Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-relativity-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2013/paper-1/1/b/solution

For geodesic motion of uncharged dust, use the pressureless stress-energy form, and . stress-energy conservation expands to
Contracting 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.

New to topics? Read the docs here!