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Canonical quantization of midisuperspace models
Černý, Jiří ; Svítek, Otakar (advisor) ; Žofka, Martin (referee)
In this work we will try to quantize midisuperspace model of spherically sym- metric spacetime with massless scalar field. On this type of spacetimes we apply Dirac method of canonical quantization, leading to Wheeler-DeWitt equations. We will attempt to solve those equation generally for aforementioned type of spa- cetimes. Our initial midisuperspace model is Roberts dynamical spacetime. As we will see later, Roberts metric behaves badly in the asymptotic region. Due to this problematic behaviour of Roberts spacetime at the boundary, we will choose to quantize its static version, the special Janis-Newman-Winicour spacetime. This midisuperspace model is static, asymptotically flat spacetime with scalar field and it contains a naked time-like singularity. For special Janis-Newman-Winicour spacetime we will then solve Wheeler-DeWitt equations.
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Probabilistic Spacetimes
Káninský, Jakub ; Svítek, Otakar (advisor) ; Žofka, Martin (referee)
Probabilistic Spacetime is a simple generalization of the classical model of spa- cetime in General Relativity, such that it allows to consider multiple metric field realizations endowed with probabilities. The motivation for such a generalization is a possible application in the context of some quantum gravity approaches, na- mely those using the path integral. It is argued that this model might be used to restrict the precision of the geometry on small scales without postulating discrete structure; or it may be used as an effective description of a probabilistic geometry resulting from a full-fledged quantum gravity computation.
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Charged particles in spacetimes with an electromagnetic field
Veselý, Jiří ; Žofka, Martin (advisor) ; Svítek, Otakar (referee)
The subject of study of this thesis is the Kerr-Newman-(anti-)de Sitter space- time, a rotating and charged exact black-hole solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations with a non-zero cosmological constant. In the first part of the thesis we examine admissible extremal configurations, present the corresponding Penrose diagrams, and investigate the effects of frame-dragging. In the second part, we follow the motion of charged particles via the Lagrangian formalism, focusing on the equatorial plane and the axis where we arrived at some analytic results con- cerning the trajectories. Static particles, effective potentials and - in the case of the equatorial plane - stationary circular orbits are examined. We also perform numerical simulations of particle motion to be able to check our analytic results and also to foster our intuition regarding the behaviour of the test particles. The last part concerns quantum tunnelling of particles through the space-time's hori- zons, specifically the null geodesic method. The main goal of these computations is to obtain horizon temperatures, in which we succeed up to a constant multi- plicative factor. We discuss various pitfalls of the method and stake out a possible approach when applying it to the extreme horizons present in KN(a)dS. 1
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Fields of current loops around black holes
Vlasáková, Zuzana ; Semerák, Oldřich (advisor) ; Svítek, Otakar (referee)
The magnetic field of a test circular current loop placed symmetrically around a Schwarzschild black hole has been determined several times in the literature and solutions has been expressed by different formulas. We compare these formulas analytically as well as numerically, and show, in particular, how they behave on the symmetry axis, in the equatorial plane and on the horizon. The problem is relevant for modelling accretion discs around black holes.
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Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity
Irinkov, Pavel ; Hinterleitner, Franz (advisor) ; Svítek, Otakar (referee)
In this thesis we offer a broad introduction into loop quantum gravity against the backdrop of the quantum gravity research as a whole. We focus on both the canonical and covariant version of the theory. In the latter version we investigate the dynamics of some simple configurations in the simplified setting of Ponzano-Regge model. We ascertain that the naïve approach to define a consistent dynamics, where the path integral's partition function is computed as a sum of amplitudes corresponding to all boundary and bulk states, fails in this case, on account of an appearance of divergences. This opens up space for the utilization of some more sophisticated methods.
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Gravitational waves in cosmology
Kadlecová, Alžběta ; Svítek, Otakar (advisor) ; Žofka, Martin (referee)
In this work, we study the backreaction of high-frequency gravitational waves on cosmological backgrounds. To describe the wave, we use the Isa- acson formalism, specifically the WKB approximation, which allows us to express the backreaction through an effective stress-energy tensor of the gra- vitational wave. First, we consider the inhomogeneous cosmological model of Charach and Malin, which contains gravitational waves and a massless scalar field mini- mally coupled to gravity. We show that although this is a spatially compacti- fied solution, it is possible to add a high-frequency perturbation and solve Einstein's equations with the effective stress-energy tensor in a consistent way. The bacreaction is of the same order as the influence of the scalar field. Second, we add multiple incoherent high-frequency waves to the homoge- neous Kasner background, and discuss the relation to the late-time limit of the Gowdy (vacuum Charach and Malin) model. 1
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Hamilton's function in classical and quantum mechanics
Černý, Jiří ; Svítek, Otakar (advisor) ; Žofka, Martin (referee)
In this work we will examine an on-shell action, its basic properties and its relation to transition amplitude. Derivatives of on-shell action with respect to position and time are equal to momentum and energy. On-shell action of a system is sufficient for determining the trajectory describing time evo- lution of the system. On-shell action can be computed as (off-shell) action of specific physical trajectory connecting initial position in initial time with final position in final time but it can also be found from solutions to two Hamilton-Jacobi equations, one in initial time and position variables and the other in final time and position variables. In quantum mechanics a transition amplitude is directly proportional to the complex exponential of the on-shell action. Work with on-shell action is demonstrated on examples such as free particle, harmonic oscillator and partly also on central force problem.
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Shell sources and interpretation of extremally charged spacetimes
Veselý, Jiří ; Žofka, Martin (advisor) ; Svítek, Otakar (referee)
The subject of study of this thesis is the so-called ECS spacetime. It originated as an extension to the Majumdar-Papapetrou solution for an infinite extremally-charged string (hence ECS). In the first part of the thesis, some general properties of the spacetime are examined. However, the main method of research is Israel formalism, which is used to find an alternate and more physically-elegant source of the spacetime in question. Nine different model scenarios are thoroughly investigated. In the end, we succeed in finding a single source that is not singular, does not necessitate the presence of exotic matter and has acceptable properties even in the Newtonian limit of weak gravitation: two infinite cylinders filled with Minkowski spacetime. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Quasilocal horizons
Klozová, Eliška ; Svítek, Otakar (advisor) ; Scholtz, Martin (referee)
In this thesis we discuss drawbacks of the event horizon which is defined glo- bally in spacetime and we introduce a quasilocal definition of black hole boundary foliated by marginally trapped surfaces on which the expansion of the outer null normal congruence becomes zero. List of different types of quasilocal horizons follows, i.e. apparent horizon, trapping horizon and isolated and dynamical hori- zon. Subsequently we calculate and analyse quasilocal horizons in two dynamical spacetimes which are used as inhomogeneous cosmological models. We discover future and past horizon in spherically symmetric Lemaître spacetime and we come to conclusion that both are null and have locally the same geometry as the ho- rizons in the LTB spacetime. Then we study Szekeres-Szafron spacetime with no symmetries, particularly its subfamily with β,z ̸= 0, and we derive the equation of the horizon. However, because of the lack of symmetries the spacetime is not adapted to double-null foliation, therefore we were unsuccessful in our attempts to estimate the equation's solution. Only in a special case when the function Φ does not depend on the coordinate z we found a condition on the existence of the horizon, that is Φ,t Φ > 0. 1
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Geodetic structure of multi-black-hole spacetimes
Ryzner, Jiří ; Žofka, Martin (advisor) ; Svítek, Otakar (referee)
V klasické fyzice m·že být ustavena statická rovnováha v soustavě nabitých hmotných bod·, jsou-li poměry náboje a hmotnosti každého hmotného bodu stejné. Udivujícím faktem je, že tato situace m·že nastat i pro černé díry v relativistické fyzice. Obecný případ takovéhoto systému poprvé popsali Majumdar a Papapetrou nezávisle na sobě v roce 1947. Tato práce se zabývá jeho speciálním případem obsahujícím dvě nabité černé díry, zkoumá elektrogeodetiky v tomto prostoročasu a srovnává je se situací v klasické fyzice. Dále též shrnujeme situaci v případě nestatického vesmíru, kterou popsali Kastor a Traschenová v roce 1992, a tuto geometrii srovnáváme se statickou verzí. 1
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