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A semi-symmetric metric connection, perfect fluid space-time and phantom barrier

Differential Geometry 2026-05-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider a concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection and its application. The Ricci tensors with respect to the concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection are symmetric, and they are used to define Einstein type manifolds. In this way, conditions under which a pseudo-Riemannian manifold is quasi-Einstein are obtained. On a Lorentzian manifold, a concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection with a unit timelike generator becomes a semi-symmetric metric PP-connection, and a Lorentzian manifold becomes a GRW space-time. { It is proven in which case the scalar curvature of a perfect fluid space-time with that connection is constant and what its value is, which implies a reduction to Einstein manifold. } Furthermore, an application to the theory of relativity is presented, and the value of the equation of state is examined. It is ultimately shown that the equation of state in a perfect fluid space-time that satisfies Einstein field equation with cosmological constant and admits a unit timelike torse-forming vector represents a phantom barrier.

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@article{arxiv.2510.00849,
  title  = {A semi-symmetric metric connection, perfect fluid space-time and phantom barrier},
  author = {Miroslav Maksimović and Milan Zlatanović and Marija Najdanović},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.00849},
  year   = {2026}
}