A simple property of the Weyl tensor for a shear, vorticity and acceleration-free velocity field
@article{Molinari2018ASP, title={A simple property of the Weyl tensor for a shear, vorticity and acceleration-free velocity field}, author={Luca Guido Molinari and Carlo Alberto Mantica}, journal={General Relativity and Gravitation}, year={2018}, volume={50}, pages={1-7} }
We prove that, in a space-time of dimension $$n>3$$n>3 with a velocity field that is shear-free, vorticity-free and acceleration-free, the covariant divergence of the Weyl tensor is zero if and only if the contraction of the Weyl tensor with the velocity is zero. This extends a property found in generalised Robertson–Walker spacetimes, where the velocity is also eigenvector of the Ricci tensor. Despite the simplicity of the statement, the proof is involved. As a product of the same calculation…
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