Super-energy tensor for space–times with vanishing scalar curvature

DOI10.1063/1.532743MaRDI QIDQ4701904zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Miguel Á. G. Bonilla, C. F. Sopuerta

Publication date 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904031

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann tensorBel-Robinson tensorplane-fronted gravitational wavesBel tensorVaidya radiating metricfour-index tensorFriedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: A four-index tensor is constructed with terms both quadratic in the Riemann tensor and linear in its second derivatives, which has zero divergence for space-times with vanishing scalar curvature. This tensor reduces in vacuum to the Bel-Robinson tensor. Furthermore, the completely timelike component referred to any observer is positive, and zero if and only if the space-time is flat (excluding some unphysical space-times). We also show that this tensor is the unique that can be constructed with these properties. Such a tensor does not exist for general gravitational fields. Finally, we study this tensor in several examples: the Friedmann-Lema^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker space-times filled with radiation, the plane-fronted gravitational waves, and the Vaidya radiating metric.

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