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arxiv: 1508.05883 · v3 · pith:V6BVXUXEnew · submitted 2015-08-24 · 🧮 math.DG · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

A condition for a perfect-fluid space-time to be a generalized Robertson-Walker space-time

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keywords space-timeperfect-fluidrobertson-walkertensorweylconditiondivergencefield
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A perfect-fluid space-time of dimension n>3 with 1) irrotational velocity vector field, 2) null divergence of the Weyl tensor, is a generalised Robertson-Walker space-time with Einstein fiber. Condition 1) is verified whenever pressure and energy density are related by an equation of state. The contraction of the Weyl tensor with the velocity vector field is zero. Conversely, a generalized Robertson-Walker space-time with null divergence of the Weyl tensor is a perfect-fluid space-time.

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