Weyl scalars, of these onlyis nonvanishing, while the rest are vanish. Thus, the metric is clearly of type D in the Petrov classification scheme.

We set up an orthonormal frame , , which consists of three space-like unit vectors , and one time-like vector [62]. Notations are such that small Latin indices are raised and lowered with Minkowski metric , , and Greek indices are raised and lowered with metric tensor , . The dual basis is and . These frame components in terms of tetrad vector can be expressed as

In order to analyze the effect of local gravitational fields of these solutions, we have used the equations of geodesic deviation [25, 33, 52, 63–66] which in terms of orthonormal frame arewhere is a time-like four-velocity vector of the free test particles. We set here such that all test particles are synchronized by the proper time. From the standard definition of the Weyl tensor and the Einstein’s field equation for zero the stress-energy tensor, we get (see Eq. (4) in [66])where are the components of the Weyl tensor.

The only nonvanishing Weyl scalars are given by (30) so that

Therefore, the equations of geodesic deviation (32) take the following form

In the limit , all the Weyl scalars including vanishes. In this limit, the space-time (8) becomes anti-de Sitter (AdS) space. So the equations of geodesic deviation (35) in this limit reduces towith the solutionswhere are the arbitrary constants.

Again, in the limit , that is, , the only nonvanishing Weyl scalars is given by (30). The space-time (8) reduces to type D vacuum space-time of zero cosmological constant with a curvature singularity which we discussed, in detail in Ref. [51]. In this limit (), the equations of geodesic deviation (35) becomeswith the solutionswhere are the arbitrary constants and .

4. Summary and Future Work

In this paper, we generalize a Ricci flat space-time [51] to the case of nonvanishing cosmological constant solution in four-dimensional curved space-time, still represent vacuum solutions of the Einstein’s field equations are the generalization of 2D Misner space metric. By introducing a cosmological constant term into the metric components in the metric [51], we have seen that for , and , where are constants, these space-times reduce to 2D conformal Misner space geometry. As discussed in Section 2, the Misner space metric admits CTCs which appear after a certain instant of time from causally well-behaved conditions. Thus, the presented metrics as well as the one studied in [51] evolve CTC from an initial space-like hypersurface at a certain instant of time. Though causality violating space-times have been studied extensively in the literature, few of them belongs to true time-machine space-time (e.g., [24–26, 28, 31, 33, 34, 37]), and others in (e.g., [26, 51–53]) are lacking one or more basic requirements for a true time-machine space-time. In addition, many time-machine models mentioned in the introduction violate one or more the energy condition. Our space-time is the vacuum solution of Einstein’s field equations of nonzero cosmological constant. So all the energy conditions are automatically satisfied, and the modified metrics would represent true time-machine space-time but lacking the property of being free from curvature singularity. Furthermore, we have analyzed the space-time and discussed their physical properties. It was demonstrated that these space-times can be understood as gravitational waves of Coulomb-types which propagate on anti-de Sitter backgrounds. A positive cosmological constant () plays an important role in explaining the dynamics of the universe. But in our case, however, it is negative. One can use this modified space-time as a model to study the quantum gravity in connection to the quantum field theory. The dynamic stability of the modified space-times is beyond the scope of this work. Our motivation to further study this problem is to construct a space-time metric which satisfies all criteria for a true time-machine, like obeying the energy conditions, realistic or known types of matter sources, singularity-free and evolves CTCs from an initial space-like hypersurface in a causally well-behaved manner after a certain instant of time.

Data Availability

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Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding publication of this paper.

Acknowledgments

The authors sincerely acknowledge the anonymous kind referees for their valuable comments and constructive suggestions.

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