Comment on Ricci Collineations for type B warped space-times

We present two counterexamples to the paper by Carot et al. in Gen. Rel. Grav. 1997, 29, 1223 and show that the results obtained are correct but not general.Comment: LaTex, 3 pages, Eq. (9) and reference added, typos corrected; Gen. Rel. Grav (to appear

On the general structure of Ricci collineations for type B warped spacetimes

A complete study of the structure of Ricci collineations for type B warped spacetimes is carried out. This study can be used as a method to obtain these symetries in such spacetimes. Special cases as 2+2 reducible spacetimes, and plane and spherical symmetric spacetimes are considered specifically.Comment: 18 pages. Version accepted for publication in JM

Lie groups of conformal motions acting on null orbits

Space-times admitting a 3-dimensional Lie group of conformal motions $C_3$ acting on null orbits are studied. Coordinate expressions for the metric and the conformal Killing vectors (CKV) are provided (irrespectively of the matter content) and then all possible perfect fluid solutions are found, although none of these verify the weak and dominant energy conditions over the whole space-time manifold.Comment: 5 pages, Late

The Einstein field equations for cylindrically symmetric elastic configurations

In the context of relativistic elasticity it is interesting to study axially symmetric space-times due to their significance in modeling neutron stars and other astrophysical systems of interest. To approach this problem, here, a particular class of these space-times is considered. A cylindrically symmetric elastic space-time configuration is studied, where the material metric is taken to be flat. The components of the energy-momentum tensor for elastic matter are written in terms of the invariants of the strain tensor, here chosen to be the eigenvalues of the pulled-back material metric. The Einstein field equations are presented and a condition confirming the existence of a constitutive function is obtained. This condition leads to special cases, in one of which a new system for the metric functions and an expression for the constitutive function are deduced. The new system depends on a particular function, which builds up the constitutive equation.IB and EGLRV acknowledge financial support from FCT and CMAT. They also express their thanks and gratitude for the hospitality at the Universitat de les Illes Balears

General spherically symmetric elastic stars in Relativity

The relativistic theory of elasticity is reviewed within the spherically symmetric context with a view towards the modeling of star interiors possessing elastic properties such as theones expected in neutron stars. Emphasis is placed on generality in the main sections of the paper, and the results are then applied to specific examples. Along the way, a few general results for spacetimes admitting isometries are deduced, and their consequences are fully exploited in the case of spherical symmetry relating them next to the the case in which the material content of the spacetime is some elastic material. This paper extends and generalizes the pioneering work by Magli and Kijowski [1], Magli [2] and [3], and complements, in a sense, that by Karlovini and Samuelsson in their interesting series of papers [4], [5] and [6].Comment: 23 page