Ricci recurrent space-times with torsion (Q757848)

The main result is an extension of the following theorem: A Ricci recurrent Riemannian space-time where the Einstein field equations (where the energy-momentum tensor is covariantly constant in vacuum) are obeyed is an Einstein space. The main result: A Ricci recurrent Riemannian space-time with torsion where the Einstein-Cartan field equations are obeyed, is an Einstein space in the case of a Weyssenhoff fluid, where the torsion obeys the constraint \(S^ c_{ab}=S_{ab}u^ c\), or \(S^ c_{ab}=0\), \(S^ c_{ab}\) denoting the spin density tensor connected to the torsion of the space-time. The property of being an Einstein space also imposes an additional constraint on the Riemann-Cartan tensor of the type \(R_{abcd}u^ d=0\), where \(u^ d\) is the four-velocity of the Weyssenhoff fluid.