Primeval symmetries

dc.creatorAldrovandi, R.
dc.creatorCuzinatto, R. R.
dc.creatorMedeiros, L. G.
dc.date2005-09-01
dc.date2007-08-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:43:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:43:01Z
dc.descriptionA detailed examination of the Killing equations in Robertson-Walker coordinates shows how the addition of matter and/or radiation to a de Sitter Universe breaks the symmetry generated by four of its Killing fields. The product U = (a^2)(dH/dt) of the squared scale parameter by the time-derivative of the Hubble function encapsulates the relationship between the two cases: the symmetry is maximal when U is a constant, and reduces to the six-parameter symmetry of a generic Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model when it is not. As the fields physical interpretation is not clear in these coordinates, comparison is made with the Killing fields in static coordinates, whose interpretation is made clearer by their direct relationship to the Poincare group generators via Wigner-Inonu contractions.
dc.description16 pages, 2 tables; published version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0509003
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0509003
dc.identifierGen.Rel.Grav.39:1813-1832,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s10714-007-0490-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201090
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titlePrimeval symmetries
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