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Exact hypersurface-homogeneous scalar field models

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A mechanism is presented for obtaining exact solutions of the Einstein equations for hypersurface-homogeneous scalar fields which unifies and generalizes recent results for inflaton fields in the spatially homogeneous case and for thick domain walls in the timelike-homogeneous case.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Villanova University, 19085, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA

    R. T. Jantzen

  2. International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Rome, I-00185, Rome, Italy

    R. T. Jantzen

  3. Department of Physics, Luleå University of Technology, S-951 87, Luleå, Sweden

    C. Uggla

  4. Department of Physics, University of Stockholm, Vanadisvägen 9, S-113 46, Stockholm, Sweden

    K. Rosquist

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Jantzen, R.T., Uggla, C. & Rosquist, K. Exact hypersurface-homogeneous scalar field models. Gen Relat Gravit 25, 409–421 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757121

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