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This is page 96 in Wald's "General Relativity"
He says that the stress energy tensor of the ordinary matter in the universe is of the form
[itex]T_{ab}=\rho u_a u_b[/itex] where [itex]\rho[/itex] is the density of matter in the universe.
why does it take this form? also are [itex]u_a[/itex] and [itex]u_b[/itex] orthogonal vectors in the plane orthogonal to the tangent of the world line of an observer at that point?
or am i completely missing the point there?
anyway he then goes on to talk about how a thermal distribution of radiation at a temperature of about 3K fills the universe and for massless thermal radiation [itex]P=\frac{\rho}{3}[/itex] (where is this from - I've tried to find a formula for radiation pressure but can't find one). Anyway whilst, presently this doesn't contribute to the stress energy of the universe it was the dominant term in the beginning and so we should take [itex]T_{ab}[/itex] to be of the perfect fluid form
[itex]T_{ab}=\rho u_a u_b +P (g_{ab} + u_a u_b)[/itex]
what is meant by the perfect fluid form?
where does the [itex]P (g_{ab} + u_a u_b)[/itex] term come from?
it says earlier (the previous page) that [itex]h_{ab}(t)=g_{ab} + u_a u_b[/itex] is the metric of either a sphere, flat Euclidean space or a hyperboloid on the surface [itex]\Sigma_t[/itex]. does this help with understanding the above...
He says that the stress energy tensor of the ordinary matter in the universe is of the form
[itex]T_{ab}=\rho u_a u_b[/itex] where [itex]\rho[/itex] is the density of matter in the universe.
why does it take this form? also are [itex]u_a[/itex] and [itex]u_b[/itex] orthogonal vectors in the plane orthogonal to the tangent of the world line of an observer at that point?
or am i completely missing the point there?
anyway he then goes on to talk about how a thermal distribution of radiation at a temperature of about 3K fills the universe and for massless thermal radiation [itex]P=\frac{\rho}{3}[/itex] (where is this from - I've tried to find a formula for radiation pressure but can't find one). Anyway whilst, presently this doesn't contribute to the stress energy of the universe it was the dominant term in the beginning and so we should take [itex]T_{ab}[/itex] to be of the perfect fluid form
[itex]T_{ab}=\rho u_a u_b +P (g_{ab} + u_a u_b)[/itex]
what is meant by the perfect fluid form?
where does the [itex]P (g_{ab} + u_a u_b)[/itex] term come from?
it says earlier (the previous page) that [itex]h_{ab}(t)=g_{ab} + u_a u_b[/itex] is the metric of either a sphere, flat Euclidean space or a hyperboloid on the surface [itex]\Sigma_t[/itex]. does this help with understanding the above...