Lie Groups of Conformal Motions Acting on Null Orbits

Space-times admitting a 3-dimensional Lie group of conformal motions acting on null orbits containing a 2-dimensional Abelian subgroup of isometries are studied. Coordinate expressions for the metric and the conformal Killing vectors (CKV) are provided (irrespective of the matter content) and then all possible perfect fluid solutions are found, although none of these verify the weak and dominant energy conditions over the whole space-time manifold.     

Solutions of Kramer's Equations for Perfect Fluid Cylinders

Kramer's formulation of Einstein's fieldequations for static perfect fluid cylinders isconsidered. Three approaches are followed in seekingsolutions of Kramer's equations. First, a particularintegral is found which reproduces a previously knownclass of four solutions. Second, a fairly general ansatzis suggested, whereby a class of six new solutions isderived. Finally, the problem for an incompressible perfect fluid, with constant energy density, isreduced to a single second order equation. All solutionsare regular everywhere. Constraints are imposed on thesolutions parameters such that energy conditions are satisfied and hence the solutions arephysically reasonable.     

Exact Solutions of Covariant Wave Equations with a Multipole Source Term on Curved Spacetimes

A formalism is presented for calculating exactsolutions of covariant inhomogeneous scalar and tensorwave equations whose source terms are arbitrary ordermultipoles on a curved background spacetime. The developed formalism is based on the theory ofthe higher-order fundamental solutions for wave equationwhich are the distributions that satisfy theinhomogeneous wave equation with the corresponding order covariant derivatives of the Dirac deltafunction on the right-hand side. Like the classicalGreen's function for a scalar wave equation, thehigher-order fundamental solutions contain a direct termwhich has support on the light cone as well as a tailterm which has support inside the light cone. Knowinghow to compute the fundamental solutions of arbitraryorder, one can find exact multipole solutions of wave equations on curved spacetimes. Wepresent complete recurrent algorithms for calculatingthe arbitrary-order fundamental solutions and the exactmultipole solutions in a form convenient for practical computations. As an example we apply thealgorithm to a massless scalar wave field on aparticular Robertson-Walker spacetime.     

O(d,d)-invariance in Inhomogeneous String Cosmologies with Perfect Fluid

In the first part of the present paper, we showthat O(d,d)-invariance usually known in a homogeneouscosmological background written in terms of proper timecan be extended to backgrounds depending on one or several coordinates [which may be anyspace-like or time-like coordinate(s)]. In all cases,the presence of a perfect fluid is taken into accountand the equivalent duality transformation in Einstein frame is explicitly given. In the second part,we present several concrete applications to somefour-dimensional metrics, including inhomogeneous ones,which illustrate the different duality transformations discussed in the first part. Note that most ofthe dual solutions given here do not seem to be known inthe literature.     

Solution Generating with Perfect Fluids

We apply a technique, due to Stephani, for generating solutions of the Einstein-perfect-fluid equations. This technique is similar to the vacuum solution generating techniques of Ehlers, Harrison, Geroch and others. We start with a seed solution of the Einstein-perfect-fluid equations with a Killing vector. The seed solution must either have (i) a spacelike Killing vector and equation of state P = or (ii) a timelike Killing vector and equation of state + 3P = 0. The new solution generated by this technique then has the same Killing vector and the same equation of state. We choose several simple seed solutions with these equations of state and where the Killing vector has no twist. The new solutions are twisting versions of the seed solutions.     

Theorems on Shear-Free Perfect Fluids with Their Newtonian Analogues

In this paper we provide fully covariant proofs of some theorems on shear-free perfect fluids. In particular, we explicitly show that any shear-free perfect fluid with the acceleration proportional to the vorticity vector (including the simpler case of vanishing acceleration) must be either non-expanding or non-rotating. We also show that these results are not necessarily true in the Newtonian case, and present an explicit comparison of shear-free dust in Newtonian and relativistic theories in order to see where and why the differences appear.     

The GHP Formalism and a Type N Twisting Vacuum Metric with Killing Vector

It is shown that the formalism introduced byGeroch, Held and Penrose has a geometrical basis. Withthe help of the resulting insight a canonical splittingof the complex function which appears in the standard form of the Algebraically Special metrics isrealized. The results of this splitting are applied tothe problem of a (special) Type N vacuum metric with atwisting principle null direction. It is demonstrated that it is possible (but not feasable) to findthe metric without the use of differential equations. Anestimate of the size of the metric is given.     

Toda Chains with Type Am Lie Algebra for Multidimensional m-component Perfect Fluid Cosmology

We consider a D-dimensional cosmological modeldescribing an evolution of Ricci-flat factor spaces,M₁,..., M_n (n 3), in thepresence of an m-component perfect fluid source (n– 1 m 2). We find characteristicvectors, related to the matter constants in thebarotropic equations of state for fluid components ofall factor spaces. We show that, in the case where wecan interpret these vectors as the root vectorsof a Lie algebra of Cartan type A _m = sl(m + 1, i), the model reduces tothe classical open m-body Toda chain. Using an eleganttechnique by Anderson for solving this system, weintegrate the Einstein equationsfor the model and present the metric in aKasner-like form.     

Infinite Kinematic Self-Similarity and Perfect Fluid Spacetimes

Perfect fluid spacetimes admitting a kinematic self-similarity of infinite type are investigated. In the case of plane, spherically or hyperbolically symmetric space-times the field equations reduce to a system of autonomous ordinary differential equations. The qualitative properties of solutions of this system of equations, and in particular their asymptotic behavior, are studied. Special cases, including some of the invariant sets and the geodesic case, are examined in detail and the exact solutions are provided. The class of solutions exhibiting physical self-similarity are found to play an important role in describing the asymptotic behavior of the infinite kinematic self-similar models.     

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: General Non-Rotating Perfect-Fluid Solution with an Abelian Spacelike C3 Including Only One Isometry

The general solution for non-rotating perfect-fluid spacetimes admitting one Killing vector and two conformal (non-isometric) Killing vectors spanning an abelian three-dimensional conformal algebra (C₃) acting on spacelike hypersurfaces is presented. It is of Petrov type D; some properties of the family such as matter contents are given. This family turns out to be an extension of a solution recently given in [9] using completely different methods. The family contains Friedman-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker particular cases and could be useful as a test for the different FLRW perturbation schemes. There are two very interesting limiting cases, one with a non-abelian G₂ and another with an abelian G₂ acting non-orthogonally transitively on spacelike surfaces and with the fluid velocity non-orthogonal to the group orbits. No examples are known to the authors in these classes.     

Einstein-Fokker-Planck Equation for a Collapsing Perfect Fluid Star in a Thermal Noise Bath: Static Thermal Black Hole as the Equilibrium Solution

This paper considers sphericalOppenheimer-Snyder gravitational collapse of dust orperfect fluid stars immersed within aspacetime containing a thermal bath of (Gaussian) whitenoise at a temperature T, obeying the autocorrelations of thefluctation-dissipation theorem. Candidates for theresulting non-linear Einstein-Langevin (EL) stochasticdifferential field equations are developed. A collapsing fluid or dust star coupled to the stochastic,external thermal bath of fluctuations is theninterpreted as an example of a non-linear, noisy system,somewhat analogous to a non-linear Brownian motion in a viscous, thermal bath at temperature T. AnEinstein-Fokker-Planck (EFP) hydrodynamical continuityequation, describing the collapse as a probability flowwith respect to the exterior standard time t_s outside the collapsing body, is developed. Thethermal equilibrium or stationary solution can bederived in the infinite standard time relaxation limit.This limit (t_s ) only exists for a static, external observer within thenoise bath viewing the collapsing sphere such that R 1 (the event horizon) with unit probability ast_s . The stationary or thermalequilibrium solution of the efp equations therefore seemsto correspond to a static black hole in a Hartle-Hawkingstate at the Hawking temperature t_H. The OSmodel first predicted event horizons and singularities. It is interesting that through a simplestochastic extension of the model, one can conclude thatthe final collapsed, static, equilibrium state of thebody must be a thermal black hole at the Hawkingtemperature.     

Testing Photons Coupled to Weyl Tensor with Gravitational Time Advancement

Classical Solar System tests of photons coupled to Weyl tensor with two polarizations were studied in a recent work. A coupling strength parameter α in this model was firstly obtained as |α|<4×10¹¹ m² by using available datasets in the Solar System. In this paper, a new test called by gravitational time advancement is proposed and investigated to test such the coupling. This new test, which is quite different from Shapiro time delay, depends strongly on round-trip proper time span (not coordinate time one) of flight of radio pulses between an observer on the Earth and a distant spacecraft. For ranging a spacecraft getting far away from the Sun, two special cases (the superior/inferior conjunctions) are used to analyse the observability in the advancement contributed by the Weyl coupling. We found that the situation of the inferior conjunction is more suitable for detecting the advancement caused by such the Weyl coupling. In either case, two kinds of polarizations make the advancement in the model smaller or larger than the one of general relativity. Although the observability in the advancement could be out of the reach of already existing technology, the implement of planetary laser ranging and optical clocks might provide us more insights on such the Weyl coupling in the near future.     

Magnetic Monopoles and Massive Photons in a Weyl-Type Electrodynamics

In a previous work the Weyl-Dirac framework was generalized in order to obtain a geometrically based general relativistic theory, possessing intrinsic electric and magnetic currents and admitting massive photons. Some physical phenomena in that framework are considered. It is shown that massive photons may exist only in the presence of an intrinsic magnetic field. The role of massive photons is essential in order to get an interaction between magnetic currents. A static spherically symmetric solution is obtained. It may lead either to the Reissner-Nordström metric, or to the metric created by a magnetic monopole.     

Pressure and Maxwell Tensor in a Coulomb Fluid

The pressure in a classical Coulomb fluid at equilibrium is obtained from the Maxwell tensor at some point inside the fluid, by a suitable statistical average. For fluids in a Euclidean space, this is a fresh look at known results. But for fluids in a curved space, a case which is of some interest, these unambiguous results from the Maxwell tensor approach have not been obtained by other methods.     

Pressure and Stress Tensor in a Yukawa Fluid

Systems of particles interacting through a screened Coulomb potential of the Debye–Yukawa form are considered. The pressure is obtained from the stress tensor of the field corresponding to the Yukawa interaction, by a suitable statistical average. This approach is especially appropriate for systems living in a curved space. In a curved space, a self contribution to the pressure appears, and it is essential to take it into account for retrieving a correct pressure when the Yukawa interaction tends to the Coulomb interaction.     

The Quantum Commutator Algebra of a Perfect Fluid

A perfect fluid is quantized by the canonical method. The constraints are found and this allows the Dirac brackets to be calculated. Replacing the Dirac brackets with quantum commutators formally quantizes the system. There is a momentum operator in the denominator of some coordinate quantum commutators. It is shown that it is possible to multiply throughout by this momentum operator. Factor ordering differences can result in a viscosity term. The resulting quantum commutator algebra is unusual.     

Plane Symmetric Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models with a Perfect Fluid in General Relativity

In this paper we investigate a class of solutions of Einstein equations for the plane- symmetric perfect fluid case with shear and vanishing acceleration. If these solutions have shear, they must necessarily be non-static. We examine the integrable cases of the field equations systematically. Among the cases with shear we find three classes of solutions. PACS No.: 04.20.-q.     

Universe Filled with a Binary Mixture of Perfect Fluid and Dark Energy

We consider a self consistent system of Bianchi type-V gravitational field and a binary mixture of perfect fluid and dark energy. The perfect fluid is taken to be the one obeying the usual equation of state, i.e., p=γρ, with γ∈[0,1] whereas, the dark energy is considered to be either the quintessence like equation of state or Chaplygin gas. The equation of state parameter for dark energy ω is found to be consistent with the recent observations of SNe I_a data (Knop et al., Astrophys. J. 598:102, 2003), SNe I_a data with CMBR anisotropy and galaxy clustering statistics (Tegmark et al., Astrophys. J. 606:702, 2004) and latest a combination of cosmological datasets coming from CMB anisotropies, luminosity distances of high redshift type I_a supernovae and galaxy clustering (Hinshaw et al., Astrophys. J. Suppl. 180:225, 2009; Komatsu et al., Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 180:330, 2009). The physical and geometrical aspects of the models are also discussed in detail.     

Hydrostatic Equilibrium of a Perfect Fluid Sphere with Exterior Higher-Dimensional Schwarzschild Spacetime

We discuss the question of how the number of dimensions of space and time can influence the equilibrium configurations of stars. We find that dimensionality does increase the effect of mass but not the contribution of the pressure, which is the same in any dimension. In the presence of a (positive) cosmological constant the condition of hydrostatic equilibrium imposes a lower limit on mass and matter density. We show how this limit depends on the number of dimensions and suggest that >0 is more effective in 4D than in higher dimensions. We obtain a general limit for the degree of compactification (gravitational potential on the boundary) of perfect fluid stars in D dimensions. We argue that the effects of gravity are stronger in 4D than in any other number of dimensions. The generality of the results is also discussed.