Massless scalar field in Robertson-Walker space-time

S. D. Maharaj; R. Maartens; A. Beesham

doi:10.1007/BF00659358

Massless scalar field in Robertson-Walker space-time

S. D. Maharaj^*, R. Maartens, A. Beesham

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Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation

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Abstract

Recently, exact spatially-homogeneous solutions have been found for a conformally invariant massless scalar field S(t) coupled to a Robertson-Walker geometry. We investigate extending these solutions to inhomogeneous scalar fields S(t, x^l). For an isotropic scalar field S(t, r) we find a solution satisfying three of the five field equations. If we use REDUCE, we show that the remaining equations force S=S(t).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-333
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume	167
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00659358
Publication status	Published - 1 May 1990

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