Intrinsic Conformal Symmetries in Szekeres models
Abstract
We show that Spatially Inhomogeneous (SI) and Irrotational dust models admit a \emph{6-dimensional algebra } of \emph{Intrinsic Conformal Vector Fields} (ICVFs) satisfying where is the associated metric of the 2d distribution normal to the fluid velocity and the radial unit spacelike vector field . The Intrinsic Conformal (IC) algebra is determined for each of the curvature value that characterizes the structure of the screen space . In addition the conformal flatness of the hypersurfaces indicates the existence of a \emph{% 10-dimensional algebra} of ICVFs of the 3d metric . We illustrate this expectation and propose a method to derive them by giving explicitly the \emph{7 proper} ICVFs of the Lema\^{\i}tre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) model which represents the simplest subclass within the Szekeres family.
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@article{arxiv.1611.09781,
title = {Intrinsic Conformal Symmetries in Szekeres models},
author = {Pantelis S. Apostolopoulos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.09781},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
6 pages (uses iopart style/class files); (v2) some minor amendments to match published version in Modern Physics Letters A