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Theorems on shear-free perfect fluids with their Newtonian analogues

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-12-03 v1

Abstract

In this paper we provide fully covariant proofs of some theorems on shear-free perfect fluids. In particular, we explicitly show that any shear-free perfect fluid with the acceleration proportional to the vorticity vector (including the simpler case of vanishing acceleration) must be either non-expanding or non-rotating. We also show that these results are not necessarily true in the Newtonian case, and present an explicit comparison of shear-free dust in Newtonian and relativistic theories in order to see where and why the differences appear.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9702035,
  title  = {Theorems on shear-free perfect fluids with their Newtonian analogues},
  author = {J. M. M. Senovilla and C. F. Sopuerta and P. Szekeres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9702035},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

23 pages, LaTeX. Submitted to GRG