Properties of the magnetic universe with positive cosmological constant

Abstract

The properties of the Melvin-type spacetime with a positive cosmological constant $\Lambda$ in $d$-dimensional Einstein--Maxwell gravity is studied. The solution is parametrised in terms of the `de Sitter radius' $\ell \propto {\Lambda }^{-1/2}$ and the magnetic field parameter $\beta$, and they are warped products of the form ${\mathbb{R}}^{1,d-3}\times S^2$, where ${\mathbb{R}}^{1,d-3}$ is the $(d-2)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime and $S^2$ is topologically a two-sphere which contains a conical singularity, whose nature depends on the product $\beta \ell$. In the limit $\ell \to \infty$, the $S^2$ decompactifies and the $d$-dimensional Melvin universe is recovered. The Freund--Rubin-type flux compactification model is shown to be another particular limit of this solution. We also calculate the flux and geodesics in this spacetime.

27 pages, 8 figures

References in corpus (12)

• Cosmology with inhomogeneous magnetic fields
• Charging axisymmetric space-times with cosmological constant
• Bonnor-Melvin universe with a cosmological constant
• On multidimensional analogs of Melvin's solution for classical series of Lie algebras
• Geometry of AdS-Melvin Spacetimes
• Fermionic fields in a four-dimensional Bonnor-Melvin-Lambda space-time
• Charged scalar bosons in a Bonnor-Melvin-$\Lambda$ universe at conical approximation
• Melvin universe as a limit of the C-metric
• Cylindrical spacetimes due to radial magnetic fields
• Melvin's "magnetic universe", the role of the magnetic tension and the implications for gravitational collapse
• Magnetic Fields in Accretion Disks: A Review
• Solenoid configurations and gravitational free energy of the AdS--Melvin spacetime