Conformal vector fields of Bianchi type-I spacetimes

被引:4
作者
Khan, Suhail [1 ]
Bukhari, Maria [1 ]
Alkhaldi, Ali H. [2 ]
Ali, Akram [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Peshawar, Dept Math, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoon, Pakistan
[2] King Khalid Univ, Coll Sci, Dept Math, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
关键词
Symmetries; conformal vector fields; conformal factor; KILLING VECTORS; SYMMETRIES; MOTIONS;
D O I
10.1142/S0217732321502540
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
This paper aims to investigate Conformal Vector Fields (CVFs) of Bianchi type-I spacetimes. A set of 10-coupled Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) is obtained from the conformal Killing equations. These equations are solved by using direct integration techniques to explore the components of CVFs. Utilizing these components, we get a system of three integrability conditions. Finally, we achieve CVFs along with conformal factors for unique possibilities of unknown metric functions from the solution of these conditions. From our results, it is examined that Bianchi type-I spacetimes admit five or fifteen CVFs for specific choices of metric functions.
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