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Bonnor-Melvin universe with a cosmological constant

Žofka Martin

Phys. Rev. D 99, 044058 (2019)

doi ↗ arXiv:1903.08563 ↗

Abstract

We generalize the well-known Bonnor-Melvin solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations to the case of a nonvanishing cosmological constant. The spacetime is again cylindrically symmetric and static but, unlike the original solution, it truly represents a homogeneous magnetic field.

Institute authors

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  • GACR 17-13525S — Sources of strong gravity and their astrophysical meaning

BibTeX

@article{UTF736,
  author        = {Žofka Martin},
  title         = {{Bonnor-Melvin universe with a cosmological constant}},
  journal       = {Phys. Rev. D},
  volume        = {99},
  pages         = {044058},
  year          = {2019},
  month         = {2},
  doi           = {https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.044058},
  eprint        = {1903.08563},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
}