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Observer decomposition of a symmetric stress-energy tensor

Statement

Let $(A, V, η, C^{+})$ be the affine Minkowski model, $c > 0$ , $Ω \subseteq A$ open, and let $T$ be a continuous symmetric type- $(2, 0)$ tensor field on $Ω$ (Stress-energy tensor, force density and local balance on flat spacetime). Let $n \in V$ be future unit, $η (n, n) = - 1$ , with rest projection $h (v) = v + η (n, v) n$ and $h^{a}_{b} = δ^{a}_{b} + n^{a} n_{b}$ as in Norms of four-velocity and four-acceleration, and the observer rest-space decomposition,(c). At a point $p \in Ω$ define $ε : = T^{a b} n_{a} n_{b}$ , $π^{a} : = - c^{- 1} h^{a}_{b} T^{b c} n_{c}$ and $S^{a b} : = h^{a}_{c} h^{b}_{d} T^{c d}$ . Then: (a) $π$ lies in $n^{⊥}$ , $S$ is symmetric and horizontal in both slots ( $S^{a b} n_{b} = n_{a} S^{a b} = 0$ ), and $T^{a b} = ε n^{a} n^{b} + c (n^{a} π^{b} + π^{a} n^{b}) + S^{a b} .$ (b) Contracting with $n$ gives $T^{a b} n_{b} = - ε n^{a} - c π^{a}$ ; hence $ε$ and $π$ are determined by $T$ and $n$ , and the decomposition is unique among decompositions $T^{a b} = ε^{'} n^{a} n^{b} + c (n^{a} π^{' b} + π^{' a} n^{b}) + S^{' a b}$ with $π^{'} \in n^{⊥}$ and $S^{'}$ symmetric horizontal: $ε^{'} = ε$ , $π^{'} = π$ , $S^{'} = S$ . (c) In any adapted inertial orthonormal frame with $n = e_{0}$ , the numerical components of this decomposition are $ε = T^{00}$ , $π^{0} = 0$ , $π^{i} = T^{0 i} / c$ and $S^{0 a} = S^{a 0} = 0$ , $S^{i j} = T^{i j}$ for $i, j = 1, 2, 3$ . Define isotropic rest stress to mean $S^{a b} = p h^{a b}$ for a real scalar $p$ , where $h^{a b} : = η^{a b} + n^{a} n^{b}$ . Thus $S = 0$ means vanishing rest stress, and is the isotropic case $p = 0$ ; isotropy permits any $p$ , including nonzero pressure or tension. These are numerical tensor identities. Physical adoption of the energy/momentum-density reading is a separate model premise; this mathematical lemma asserts no observer measurement. No choice principle is used.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The affine Minkowski model with inertial chart $x$ , its constant metric components $η_{a b}$ , the inverse components $η^{a b}$ and the index conventions of Lorentz forms of inertia (3,1,0) on a 4-dimensional real vector space and Oriented time-oriented affine Minkowski space (the spacetime primitives); a continuous symmetric type- $(2, 0)$ field $T$ on $Ω$ (Stress-energy tensor, force density and local balance on flat spacetime, C^k tensor fields on affine Minkowski space and their inertial components); a future unit vector $n \in V$ , so $n_{a} n^{a} = η (n, n) = - 1$ , with $n^{⊥} = {v : η (n, v) = 0}$ and $h^{a}_{b} = δ^{a}_{b} + n^{a} n_{b}$ (Norms of four-velocity and four-acceleration, and the observer rest-space decomposition,(c)). All components below are taken at one fixed point and the components $T^{a b}$ are those of $T$ in an inertial chart.

[F1]

Rest-space projector. The map $h (v) = v + η (n, v) n$ is linear and idempotent, has image $n^{⊥}$ and kernel $span (n)$ , satisfies $h (n) = 0$ and $η (n, h (v)) = 0$ for all $v$ ; in components $h^{a}_{b} = δ^{a}_{b} + n^{a} n_{b}$ , so $h^{a}_{b} n^{b} = 0 = n_{a} h^{a}_{b}$ and $h^{a}_{c} h^{c}_{b} = h^{a}_{b}$ . (Norms of four-velocity and four-acceleration, and the observer rest-space decomposition,(c))

[F2]

Component conventions and symmetry: $T^{a b} = T^{b a}$ , $δ^{a}_{b} = h^{a}_{b} - n^{a} n_{b}$ , and index lowering commutes with the algebra. (Stress-energy tensor, force density and local balance on flat spacetime)

Proof

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1.1F1given

Projector identities. From [F1], $n_{a} n^{a} = - 1$ ; $h^{a}_{b} n^{b} = 0$ , $n_{a} h^{a}_{b} = 0$ and $h^{a}_{c} h^{c}_{b} = h^{a}_{b}$ ; moreover $δ^{a}_{c} = h^{a}_{c} - n^{a} n_{c}$ .

2.1F2step 1.1

Expansion and horizontality. Using $δ^{a}_{c} δ^{b}_{d} = (h^{a}_{c} - n^{a} n_{c}) (h^{b}_{d} - n^{b} n_{d})$ from step 1.1 and the symmetry $T^{c d} = T^{d c}$ of [F2], expand $T^{a b} = (h^{a}_{c} - n^{a} n_{c}) (h^{b}_{d} - n^{b} n_{d}) T^{c d} = S^{a b} - n^{b} h^{a}_{c} T^{c d} n_{d} - n^{a} h^{b}_{d} T^{d c} n_{c} + n^{a} n^{b} n_{c} n_{d} T^{c d};$ with the definitions of $ε$ , $π$ and $S$ this is $T^{a b} = S^{a b} + c n^{b} π^{a} + c n^{a} π^{b} + ε n^{a} n^{b}$ . Moreover $π \in n^{⊥}$ because $n_{a} π^{a} = - c^{- 1} n_{a} h^{a}_{b} T^{b c} n_{c} = 0$ , and $S$ is symmetric because $h^{a}_{c} h^{b}_{d} T^{c d} = h^{b}_{d} h^{a}_{c} T^{d c}$ ; finally $S^{a b} n_{b} = h^{a}_{c} h^{b}_{d} T^{c d} n_{b} = 0$ and $n_{a} S^{a b} = 0$ by step 1.1, so $S$ is horizontal in both slots. This proves (a).

2.2step 1.1given

Frame components (c). In an adapted inertial orthonormal frame with $n = e_{0}$ one has $n^{a} = δ_{0}^{a}$ and $n_{a} = - δ_{a}^{0}$ ; hence $h^{0}_{0} = 0$ , $h^{0}_{j} = h^{i}_{0} = 0$ and $h^{i}_{j} = δ_{j}^{i}$ for $i, j = 1, 2, 3$ . Substituting into the definitions gives $ε = T^{00}$ ; $π^{a} = - c^{- 1} h^{a}_{b} T^{b c} n_{c} = c^{- 1} h^{a}_{b} T^{b 0}$ , so $π^{0} = 0$ and $π^{i} = T^{i 0} / c = T^{0 i} / c$ ; and $S^{a b} = h^{a}_{c} h^{b}_{d} T^{c d}$ gives $S^{0 a} = S^{a 0} = 0$ and $S^{i j} = T^{i j}$ .

3.1step 1.1step 2.1given

Contraction and uniqueness (b). Contracting the expansion of step 2.1 with $n_{b}$ and using step 1.1, $T^{a b} n_{b} = ε n^{a} (n_{b} n^{b}) + c (n^{a} π^{b} n_{b} + π^{a} n_{b} n^{b}) + S^{a b} n_{b} = - ε n^{a} - c π^{a}$ . If $T^{a b} = ε^{'} n^{a} n^{b} + c (n^{a} π^{' b} + π^{' a} n^{b}) + S^{' a b}$ is another decomposition with $π^{'} \in n^{⊥}$ and $S^{'}$ symmetric horizontal, then contracting with $n_{a} n_{b}$ gives $ε^{'} = T^{a b} n_{a} n_{b} = ε$ , contracting with $n_{b}$ and comparing with the identity just proved gives $- c π^{' a} = - ε n^{a} - ε^{'} (- n^{a}) - c π^{a} = - c π^{a}$ , hence $π^{'} = π$ as $c > 0$ ; then $S^{'} = T - ε n \otimes n - c (n \otimes π + π \otimes n) = S$ .

4.1step 2.1step 2.2step 3.1∎

Clauses (a), (b) and (c) are proved in steps 2.1, 3.1 and 2.2. The isotropic rest stress $S^{a b} = p h^{a b}$ is a definition, with $p = 0$ exactly when $S = 0$ ; the identities hold at every point of $Ω$ and use only that $T$ is a continuous symmetric $(2, 0)$ field, while the physical reading of $ε$ , $π$ and $S$ as measured energy density, momentum density and stress is a separate model premise not asserted here. No choice principle is used.

Observer decomposition of a symmetric stress-energy tensor

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