Generalised functions and distributional curvature of cosmic strings
Generalised functions and distributional curvature of cosmic strings
A new method is presented for assigning distributional curvature, in an invariant manner, to a spacetime of low differentiability, using the techniques of Colombeau's 'new generalized functions'. The method is applied to show that the scalar curvature density of a cone is equivalent to a delta function. The same is true under small enough perturbations.
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Clarke, C.J.S.
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Vickers, J.A.
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Wilson, J.P.
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1996
Clarke, C.J.S.
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Vickers, J.A.
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Wilson, J.P.
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Clarke, C.J.S., Vickers, J.A. and Wilson, J.P.
(1996)
Generalised functions and distributional curvature of cosmic strings.
Classical and Quantum Gravity, 13 (9), .
(doi:10.1088/0264-9381/13/9/013).
Abstract
A new method is presented for assigning distributional curvature, in an invariant manner, to a spacetime of low differentiability, using the techniques of Colombeau's 'new generalized functions'. The method is applied to show that the scalar curvature density of a cone is equivalent to a delta function. The same is true under small enough perturbations.
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Published date: 1996
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29323
ISSN: 0264-9381
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