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Joan Josep Ferrando

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arXiv2026

Thermodynamic Interpretation of the Kompanneets-Chernov-Kantowski-Sachs Solutions

The spatially homogeneous perfect fluid solutions by Kompanneets-Chernov-Kantowski-Sachs are interpreted as a thermodynamic perfect fluid in isentropic evolution, namely, the isentropic limit of their non-homogeneous generalizations, the T-models. Some specific solutions that model a generic ideal gas are examined, and the associated thermodynamic variables are obtained. We show that the necessary macroscopic conditions for physical reality are fulfilled in wide spacetime domains. The field equations for a classical ideal gas are established, and the behavior of the solution is analyzed. The models fulfilling a relativistic $γ$-law are also examined, and the solutions for some particular cases are obtained.

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arXiv2026

Dimension of the isometry group in type N vacuum solutions: an IDEAL approach

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a type N vacuum solution (with cosmological constant) to admit a group of isometries of dimension $r$ are given in terms of the invariant concomitants of the Weyl tensor. This study requires defining several invariant classes, and for each class, the conditions that determine the dimension are given. Thus, an IDEAL (Intrinsic, Deductive, Explicit and ALgorithmic) characterisation of these spacetimes follows. Some examples show that our algorithmic results can easily be implemented on the \textit{xAct Mathematica} suite of packages. The relation between our classes and already known families of solutions of Einstein equations is outlined.

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arXiv2024

Obtaining the multiple Debever null directions

The explicit expression of the multiple Debever null directions of an algebraically special spacetime are obtained in terms of the electric and magnetic parts of the Weyl tensor. An algorithm for the determination of the Petrov-Bel type and the algorithm to obtain the multiple Debever null directions are implemented as functions of a new package of xAct, a Mathematica suite of packages for tensor manipulations. These functions are applied to two examples.

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arXiv2024

Spatially-Homogeneous Cosmologies

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a perfect fluid solution to define a spatially-homogeneous cosmology are achieved. These conditions are Intrinsic, Deductive, Explicit and ALgorithmic, and they offer an IDEAL labeling of these geometries. When a three-dimensional group acts on the three-dimensional space-like orbits, the Bianchi type of the model is also obtained.

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arXiv2024

Thermodynamics of the universes admitting isotropic radiation

The thermodynamic interpretation of the Stephani Universes is studied in detail. The general expression of the speed of sound and of the thermodynamic schemes associated with a thermodynamic solution is obtained. The constraints imposed on the solutions by considering some significant physical properties are analyzed. We focus on the models where the cosmological observer measures isotropic radiation. We consider some examples, and a solution that models an ultrarelativistic gas is analyzed in detail.

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arXiv2023

Dimension of the isometry group in spacetimes with an invariant frame

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a spacetime with an invariant frame to admit a group of isometries of dimension $r$ are given in terms of the connection tensor $H$ associated with this frame. In Petrov-Bel types I, II and III, and in other spacetimes where an invariant frame algebraically defined by the curvature tensor exists, the connection tensor $H$ is given in terms of the Weyl and Ricci tensors without an explicit determination of the frame. Thus, an IDEAL (intrinsic, deductive, explicit and algorithmic) characterization of these spacetimes follows. Some examples show that this algorithm can be easily implemented on the xAct Mathematica suite of packages.

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arXiv2023

On the flow of perfect energy tensors

The necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for a unit time-like vector field $u$ to be the unit velocity of a divergence-free perfect fluid energy tensor. This plainly kinematic description of a conservative perfect fluid requires considering eighteen classes defined by differential concomitants of $u$. For each of these classes, we get the additional constraints that label the flow of a conservative energy tensor, and we obtain the pairs of functions $\{ρ,p\}$, energy density and pressure, which complete a solution to the conservation equations.

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arXiv2022

Hydrodynamic approach to the Synge gas

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a perfect energy tensor to describe the energy evolutions of a monoatomic relativistic Synge gas are obtained. Then, a Rainich-like theory for the Einstein-Synge solutions can be constructed. Equations of state approximating that of a Synge gas at low or at high temperatures, or in the entire domain of applicability, are analyzed from a hydrodynamic point of view.

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arXiv2022

Thermodynamic perfect fluid spheres admitting an orthogonal flat synchronization

We analyze the interpretation of the spherically symmetric perfect fluid solutions that admit a flat synchronization orthogonal to the fluid flow as a thermodynamic perfect fluid in local thermal equilibrium. The ideal gas sonic condition is examined for this family of metrics, and the macroscopic conditions for physical reality are accurately tested for some specific solutions.

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arXiv2021

T-model field equations: the general solution

We analyze the field equations for the perfect fluid solutions admitting a group G$_3$ of isometries acting on orbits S$_2$ whose curvature has a gradient that is tangent to the fluid flow (T-models). We propose several methods to integrate the field equations and we present the general solution without the need to calculate any integral.

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arXiv2021

A thermodynamic approach to the T-models

The perfect fluid solutions admitting a group G$_3$ of isometries acting on orbits S$_2$ whose curvature has a gradient which is tangent to the fluid flow (T-models) are studied from a thermodynamic approach. All the admissible thermodynamic schemes are obtained, and the solutions compatible with the generic ideal gas equation of state are studied in detail. The possible physical interpretation of some previously known T-models is also analyzed.

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arXiv2021

Dimension of the isometry group in three-dimensional Riemannian spaces

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a three-dimensional Riemannian metric to admit a group of isometries of dimension $r$ acting on s-dimensional orbits are obtained. These conditions are Intrinsic, Deductive, Explicit and ALgorithmic and they offer an IDEAL labeling that improves previously known invariant studies.

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arXiv2020

Thermodynamic class II Szekeres-Szafron solutions. Regular models

In a recent paper (Coll {\em et al} 2019 {\it Class. Quantum Grav.} {\bf 36} 175004) we have studied a family of Szekeres-Szafron solutions of class II in local thermal equilibrium (singular models). In this paper we deal with a similar study for all other class II Szekeres-Szafron solutions without symmetries. These models in local thermal equilibrium (regular models) are analyzed and their associated thermodynamic schemes are obtained. In particular, we focus on the subfamily of solutions which are compatible with the generic ideal gas equation of state ($p = \tilde{k} n Θ$), and we analyze in depth two notable interpretations that follow on from the choice of two specific thermodynamic schemes: firstly, as a generic ideal gas in local thermal equilibrium and, secondly, as a model having the homogeneous temperature of the FLRW limit. The models above are shown to fulfill the general necessary macroscopic requirements for physical reality (positivity of matter density, internal energy and temperature, energy conditions and compressibility conditions) in wide domains of the spacetime.

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arXiv2020

Homogeneous three-dimensional Riemannian spaces

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a three-dimensional Riemannian metric to admit a transitive group of isometries are obtained. These conditions are Intrinsic, Deductive, Explicit and ALgorithmic, and they offer an IDEAL labeling of these geometries. It is shown that the transitive action of the group naturally falls into an unfolding of some of the ten types in the Bianchi-Behr classification. Explicit conditions, depending on the Ricci tensor, are obtained that characterize all these types.

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arXiv2019

Thermodynamic class II Szekeres-Szafron solutions. Singular models

A family of parabolic Szekeres-Szafron class II solutions in local thermal equilibrium is studied and their associated thermodynamics are obtained. The subfamily with the hydrodynamic behavior of a generic ideal gas (defined by the equation of state $p = k n Θ$) results to be an inhomogeneous generalization of flat FLRW $γ$-law models. Three significative interpretations that follow on from the choice of three specific thermodynamic schemes are analyzed in depth. First, the generic ideal gas in local thermal equilibrium; this interpretation leads to an inhomogeneous temperature $Θ$. Second, the thermodynamics with homogeneous temperature considered by Lima and Tiomno (CQG 6 1989). And third, a new model having exactly the homogeneous temperature of the FLRW limit. It is shown that the three models above fulfill the necessary macroscopic requirements for physical reality (positivity of matter density and temperature, energy conditions and compressibility conditions) in wide domains of the spacetime.

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arXiv2019

Relativistic kinematic approach to the classical ideal gas

he necessary and sufficient conditions for a unit time-like vector field to be the unit velocity of a classical ideal gas are obtained. In a recent paper [Coll, Ferrando and Sáez, Phys. Rev D {\bf 99} (2019)] we have offered a purely hydrodynamic description of a classical ideal gas. Here we take one more step in reducing the number of variables necessary to characterize these media by showing that a plainly kinematic description can be obtained. We apply the results to obtain test solutions to the hydrodynamic equation that model the evolution in local thermal equilibrium of a classical ideal gas. \end{abstract}

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arXiv2019

A hydrodynamic approach to the classical ideal gas

The necessary and sufficient condition for a conservative perfect fluid energy tensor to be the energetic evolution of a classical ideal gas is obtained. This condition forces the square of the speed of sound to have the form $c_s^2 = \frac{γp}{ρ+p}$ in terms of the hydrodynamic quantities, energy density $ρ$ and pressure $p$, $γ$ being the (constant) adiabatic index. The {\em inverse problem} for this case is also solved, that is, the determination of all the fluids whose evolutions are represented by a conservative energy tensor endowed with the above expression of $c^2_s$, and it shows that these fluids are, and only are, those fulfilling a Poisson law. The relativistic compressibility conditions for the classical ideal gases and the Poisson gases are analyzed in depth and the values for the adiabatic index $γ$ for which the compressibility conditions hold in physically relevant ranges of the hydrodynamic quantities $ρ, p$ are obtained. Some scenarios that model isothermal or isentropic evolutions of a classical ideal gas are revisited, and preliminary results are presented in applying our hydrodynamic approach to looking for perfect fluid solutions that model the evolution of a classical ideal gas or of a Poisson gas.

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arXiv2018

On the relativistic compressibility conditions

The constraints imposed by the relativistic compressibility hypothesis on the square of the speed of sound in a medium are obtained. This result allows to obtain purely hydrodynamic conditions for the physical reality of a perfect energy tensor representing the energetic evolution of a perfect fluid in local thermal equilibrium. The results are applied to the paradigmatic case of the generic ideal gases. Then the physical reality of the ideal gas Stephani models is analyzed and the Rainich-like theory for ideal gas solutions is built.

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