Wednesday, 29 April 2020

general relativity - Energy-momentum tensor for dust


We all know that the energy-momentum tensor for dust is just Tαβ=ρ0vαvβ, where ρ0 is the mass density in the dust's rest frame and vα is the dust's four-velocity. I'm trying to derive the dust energy momentum tensor from the equation Tαβ=2gδSMδgαβ but I'm getting the wrong answer.


The action for dust is


S=ρ0gd4x.


Thus


δSδgαβ=δ(ρ0)δgαβgρ0δgδgαβ.


To evaluate δ(ρ0)δgαβ, I define Kα=ρ0vα. Then ρ0=gαβKαKβ and thus δρ0=12ρ0KαKβδgαβ. It follows that Tαβ=ρ0vαvβρ0gαβ.


There's an extra term that I can't get rid of. Any idea where I went wrong?




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