Comoving fluids - radiation and matter

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$$\begin{equation}

0 = ({\rho}_m + P_m)u^{m}_iu^{m}_j + \frac{4}{3}{\rho}_ru^{r}_iu^{r}_j

\end{equation}$$

where i,j = 1,2,3 and different. That is the off-diagonal elements of the tresstensor for matter fluid and radiation fluid.

The energy conditions imply that

##\rho_m + p_m > 0## and ##\rho_r > 0##

This implies that

$$\begin{equation}

u^{m}_1=u^{m}_2=u^{m}_3=u^{r}_1=u^{r}_2=u^{r}_3=0

\end{equation}$$

But how do one conclude the last equality?

edit: Tried to write in latex-code, but it doesn't seem to work (I don't know how to do).
 
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Put $$ both at the start and end of stand-alone latex math; put ## both at the start and end of stand-alone latex math. I have edited your original post.

befj0001 said:
$$u^{m}_1=u^{m}_2=u^{m}_2=u^{r}_2=u^{r}_2=u^{r}_2=0
$$

Do you mean

$$u^{m}_1=u^{m}_2=u^{m}_3=u^{r}_1=u^{r}_2=u^{r}_3 = 0?$$
 
George Jones said:
Put $$ both at the start and end of stand-alone latex math; put ## both at the start and end of stand-alone latex math. I have edited your original post.



Do you mean

$$u^{m}_1=u^{m}_2=u^{m}_3=u^{r}_1=u^{r}_2=u^{r}_3 = 0?$$

Yes I do. My mistake.

I also wonder, since this imply that matter and radiation are both comoving. It means that
L.R.S (locally rotational symmetric) space-times does not admit two-fluid models where one of the perfect models is tilted.

What does it mean for a fluid to be tilted? What does "locally rotational symmetric means" in the context of a cosmological model?
 
befj0001 said:
What does it mean for a fluid to be tilted?

Suppose spacetime is foliated into spatially homogeneous spatial sections. A fluid is tilted if its flow lines are not orthogonal to the spatial sections.
 
George Jones said:
Suppose spacetime is foliated into spatially homogeneous spatial sections. A fluid is tilted if its flow lines are not orthogonal to the spatial sections.

So it just means that it is not stationary in space? It changes coordinates in the x,y,z direction?

But I still don't understand the reasoning from the statement:

"If matter and radiation are both comoving, it means that
L.R.S (locally rotational symmetric) space-times does not admit two-fluid models where one of the perfect models is tilted."

How can matter and radiation be comoving in the first place? Radiation moves with the speed of light.