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A Spherically Symmetric Closed Universe as an Example of a 2D Dilatonic Model

László Á. Gergely

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9902016

Abstract

We study the two-dimensional (2D) dilatonic model describing a massless scalar field minimally coupled to the spherically reduced Einstein-Hilbert gravity. The general solution of this model is given in the case when a Killing vector is present. When interpreted in four dimensions, the solution describes either a static or a homogeneous collision of incoming and outgoing null dust streams with spherical symmetry. The homogeneous Universe is closed.

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