We show that every K-contact Einstein manifold is Sasakian-Einstein and discuss several corollaries of this result.

In the field equations of Einstein-Cartan theory with cosmological constant a static spherically symmetric perfect fluid with spin density satisfying the Weyssenhoff restriction is considered. This serves as a rough model of space filled with (fermionic) dark matter. From this the Einstein static universe with constant torsion is constructed, generalising the Einstein Cosmos to Einstein-Cartan ...

One of the most interesting questions in Riemannian geometry is that of deciding whether a manifold admits curvatures of certain kinds. More specifically, one might want to know whether some given manifold admits a canonical metric, i.e. one with constant curvature of some form (sectional curvature, scalar curvature, etc.). (This will in fact have many topological implications.). One such probl...

This paper attempts to define a generalisation of the standard Einstein condition (in conformal/metric geometry) to any parabolic geometry. To do so, it shows that any preserved involution σ of the adjoint bundle A gives rise, given certain algebraic conditions, to a unique preferred affine connection ∇ with covariantly constant rho-tensor P, compatible with the algebraic bracket on A. These co...

The global holomorphic invariant αG(X) introduced by Tian [?], Tian and Yau [?] is closely related to the existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics. In his solution to the Calabi conjecture, Yau [?] proved the existence of a Kähler-Einstein metric on compact Kähler manifolds with nonpositive first Chern class. Kähler-Einstein metrics do not always exist in the case when the first Chern class is posi...

The notion of Einstein causality, i.e. the limiting role of the velocity of light in the transmission of signals, is discussed. It is pointed out that Nimtz and coworkers use the notion of signal velocity in a different sense from Einstein and that their experimental results are in full agreement with Einstein causality in its ordinary sense. We also show that under quite general assumptions in...

We examine the occurrence of Bose-Einstein condensation in both nonrelativistic and relativistic systems with no self-interactions in a general setting. A simple condition for the occurrence of Bose-Einstein condensation can be given if we adopt generalized ζ-functions to define the quantum theory. We show that the crucial feature governing Bose-Einstein condensation is the dimension q associat...

Which smooth compact 4-manifolds admit an Einstein metric with non-negative Einstein constant? A complete answer is provided in the special case of 4-manifolds that also happen to admit either a complex structure or a symplectic structure. A Riemannian manifold (M, g) is said to be Einstein if it has constant Ricci curvature, in the sense that the function v −→ r(v, v) on the unit tangent bundl...

Einstein vacuum equations, that is a system of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) are derived from Weyl metric by using relation between Einstein tensor and metric tensor. The symmetries of Einstein vacuum equations for static axisymmetric gravitational fields are obtained using the Lie classical method. We have examined the optimal system of vector fields which is further used to ...