Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2015
Abstract
Rainich-type conditions giving a spacetime “geometrization” of matter fields in general relativity are reviewed and extended. Three types of matter are considered: perfect fluids, scalar fields, and elec- tromagnetic fields. Necessary and sufficient conditions on a spacetime metric for it to be part of a perfect fluid solution of the Einstein equa- tions are given. Formulas for constructing the fluid from the metric are obtained. All fluid results hold for any spacetime dimension. Ge- ometric conditions on a metric which are necessary and sufficient for it to define a solution of the Einstein-scalar field equations and for- mulas for constructing the scalar field from the metric are unified and extended to arbitrary dimensions, to include a cosmological con- stant, and to include any self-interaction potential. Necessary and sufficient conditions on a four-dimensional spacetime metric for it to be an electrovacuum and formulas for constructing the electromag- netic field from the metric are generalized to include a cosmological constant. Both null and non-null electromagnetic fields are treated. A number of examples and applications of these results are presented.
Recommended Citation
Torre, Charles G. and Krongos, Dionisios, "Geometrization Conditions for Perfect Fluids, Scalar Fields, and Electromagnetic Fields" (2015). Presentations and Publications. Paper 9.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/dg_pres/9
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