Uniformly accelerating black holes in a de Sitter universe - art. no. 024006

A class of exact solutions of Einstein's equations is analyzed which descri bes uniformly accelerating charged black holes in an asymptotically de Sitt er universe. This is a generalization of the C metric which includes a cosm ological constant. The physical interpretation of the solutions is facilita ted by the introduction of a new coordinate system for de Sitter space whic h is adapted to accelerating observers in this background. The solutions co nsidered reduce to this form of the de Sitter metric when the mass and char ge of the black holes vanish.