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Maxwell, Einstein, Dirac and Navier-Stokes Equations

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The Many Faces of Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein Equations

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In the previous chapters we exhibit several different faces of Maxwell, Einstein and Dirac equations. In this chapter we show that given certain conditions we can encode the contents of Einstein equation in Maxwell like equations for a field \(F = dA \in \sec \bigwedge \nolimits ^{2}T^{{\ast}}M\) (see below), whose contents can be also encoded in a Navier-Stokes equation. For the particular cases when it happens that F 2 ≠ 0 we can also using the Maxwell-Dirac equivalence of the first kind discussed in Chap. 13 to encode the contents of the previous quoted equations in a Dirac-Hestenes equation for \(\psi \in \sec (\bigwedge \nolimits ^{0}T^{{\ast}}M + \bigwedge \nolimits ^{2}T^{{\ast}}M + \bigwedge \nolimits ^{4}T^{{\ast}}M)\) such that \(F =\psi \gamma ^{21}\tilde{\psi }.\) Specifically, we first show in Sect. 15.1 how each LSTS \((M,\boldsymbol{g},D,\tau _{\boldsymbol{g}},\uparrow )\) which, as we already know, is a model of a gravitational field generated by \(\mathbf{T} \in \sec T_{2}^{0}M\) (the matter plus non gravitational fields energy-momentum tensor) in Einstein GRT is such that for any \(\mathbf{K} \in \sec TM\) which is a vector field generating a one parameter group of diffeomorphisms of M we can encode Einstein equation in Maxwell like equations satisfied by F = dK where \(K =\boldsymbol{ g}(\boldsymbol{K},\) ) with a well determined current term named the Komar current \(J_{\boldsymbol{K}}\), whose explicit form is given. Next we show in Sect. 15.2 that when K=A is a Killing vector field, due to some noticeable results [Eqs. (15.28) and (15.29)] the Komar current acquires a very simple form and is then denoted \(J_{\boldsymbol{A}}\). Next, interpreting, as in Chap. 11 the Lorentzian spacetime structure \((M,\boldsymbol{g},D,\tau _{\boldsymbol{g}},\uparrow )\) as no more than an useful representation for the gravitational field represented by the gravitational potentials \(\{\mathfrak{g}^{a}\}\) which live in Minkowski spacetime (here denoted by \((M = \mathbb{R}^{4},\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} }, \mathring{D} ,\tau _{\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} }},\uparrow )\)) we show in Sect. 15.3 that we can find a Navier-Stokes equation which encodes the contents of the Maxwell like equations (already encoding Einstein equations) once a proper identification is made between the variables entering the Navier-Stokes equations and the ones defining \( \mathring{A} =\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} }(\boldsymbol{A},)\) and \( \mathring{F} = d \mathring{A} \), objects clearly related [see Eq. (15.49)] to A and F = dA. We also explicitly determine also the constraints imposed by the nonhomogeneous Maxwell like equation \(\mathop{\delta }\limits_{\boldsymbol{g}}F = -J_{\boldsymbol{A}}\) on the variables entering the Navier-Stokes equations and the ones defining A (or \( \mathring{A} \)).

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Komar called a related quantity the generalized flux.

  2. 2.

    V denotes a spacelike hypersurface and S = ∂ V its boundary. Usually the integral \(\mathfrak{E}\) is calculated at a constant x 0 time hypersurface and the limit is taken for S being the boundary at infinity.

  3. 3.

    Note that since \(\mathop{\delta }\limits_{\boldsymbol{g}}(\mathcal{G}^{\mu }K_{\mu }) = 0\) it follows from Eq. (15.16) that indeed \(\mathop{\delta }\limits_{\boldsymbol{g}}L = 0\).

  4. 4.

    Something that is not given in [10].

  5. 5.

    Observe that when A is a Killing vector field the quantities \(\int \nolimits _{V } \star \boldsymbol{ T}(A)\) and \(\int \nolimits _{V }\frac{1} {2} \star TA\) are separately conserved as it is easily verified.

  6. 6.

    An equivalent formula appears, e.g., as Eq. (11.2.10) in [23]. However, it is to be emphasized here the simplicity and transparency of our approach concerning traditional ones based on classical tensor calculus.

  7. 7.

    The total system is the system consisting of the gravitational plus matter and non gravitational fields.

  8. 8.

    If you need help for the solution of the exercises, see, [15, 17].

  9. 9.

    More details may be found in [7].

  10. 10.

    The {x μ} are global coordinate functions in Einstein-Lorentz Poincaré gauge for the Minkowski spacetime that are naturally adapted to an inertial reference frame \(e_{0} = \partial /\partial \mathtt{x}^{0}, \mathring{D} e_{0} = 0\).

  11. 11.

    The basis {e μ} is the reciprocal basis of the basis {e μ }, i.e., \(\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} }(e^{\mu },e_{\nu }) =\delta _{ \nu }^{\mu }.\)

  12. 12.

    Other identifications of Navier-Stokes equation with Maxwell equations may be found in [21, 22].

  13. 13.

    We have (details in [7]) \(\mathit{g} =\boldsymbol{ h}^{\dag }\boldsymbol{h}\) and \(\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} }(\mathit{g}(\boldsymbol{\gamma }_{\mu }),\boldsymbol{\gamma }_{\nu }) = g_{\mu \nu } =\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} }(\boldsymbol{h}(\boldsymbol{\gamma }_{\mu }),\boldsymbol{h}(\boldsymbol{\gamma }_{\nu })) =\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} (}\mathfrak{g}_{\mu }, \mathfrak{g}_{\nu })\).

  14. 14.

    The spherical coordinate functions are (r,\(\theta,\varphi )\).

  15. 15.

    We use that \(\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} } = \mathring{g} _{\mu \nu }\vartheta ^{\mu } \otimes \vartheta ^{\nu } = \mathring{g} ^{\mu \nu }\vartheta _{\mu } \otimes \vartheta _{\nu }\), where \(\{\vartheta _{\mu }\}\) is the reciprocal basis of \(\{\vartheta ^{\mu }\}\), namely \(\vartheta _{\mu } = \mathring{g} _{\alpha \mu }\vartheta ^{\alpha }\) and \( \mathring{g} ^{\mu \nu } \mathring{g} _{\mu \kappa } =\delta _{ \kappa }^{\nu }\). In the bases associated to {x μ} it is \(\boldsymbol{ \mathring{g} } =\eta _{\mu \nu }\boldsymbol{\gamma }^{\mu } \otimes \boldsymbol{\gamma }^{\nu } =\eta ^{\mu \nu }\boldsymbol{\gamma }_{\mu } \otimes \boldsymbol{\gamma }_{\nu }\).

  16. 16.

    Of course, it is a partial differential equation that needs to be satisfied by the components of the stress tensor of the connection.

  17. 17.

    In [20] a fluid satisfying a particular Navier-Stokes equation is also shown to be approximately equivalent to Einstein equation. The approach here which follows the one in [17] is completely different from the one in [20].

  18. 18.

    For other papers relating Einstein equations and Navier-Stokes equations we quote also here that the authors in [2] show that cosmic censorship might be associated to global existence for Navier-Stokes or the scale separation characterizing turbulent flows, and in the context of black branes in AdS5, Einstein equations are shown to be led to the nonlinear equations of boundary fluid dynamics [3]. In addition, gravity variables can provide a geometrical framework for investigating fluid dynamics, in a sense of a geometrization of turbulence [6].

  19. 19.

    Although, as asserted in Weinberg [24], all Lorentzian spacetimes that represent gravitational fields of physical interest possess some Killing vector fields.

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Rodrigues, W.A., Capelas de Oliveira, E. (2016). Maxwell, Einstein, Dirac and Navier-Stokes Equations. In: The Many Faces of Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein Equations. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 922. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27637-3_15

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