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Past exam of the relativity course of the University of Cambridge 2013 Paper 1 1 b Solution by
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For geodesic motion of uncharged dust, use the pressureless stress-energy form, and . stress-energy conservation expands toContracting with kills the second term, since . Hence , and wherever ,On a flow line , so this becomes . Each relativistic dust element therefore follows a timelike geodesic with proper time as an affine parameter. pressure gradients or external nongravitational forces would add an acceleration term.
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