Title of article :
Spacetimes admitting quasi-conformal curvature tensor
Author/Authors :
Mallick ، Sahanous - Chakdaha College , Zhao ، Peibiao - Nanjing University of Science and Technology , De ، Uday Chand - University of Calcutta
Abstract :
The object of the present paper is to study spacetimes admitting quasi-conformal curvature tensor. At first we prove that a quasi-conformally flat spacetime is Einstein and hence it is of constant curvature and the energy momentum tensor of such a spacetime satisfying Einstein s field equation with cosmological constant is covariant constant. Next, we prove that if the perfect fluid pacetime with vanishing quasiconformal curvature tensor obeys Einstein s field equation without cosmological constant, then the spacetime has constant energy density and isotropic pressure and the perfect fluid always behave as a cosmological constant and also such a spacetime is infinitesimally spatially isotropic relative to the unit timelike vector field U. Moreover, it is shown that in a purely electromagnetic distribution the spacetime with vanishing quasi-conformal curvature tensor is filled with radiation and extremely hot gases. We also study dustlike fluid spacetime with vanishing quasiconformal curvature tensor.
Keywords :
Quasi , conformal curvature tensor , Einstein space , perfect fluid spacetime , Einstein s field equation , energy momentum tensor
Journal title :
Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society
Journal title :
Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society