A Note on the Geometry of RW Space-Times

Abstract

A conformally flat GRW space-time is a perfect fluid RW space-time. In this note, we investigated the influence of many differential curvature conditions, such as the existence of recurrent and semi-symmetric curvature tensors. In each case, the form of the Ricci curvature tensor, the energy–momentum tensor, the energy density, the pressure of the fluid, and the equation of state are determined and interpreted. For example, it is demonstrated that a Ricci semi-symmetric RW space-time reduces to Einstein space-time or a Ricci recurrent RW space-time, and the perfect fluid space-time is referred to as Yang pure space-time or dark matter era.

Keywords

• RW space-times
• Ricci semi-symmetric
• Ricci recurrent
• projective curvature tensor