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In physics, a perfect fluid is a fluid that can be completely characterized by its rest frame mass density ; and ''isotropic'' pressure ''p''. Real fluids are "sticky" and contain (and conduct) heat. Perfect fluids are idealized models in which these possibilities are neglected. Specifically, perfect fluids have no shear stresses, viscosity, or heat conduction. In space-positive Metric signature tensor notation, the stress–energy tensor of a perfect fluid can be written in the form : where ''U'' is the velocity vector field of the fluid and where is the metric tensor of Minkowski spacetime. In time-positive Metric signature tensor notation, the stress–energy tensor of a perfect fluid can be written in the form : where ''U'' is the velocity vector field of the fluid and where is the metric tensor of Minkowski spacetime This takes on a particularly simple form in the rest frame : where is the ''energy density'' and is the ''pressure'' of the fluid. Perfect fluids admit a Lagrangian formulation, which allows the techniques used in field theory, in particular, quantization, to be applied to fluids. This formulation can be generalized, but unfortunately, heat conduction and anisotropic stresses cannot be treated in these generalized formulations. Perfect fluids are often used in general relativity to model idealized distributions of matter, such as the interior of a star or an isotropic universe. In the latter case, the equation of state of the perfect fluid may be used in Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker equations to describe the evolution of the universe. ==See also== *Equation of state *Ideal gas *Fluid solutions in general relativity 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「perfect fluid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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