de Sitter spacetime

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de Sitter spacetime is a maximally symmetric, curved solution of general relativity that models an expanding universe dominated by a positive cosmological constant (dark energy).

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instanceOf maximally symmetric spacetime
solution of Einstein field equations
spacetime geometry
vacuum solution with cosmological constant
approximates late-time dark-energy-dominated universe
canBeRepresentedAs hyperboloid embedded in 5D Minkowski space
hasConstant Hubble parameter H
hasCoordinateSystems flat slicing coordinates
global coordinates
open slicing coordinates
static coordinates
hasCosmologicalConstantSign positive
hasCosmologicalConstantSymbol Λ
hasCosmologicalScaleFactor exponential expansion
hasCurvature constant positive curvature
hasCurvatureInvariants constant
hasDimension 4
hasEmbeddingSpace 5-dimensional Minkowski space
hasEnergyContent vacuum energy
hasEntropy horizon entropy
hasEquationOfStateParameter w = -1
hasEventHorizon cosmological horizon
hasGeneralization n-dimensional de Sitter spacetime
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hasHorizonType observer-dependent cosmological horizon
hasIsometryGroup SO(1,4)
hasLimitCase Minkowski spacetime for Λ → 0
hasMetricType Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric (special case)
hasNumberOfKillingVectors 10
hasPetrovType O
hasRicciTensor proportional to metric tensor
hasScalarCurvature constant positive value
hasScaleFactorForm a(t) ∝ e^{Ht}
hasSymmetryGroup SO(1,4)
hasTemperature Gibbons–Hawking temperature
hasTopology R × S^3 (in global coordinates)
hasWeylTensor zero
isConformallyFlat true
isContrastedWith anti-de Sitter spacetime
isDominatedBy cosmological constant
dark energy
isGeodesicallyComplete true
isHomogeneous true
isIsotropic true
isMaximallySymmetric true
isSolutionOf Einstein field equations with cosmological constant
isTimeReversalInvariant true
isUsedIn inflationary cosmology
isVacuumSolution true
models expanding universe
namedAfter Willem de Sitter

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Einstein field equations admitsSolution de Sitter spacetime
de Sitter spacetime hasGeneralization n-dimensional de Sitter spacetime
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Willem de Sitter familyName de Sitter
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Willem de Sitter knownFor de Sitter universe
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Willem de Sitter knownFor de Sitter space
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Willem de Sitter hasConceptNamedAfter de Sitter universe
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Willem de Sitter hasConceptNamedAfter de Sitter space
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Willem de Sitter hasConceptNamedAfter de Sitter metric
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Gibbons–Hawking temperature appliesTo de Sitter space
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Gibbons–Hawking temperature associatedWith de Sitter horizon
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Lorentzian geometry hasKeyConcept de Sitter space
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Penrose–Carter diagram appliesTo de Sitter spacetime
subject linked to: Penrose–Carter diagrams
Hayward black hole model hasCore de Sitter core
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cosmic no-hair conjecture relatesTo de Sitter space
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Renata Kallosh researchInterest de Sitter space
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