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Cosmological Analogues of the Bartnik--McKinnon Solutions

arXiv:hep-th/9605089 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.54.7243

Abstract

We present a numerical classification of the spherically symmetric, static solutions to the Einstein--Yang--Mills equations with cosmological constant . We find three qualitatively different classes of configurations, where the solutions in each class are characterized by the value of and the number of nodes, , of the Yang--Mills amplitude. For sufficiently small, positive values of the cosmological constant, $Λ< \Llow(n)$, the solutions generalize the Bartnik--McKinnon solitons, which are now surrounded by a cosmological horizon and approach the deSitter geometry in the asymptotic region. For a discrete set of values , the solutions are topologically --spheres, the ground state being the Einstein Universe. In the intermediate region, that is for $\Llow(n) < Λ< \Lhig(n)$, there exists a discrete family of global solutions with horizon and ``finite size''.

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