Gauging procedure constructs lagrangians for carrollian gravity.
problem Constructing lagrangians for carrollian gravity.
method Gauging procedure applied to Klein pairs corresponding to homogeneous spaces.
result Generalizes first-order lagrangians for four-dimensional maximally symmetric carrollian spaces.
Study p-brane Galilean and Carrollian geometries via intrinsic torsion.
problem Characterize p-brane Galilean and Carrollian geometries via intrinsic torsion. method Analyze intrinsic torsions as representations of G, interpret geometrically, and use physics-inspired methods. result Recover classification of p-brane Galilean geometries and relate to (D−p−2)-brane Carrollian geometries. Introduces Carrollian Lie algebroids to handle singular Carrollian geometries.
problem Handling singular Carrollian geometries within standard Carrollian geometry.
method Introduces Carrollian Lie algebroids to study singular Carrollian geometries.
result Established the existence of compatible connections on Carrollian Lie algebroids.
Novel Hodge theory developed for Carrollian bundles, addressing black hole event horizons.
problem Developing Hodge theory on Carrollian bundles with degenerate metrics.
method Constructing Hodge star and Laplacian operators on Carrollian Rimes-bundles. result Hodge--de Rham Laplacian defined on event horizons of Schwarzschild black holes.
The Carrollian superplane is constructed as a supermanifold generalization of the Carrollian plane.
problem Constructing the Carrollian superplane as a supermanifold.
method Intrinsic construction of the Carrollian superplane as a supermanifold generalization of the Carrollian plane, defining Carroll spinors, and showing it as a principal R1∣2-bundle. result Novel N=2 Carrollian supersymmetry transformations are generated. New framework for noncommutative Carrollian geometry using Lie-Rinehart pairs.
problem Developing a geometric framework for ultra-relativistic physics in noncommutative settings.
method Using ρ-Lie-Rinehart pairs to generalize Carrollian Lie algebroids to almost commutative geometry.
result Foundational principles of Carrollian geometry hold in almost commutative geometry.
Researchers compute differential invariants for Carrollian spacetimes.
problem Understanding the geometry and symmetries of Carrollian spacetimes.
method Derived from the geometry of the screen bundle, computed differential invariants using jet-spaces and Spencer cohomology.
result Specified how to generate the entire algebra of differential invariants for generic Carrollian structures, focusing on dimension 3.
Characterizes Lie groups with specific structures and finds a correspondence between carrollian and galilean Lie algebras.
problem Understanding Lie groups with specific structures.
method Using structure theory of metric Lie algebras and defining new Lie algebras with skew-symmetric derivations.
result A canonical correspondence between carrollian and galilean Lie algebras mediated by bargmannian Lie algebras.
The paper explores geometric invariants of null hypersurfaces using Carrollian geometry.
problem Understanding the thermodynamics of black hole solutions.
method Examining various Carrollian geometries and their connections to null hypersurface embeddings.
result A connection with torsion is the most natural object to study Carrollian manifolds.
New approach to Carrollian geometry using Rimes-bundles.
problem Analyzing Carrollian manifolds with degenerate metrics.
method Principal Rimes-bundles with degenerate metrics and connections. result Canonical non-degenerate metric derived from principal connection.
The article constructs strong Carrollian geometries at infinity for Ricci flat Einstein manifolds.
problem Understanding projective and Carrollian geometries at infinity for Ricci flat Einstein manifolds.
method Developed a new type of Cartan geometry based on non-effective homogeneous models for projective geometry.
result Carrollian geometries are determined by the projective compactification data of Ricci flat Einstein manifolds.
New spaces at infinity identified for Minkowski spacetime.
problem Characterizing asymptotic infinities of Minkowski spacetime.
method Embedding and describing homogeneous spaces of the Poincaré group.
result Determined new structures on asymptotic infinities.
The paper classifies intrinsic torsion in various spacetime structures.
problem Classifying intrinsic torsion in different spacetime structures.
method Review and classification of intrinsic torsion in galilean, Carrollian, Aristotelian, and Bargmannian spacetime structures.
result Found 16 classes for Aristotelian structures and 27 for Bargmannian structures.
Study of potential Carroll structures and special Carrollian manifolds for null hypersurfaces.
problem Understanding intrinsic geometry of null hypersurfaces.
method Initiate study of potential Carroll structures and explore their relationship to special Carrollian manifolds.
result Initiate the study of potential Carroll structures and their relationship to special Carrollian manifolds.
We define a new type of manifold and show it has properties like a pseudo-Riemannian manifold.
problem Defining a new type of manifold.
method Defining a Grassmann odd analogue of a Carrollian manifold and analyzing its properties.
result The reduced manifold is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold and compatible affine connections always exist with torsion.
Simply-connected homogeneous spacetimes for kinematical and aristotelian Lie algebras (with space isotropy) have recently been classified in all dimensions. In this paper, we continue the study of these "maximally symmetric" spacetimes by investigating their local geometry. For each such spacetime and relative to expon…
Introduces a new relation between BF theory and gravity.
problem Formulating gauge theories based on 2-connections.
method Categorical generalization of BF theory coupled to gravity.
result Alternative relation between BFCG and gravity.
PhD dissertation on Finsler geometry and gravity, focusing on Berwald spaces and exact solutions.
problem Characterizing and solving Finsler gravity equations.
method Analysis of Berwald spaces, (α,β)-metrics, and exact solutions to Finsler gravity equations. result Exact vacuum solutions in Finsler gravity.
We present new classes of exact solutions with noncommutative symmetries constructed in vacuum Einstein gravity (in general, with nonzero cosmological constant), five dimensional (5D) gravity and (anti) de Sitter gauge gravity. Such solutions are generated by anholonomic frame transforms and parametrized by generic off…
A relation between gravity on Poisson manifolds proposed in arXiv:1508.05706 and Einstein gravity is investigated. The compatibility of the Poisson and Riemann structures defines a unique connection, the contravariant Levi-Civita connection, and leads to the idea of the contravariant gravity. The Einstein-Hilbert-type …
A differential calculus, differential geometry and the E-R Gravity theory are studied on noncommutative spaces. Noncommutativity is formulated in the star product formalism. The basis for the gravity theory is the infinitesimal algebra of diffeomorphisms. Considering the corresponding Hopf algebra we find that the defo…
We argue that Horava-Lifshitz (HL) gravity provides the minimal holographic dual for Lifshitz-type field theories with anisotropic scaling and dynamical exponent z. First we show that Lifshitz spacetimes are vacuum solutions of HL gravity, without need for additional matter. Then we perform holographic renormalization …
We use conformal, but ghostful, Weyl gravity to study its ghost-free, second derivative, partially massless (PM) spin 2 component in presence of Einstein gravity with positive cosmological constant. Specifically, we consider both gravitational- and self- interactions of PM via the fully non-linear factorization of conf…
A theory of gravitation is proposed, modeled after the notion of a Ricci flow. In addition to the metric an independent volume enters as a fundamental geometric structure. Einstein gravity is included as a limiting case. Despite being a scalar-tensor theory the coupling to matter is different from Jordan-Brans-Dicke gr…
We simplify and extend a 6D conformal gravity theory to 8D, linking it to Q-curvature.
problem Constructing and understanding conformal gravity actions in different dimensions.
method Streamlined construction of 6D action, proving existence of 8D action, relating to Q-curvature.
result A unique 8D conformal gravity action exists with Einstein metrics as solutions.
Analyzing static solutions in Finsler gravity, extending known results.
problem Extending the analyticity of static vacuum solutions to Finsler spacetimes.
method Examining Finsler spacetimes with properties similar to static Lorentzian spacetimes.
result Finsler spacetimes with vanishing Ricci scalar are analytic.
Identifies null hypersurfaces with constant surface gravity.
problem Understanding null hypersurfaces in spacetimes.
method Analyzes spacetimes satisfying null convergence condition.
result Null hypersurfaces admit null sections with constant surface gravity.
Explains non-lorentzian theories and their dynamics.
problem Understanding non-lorentzian kinematics and dynamics.
method Review of kinematical spacetimes, construction of particle dynamics actions, discussion of gravity theories and field theories.
result Introduction and analysis of non-lorentzian gravity and field theories.
HR in 8D encodes unique conformal gravity with negative curvature.
problem Holographic Renormalisation in 8D Einstein Gravity.
method Relating HR to Topological Regularisation and adding the Euler term.
result The unique conformal gravity theory reproduces the polynomial and cancels divergent terms.
Special issue honors Stanley Deser, focusing on advanced physics topics.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Collection of articles in memory of Stanley Deser.
result No specific key result mentioned in the abstract.
Prominent approaches to quantum gravity struggle when it comes to incorporating a positive cosmological constant in their models. Using quantization of a complex SL(2,C) Chern-Simons theory we include a cosmological constant, of either sign, into a model of quantum gravity.
We developed a perturbation model for affine gravity theories.
problem Cosmological perturbations in theories without metric.
method Segregated perturbations into symmetric and antisymmetric components, decomposing into irreducible elements.
result Fully addressed gauge freedom in affine gravity theories.
Study Codazzi tensors in space-times, linking to Cotton gravity.
problem Understanding Codazzi tensors and their role in space-times.
method Analyzing geometric properties and proving conditions for Codazzi tensors.
result Codazzi tensors restrict space-times, influencing energy-momentum tensors in Cotton gravity.
The (2k)-th Gauss-Bonnet curvature is a generalization to higher dimensions of the (2k)-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet integrand, it coincides with the usual scalar curvature for k=1. The Gauss-Bonnet curvatures are used in theoretical physics to describe gravity in higher dimensional space times where they are known a…
The study characterizes spacetimes with specific solitons in f(R)-gravity.
problem Characterizing spacetimes with specific solitons in f(R)-gravity. method Analyzing η-Ricci solitons, gradient η-Ricci solitons, gradient Einstein Solitons, and gradient m-quasi Einstein solitons in perfect fluid spacetimes obeying f(R)-gravity. result Established conditions for the behavior of η-Ricci solitons and derived significant theorems about dark matter. The paper explores generalizations of Mirzakhani's recursion and computes volumes for physical gravity models.
problem Computing volumes for physical gravity models.
method Topological recursion and physical two-dimensional gravity models.
result Derivation of Virasoro constraints and cut-and-join equations for generalized Mirzakhani's recursions.
We show that 3D gravity, in its pure connection formulation, admits a natural 6D interpretation. The 3D field equations for the connection are equivalent to 6D Hitchin equations for the Chern-Simons 3-form in the total space of the principal bundle over the 3-dimensional base. Turning this construction around one gets …
CNN outperforms other methods in gravity inversion.
problem Estimating subsurface density from gravitational field data.
method CNN, VAEs, GANs, iterative solvers (GD, GMRES, LGMRES, ICG).
result CNN provides the most reliable reconstructions.
Study of Randers spacetimes and their Finsler gravity solutions.
problem Analyzing Finsler gravity field equations for Randers spacetimes.
method Examined Berwald-type Randers spacetimes and Finsler gravity field equations, showing equivalence to Einstein gravity.
result Found exact solutions for vacuum Finsler gravity are composed of pp-waves and 1-forms.
Theory for gravity coupled with fields on manifolds with null-boundary.
problem Formulating a theory for gravity coupled with scalar, SU(n), and spinor fields on manifolds with null-boundary.
method Symplectic reduction of boundary fields and constraints analysis.
result The set of constraints does not form a first class system for the three couplings.
New models predict mobility flows as well as complex machine learning but are simpler and interpretable.
problem Incomplete understanding and modeling of human mobility flows.
method Developed simple machine-learned, closed-form models of mobility.
result These models predict mobility flows more accurately than gravity or complex machine/deep learning models.
We show that holographic renormalization of relativistic gravity in asymptotically Lifshitz spacetimes naturally reproduces the structure of gravity with anisotropic scaling: The holographic counterterms induced near anisotropic infinity take the form of the action for gravity at a Lifshitz point, with the appropriate …
We study the fractional gravity for spacetimes with non-integer dimensions. Our constructions are based on a geometric formalism with the fractional Caputo derivative and integral calculus adapted to nonolonomic distributions. This allows us to define a fractional spacetime geometry with fundamental geometric/physical …
Study on the geometry of Cotton gravity field equations.
problem Analyzing the geometry of Cotton gravity field equations.
method Describes the local structure of spatial Riemannian factors and provides sufficient conditions for reduction to φ-static perfect fluid space-time. result Provides sufficient conditions for a C-φ-PF to reduce to a φ-SPFST. We propose further conformal parametrizations for initial data in some modified Einstein gravity theories. Some of them give rise to conformally covariant systems.
A first-order formulation of gravity is developed in which the fundamental fields consist of an SL(2,C) connection and two spinor-valued 1-forms. It is shown that the first term of an expansion of the Einstein-Hilbert action leads to an action for these fields which consists of dynamic L2 inner products of their covari…
This study analyzes a non-orientable spacetime model in 1+1D quantum gravity.
problem Analyzing a non-orientable spacetime model in 1+1D quantum gravity.
method Formulated a Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity toy model on the Möbius band, computed Stiefel-Whitney classes, and analyzed the Dirac operator.
result Half-integer momentum quantization, spectral symmetry, vanishing mod-2 index, and η_D(0) = 0 follow.
New topological quantum gravity theories linked to Ricci flow.
problem Quantum gravity and geometric flows on manifolds.
method BRST quantization, gauging symmetries, localization.
result Path integral localized to Ricci flow solutions.