Frame rotation in the Szekeres spacetimes

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA76F8zbMATH Open1373.83026arXiv1706.00622OpenAlexW2620664818WikidataQ126009703 ScholiaQ126009703MaRDI QIDQ4592648FDOQ4592648

Charles Hellaby

Publication date: 7 November 2017

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Szekeres metric is an inhomogeneous cosmological model without any symmetries. The standard Riemann-type coordinates can be transformed into spherical-type coordinates, but the metric is no longer diagonal, and the constant "radius" 2-spheres, 2-hyperboloids or 2-planes are known to be "non-concentric". Since the transformation into spherical-type coordinates is "radius" dependent, we question whether these coordinates have the same orientation on each 2-surface. To answer this question, we set up an orthonormal tetrad (ONT), and investigate its variation. We find that a relative rotation of the tetrad is generic, and it can increase systematically under conditions that are not very restrictive. We search for paths along which the tetrad is constant, and find they only exist under very restrictive conditions. In the process, we create a systematic method for defining an ONT with chosen properties from a given metric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.00622

zbMATH Keywords

inhomogeneous cosmologyspacetime geometryframe rotationSzekeres metricmetric interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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Cited In (3)

• Thermodynamic class II Szekeres–Szafron solutions. Singular models
• Thermodynamic class II Szekeres–Szafron solutions. Regular models
• Calculating observables in inhomogeneous cosmologies. Part I: general framework

Uses Software

• GRTensorII
• Maple

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