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Labeling spherically symmetric spacetimes with the Ricci tensor

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-01-25 v1

Abstract

We complete the intrinsic characterization of spherically symmetric solutions partially accomplished in a previous paper [Class.Quant.Grav. (2010) 27 205024]. In this approach we consider every compatible algebraic type of the Ricci tensor, and we analyze specifically the conformally flat case for perfect fluid and Einstein-Maxwell solutions. As a direct application we obtain the {\em ideal} labeling (exclusively involving explicit concomitants of the metric tensor) of the Schwarzschild interior metric and the Vaidya solution. The Stephani universes and some significative subfamilies are also characterized.

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@article{arxiv.1701.05023,
  title  = {Labeling spherically symmetric spacetimes with the Ricci tensor},
  author = {Joan Josep Ferrando and Juan Antonio Sáez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.05023},
  year   = {2017}
}

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20 pages, no figues