Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-25-2014
Abstract
In this worksheet we describe and illustrate a relatively simple set of new Rainich-type conditions on an n-dimensional spacetime which are necessary and sufficient for it to define a perfect fluid solution of the Einstein field equations. Procedures are provided which implement these Rainich-type conditions and which reconstruct the perfect fluid from the metric. These results provide an example of the idea of geometrization of matter fields in general relativity, which is a purely geometrical characterization of matter fields via the Einstein field equations.
Recommended Citation
Krongos, Dionisios and Torre, Charles G., "Rainich-type Conditions for Perfect Fluid Spacetimes" (2014). Research Vignettes. Paper 8.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/dg_applications/8
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Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity Commons, Elementary Particles and Fields and String Theory Commons, Fluid Dynamics Commons, Partial Differential Equations Commons
