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The problem of variable separation of the scalar field equation is approached within the Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) cosmological model with cosmological constant Λ. Parametric solutions of the cosmological Newton-like equation of the model are preliminary determined that result factorized in the parameter and in the radial dependence. The result holds on a sufficient condition that relates the two arbitrary integration functions of the model. The condition is of the same type of the one that ensures, in absence of cosmological term, the separability of the spin field equations for spin 0, 1/2, 1. It is then shown that the scalar field equation results automatically separable in the class of LTB models determined. The separated radial equation results independent of Λ, while the separated time equation strictly depends on Λ. The separability of the field equations is then checked to hold, in the same context, for spinor field equation of spin 1/2 and spin 1.
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Zecca, A. Separation of Spin 0, 1/2, 1 Field Equations in Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi Cosmological Model with Cosmological Constant. Int J Theor Phys 53, 181–187 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-013-1795-9
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