INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D, vol.11, no.3, pp.353-366, 2002 (SCI-Expanded)
Conformal collineations (a generalization of conformal motion) and Ricci inheritance collineations, defined by pound xi R-ab = 2alphaR(ab), for string cloud and string fluids in general relativity axe studied. By investigating the kinematical and dynamical properties of such fluids and using the field equations, some recent studies on the restrictions imposed by conformal collineations are extended, and new results axe found.