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Constant coupled electrovac rescaling
Statement
Let be as in SI and geometrized Einstein–Maxwell parameters and the four-dimensional Lorentzian curvature convention of The Riemann curvature operator and the derived Ricci, scalar and Einstein tensors. Suppose they satisfy the formal sourced Einstein–Maxwell equations
where is the quadratic tensor of Exact geometric electrovac normalization. For a positive dimensionless constant , define
Then satisfies the same equations with the same numerical constants . In particular, a source-free electrovac solution () maps to a source-free electrovac solution. No transformation law for an additional matter stress tensor or matter action is asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The smooth Lorentzian geometry, parameter dictionary and quadratic tensor of SI and geometrized Einstein–Maxwell parameters, Exact geometric electrovac normalization and The Riemann curvature operator and the derived Ricci, scalar and Einstein tensors. The inherited geometric setup carries as in [A1].
For , the Einstein equation above is equivalent to . (Exact geometric electrovac normalization)
Under a smooth positive conformal factor , the Maxwell pair maps to for . (Four-dimensional conformal Maxwell covariance)
The metric-selected connection has the Christoffel formula of Metric compatibility, torsion freedom and the metric-selected connection class, and curvature, Ricci, scalar and Einstein tensors have the definitions of The Riemann curvature operator and the derived Ricci, scalar and Einstein tensors.
The inherited choice assumption is Countable Choice , not full Choice. (The Axiom of Countable Choice ())
Proof
Since is constant, and . Substitution in the Christoffel formula [F3] gives ; hence the two curvature operators and their lower-index Ricci tensors agree by [F3]. Tracing with gives , so .
In the definition of , while , so the first quadratic term is unchanged. Also and , so the trace term is unchanged. Therefore .
We have . Together with steps 1.1 and 1.2, both sides of the Einstein equation are unchanged. Equivalently, and the normalized equation in [F1] has the same quadratic tensor under .
Apply [F2] with the constant conformal factor : maps to . The differential-form Maxwell equations are linear in the pair , so multiplying both entries of this solution by gives , which also solves them. This proves the sourced Maxwell transformation; when , the transformed source remains zero.
Remarks
The scaling is an exact identity for the displayed equations. Because lengths and the cosmological parameter are rescaled, it does not say that a fixed apparatus or fixed dimensionful matter data are unchanged. A matter model must supply its own transformation law before any coupled matter invariance can be claimed.
Depends on
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
SI and geometrized Einstein–Maxwell parameters
The Riemann curvature operator and the derived Ricci, scalar and Einstein tensors
Metric compatibility, torsion freedom and the metric-selected connection class
Four-dimensional conformal Maxwell covariance
Exact geometric electrovac normalization
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Sources
- David Tong, General Relativity, Cambridge Part III lecture notes, §4, author-hosted full-text HTML, Maxwell equations, Einstein equation and electromagnetic stress
- Sean M. Carroll, Lecture Notes on General Relativity, arXiv:gr-qc/9712019v1, §§3.4–3.5, 4.3–4.5 and 7.2, curvature, Maxwell forms and coupled Einstein–Maxwell equations