Slowly rotating voids in cosmology

Citation
T. Dolezel et al., Slowly rotating voids in cosmology, CLASS QUANT, 17(14), 2000, pp. 2719-2737
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
14
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2719 - 2737
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(20000721)17:14<2719:SRVIC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We consider a spacetime consisting of an empty void separated from an almos t Friedmann-Lemaitre-wRobertson-Walker (FLRW) dust universe by a sphericall y symmetric, slowly rotating shell which is comoving with the cosmic dust. We treat in a unified manner all types of FLRW universes. The metric is exp ressed in terms of a constant characterizing the angular momentum of the sh ell, and parametrized by the comoving radius of the shell. Treating the rot ation as a first-order perturbation, we compute the dragging of inertial fr ames as well as the apparent motion of distant stars within the void. Final ly, we discuss, in terms of in principle measurable quantities, 'Machian' f eatures of the model.