A simple characterization of generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes
arXiv:1411.0270 · doi:10.1007/s10714-014-1833-9
Abstract
A generalized Robertson-Walker spacetime is the warped product with base an open interval of the real line endowed with the opposite of its metric and base any Riemannian manifold. The family of generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes widely extends the one of classical Robertson-Walker spacetimes. In this article we prove a very simple characterization of generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes; namely, a Lorentzian manifold is a generalized Robertson-Walker spacetime if and only if it admits a timelike concircular vector field.
5 pages, to appear in General Relativity and Gravitation
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