Incorporation of space–time symmetries in Einstein’s field equations

DOI10.1063/1.532170MaRDI QIDQ4378329zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Elias Zafiris

Publication date 24 March 1998

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9710103

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationsspacetime symmetriesfluidsLie derivatives

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20)

Abstract: In the search for exact solutions to Einstein's field equations the main simplification tool is the introduction of spacetime symmetries. Motivated by this fact we develop a method to write the field equations for general matter in a form that fully incorporates the character of the symmetry. The method is being expressed in a covariant formalism using the framework of a double congruence. The basic notion on which it is based is that of the geometrisation of a general symmetry. As a special application of our general method we consider the case of a spacelike conformal Killing vector field on the spacetime manifold regarding special types of matter fields. New perspectives in General Relativity are discussed.

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