Related papers: Symmetries of Bianchi I space-times
We develop a new method in order to classify the Bianchi I spacetimes which admit conformal Killing vectors (CKV). The method is based on two propositions which relate the CKVs of 1+(n-1) decomposable Riemannian spaces with the CKVs of the…
By imposing natural geometrical and kinematical conditions on a conformal Killing vector in Bianchi I spacetime, we show that a class of axisymmetric metrics admits a conformal motion. This class contains new exact solutions of Einstein's…
A study of conformally flat but non flat Bianchi type I and cylindrically symmetric static space-times according to proper projective symmetry is given by using some algebraic and direct integration techniques. It is shown that the special…
In this paper Bianchi type I spacetimes are completely classified by their homothetic vectors in the context of Lyra geometry. The non-linear coupled Lyra homothetic equations are obtained and solved completely for different cases. In some…
Using the one-parameter internal symmetry group in the Bianchi type-I spacetime for cosmological models with a perfect fluid, we show that a system of coordinates exists in the associated internal space where two scale factors become equal.…
The Einstein equations for a perfect fluid spatially homogeneous spacetime are studied in a unified manner by retaining the generality of certain parameters whose discrete values correspond to the various Bianchi types of spatial…
We show that the existence of appropriate spatial homothetic Killing vectors is directly related to the separability of the metric functions for axially symmetric spacetimes. The density profile for such spacetimes is (spatially) arbitrary…
Perfect fluid space-times admitting a three-dimensional Lie group of conformal motions containing a two-dimensional Abelian Lie subgroup of isometries are studied. Demanding that the conformal Killing vector be proper (i.e., not homothetic…
The dynamics of a class of cosmological models with collisionless matter and four Killing vectors is studied in detail and compared with that of corresponding perfect fluid models. In many cases it is possible to identify asymptotic states…
We determine the conformal algebra of Bianchi III and Bianchi V spacetimes or, equivalently, we determine all Bianchi III and Bianchi V spacetimes which admit a proper conformal Killing vector. The algorithm that we use has been developed…
The necessary and sufficient conditions for a perfect fluid solution to define a spatially-homogeneous cosmology are achieved. These conditions are Intrinsic, Deductive, Explicit and ALgorithmic, and they offer an IDEAL labeling of these…
A study of Bianchi type I space-times according to its proper affine vector field is given by using holonomy and decomposability, the rank of the Rieman matrix and direct integration techinques. It is shown that the special class of the…
We consider the general orthogonal metric separable in space and time variables in comoving coordinates. We then characterise perfect fluid models admitted by such a metric. It turns out that the homogeneous models can only be either FLRW…
We examine the behaviour of homogeneous, anisotropic space-times, specifically the locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi types $I$ and $VII_o$ in the presence of anisotropic matter. By finding an appropriate constant of the motion, and…
In this paper, we present a complete classification of Locally Rotationally Symmetric (LRS) Bianchi type I spacetimes according to their Conformal Ricci Collineations (CRCs). When the Ricci tensor is non-degenerate, a general form of the…
Curvature collineations of Bianchi type IV space-times are investigated using the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration technique. From the above study it follows that the Bianchi type IV space-times possesses only one case…
We consider the most general form of Bianchi types VIII and IX space-times for studying proper affine symmetry by using holonomy and decomposability, the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration techniques. Studying proper…
We study proper curvature collineations in the most general form of the Bianchi types VI_{0} and VII_{0} space-times using the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration technique. It is shown that when the above space-times…
We investigate diagonal Bianchi-I spacetimes in the presence of viscous fluids by using the shear and the anisotropic pressure components as the basic variables, where the viscosity is driven by the (second-order) causal thermodynamics. A…
Spacetimes admitting a similarity group are considered. Amongst them, special attention is given to the 3-parameter ones. A classification of such spacetimes is given based on the Bianchi type of the similarity group $H_3$, and the general…