Reviving the shear-free perfect fluid conjecture in general relativity
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Publication:4601786
DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA95ADzbMATH Open1381.83019arXiv1708.02462OpenAlexW3101189299WikidataQ123218860 ScholiaQ123218860MaRDI QIDQ4601786FDOQ4601786
Authors: Muzikayise E. Sikhonde, Peter K. S. Dunsby 
Publication date: 24 January 2018
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Employing a Mathematica symbolic computer algebra package called xTensor, we present -covariant special case proofs of the shear-free perfect fluid conjecture in General Relativity. We first present the case where the pressure is constant, and where the acceleration is parallel to the vorticity vector. These cases were first presented in their covariant form by Senovilla et. al. We then provide a covariant proof for the case where the acceleration and vorticity vectors are orthogonal, which leads to the existence of a Killing vector along the vorticity. This Killing vector satisfies the new constraint equations resulting from the vanishing of the shear. Furthermore, it is shown that in order for the conjecture to be true, this Killing vector must have a vanishing spatially projected directional covariant derivative along the velocity vector field. This in turn implies the existence of another extit{basic} vector field along the direction of the vorticity for the conjecture to hold. Finally, we show that in general, there exist a extit{basic} vector field parallel to the acceleration for which the conjecture is true.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.02462
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