Codazzi tensors and their space-times and cotton gravity

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03106-7MaRDI QIDQ6174872zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Carlo Alberto Mantica, Luca Guido Molinari

Publication date 15 July 2023

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.06173

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic fluidalternative gravity theoriesCodazzi tensorStephani universeYang pure spacecotton gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Formal methods and deformations in algebraic geometry (14D15) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We study the geometric properties of certain Codazzi tensors for their own sake, and for their appearance in the recent theory of Cotton gravity. We prove that a perfect-fluid tensor is Codazzi if and only if the metric is a generalized Stephani universe. A trace condition restricts it to a warped space-time, as proven by Merton and Derdzinski. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for a space-time to host a current-flow Codazzi tensor. In particular, we study the static and spherically symmetric cases, which include the Nariai and Bertotti-Robinson metrics. The latter are a special case of Yang Pure space-times, together with spatially flat FRW space-times with constant curvature scalar. We apply these results to the recent Cotton gravity by Harada. The equations have the freedom of choosing a Codazzi tensor, that constrains the space-time where the theory is staged. The tensor, chosen in forms significative for physics, implies the form of the Ricci tensor, and the two specify the energy-momentum tensor, which is the source in Cotton gravity for the chosen metric. For example, the Stephani, Nariai and Bertotti-Robinson space-times solve Cotton gravity with physically sensible energy-momentum tensors. Finally, we discuss Cotton gravity in De Sitter space-times.

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