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Plane symmetric self-gravitating fluids with pressure equal to energy density

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Solutions of the Cauchy problem associated with the Einstein field equations which satisfy general initial conditions are obtained under the assumptions that (1) the source of the gravitational field is a perfect fluid with pressure,p, equal to energy density,w, and (2) the space-time admits the three parameter group of motions of the Euclidean plane, that is, the space-time is plane symmetric. The results apply to the situation where the source of the gravitational field is a massless scalar field since such a source has the same stress-energy tensor as an irrotational fluid withp=w. The relation between characteristic coordinates and comoving ones is discussed and used to interpret a number of special solutions. A solution involving a shock wave is discussed.

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  1. Romualdo Tabensky

    Present address: Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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  1. Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    Romualdo Tabensky

  2. Mathematics Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

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Tabensky, R., Taub, A.H. Plane symmetric self-gravitating fluids with pressure equal to energy density. Commun.Math. Phys. 29, 61–77 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01661153

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