In [1], we gave a method for constructing Bertrand curves from the spherical curves in 3 dimensional Minkowski space. In this work, we construct the Bertrand curves corresponding to a spacelike geodesic and a null helix in Minkowski 4 spacetime.
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Kerr spacetimes without closed null geodesics for non-zero rotation.
problem Analyzing closed geodesics in Kerr spacetimes.
method Analytic extension and geodesic analysis.
result Kerr spacetimes do not admit closed null geodesics for any non-zero rotation parameter.
Researchers prove unique embedding of curved surfaces into Minkowski spacetime.
problem Embedding curved surfaces into Minkowski spacetime.
method GHMC Minkowski spacetime construction.
result Unique GHMC Minkowski spacetime for given curved surfaces.
Null geodesics in Kerr spacetimes cannot be closed or bounded.
problem Existence of closed null geodesics in Kerr spacetimes.
method Analytical proof of non-existence of closed null geodesics in Kerr spacetimes.
result Null geodesics in Kerr spacetimes cannot be closed or contained in a compact subset.
We write the Dirac equation in curved 4-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime using concepts from the analysis of partial differential equations as opposed to geometric concepts.
Given a regular curve in Minkowski spacetime, we describe necessary and sufficient conditions for this curve to admit a family of pairwise-disjoint crooked planes. Using this criterion, we describe crooked foliations along orbit curves of one-parameter groups of Lorentzian isometries.
Paper introduces a new time separation function for spacetimes.
problem Lower semicontinuity of time separation function for spacetimes.
method Introduced nearly timelike curves to ensure lower semicontinuity.
result Lower semicontinuous time separation function for spacetimes.
Study pp-waves with lightlike parallel spinors in vacuum spacetimes.
problem Characterize pp-waves with lightlike parallel spinors in vacuum spacetimes.
method Parametrize pp-wave spacetimes, show correspondence with Riemannian metrics, prove parallel spinor condition.
result A pp-wave spacetime with a lightlike parallel spinor corresponds to a Ricci-flat metric with a parallel spinor.
In this work, a version of Fermat's principle for causal curves with the same energy in time orientable Finsler spacetimes is proved. We calculate the secondvariation of the {\it time arrival functional} along a geodesic in terms of the index form associated with the Finsler spacetime Lagrangian. Then the character of …
Researchers examine various causal structures for spacetimes with continuous metrics.
problem Comparing causal structures for spacetimes with continuous but not necessarily smooth metrics.
method Examined three key properties: push-up lemma, openness of chronological futures, and existence of limit causal curves.
result Spacetimes with continuous metrics do not always satisfy all three key properties.
In this paper we define a new type of 2-degenerate Cartan curves in Minkowski spacetime . We prove that this type of curves contain only the polynomial functions as its components whose third derivative vanish completely. No curve with acceleration zero in is a 2-degenerate Cartan curve, therefor…
We develop a new approach to the existence of time functions on Lorentzian manifolds, based on Conley's work regarding Lyapunov functions for dynamical systems. We recover Hawking's result that a stably causal admits a time function through a more general result giving the existence of a continuous function that is non…
In this paper, we are concerned with light-like extremal surfaces in curved spacetimes. It is interesting to find that under a diffeomorphic transformation of variables, the light-like extremal surfaces can be described by a system of nonlinear geodesic equations. Particularly, we investigate the light-like extremal su…
Proves Gannon-Lee theorem for spacetimes.
problem Classical singularity theorems for spacetimes.
method Proves theorem for spacetimes, shows geodesic properties.
result Gannon-Lee theorem holds for spacetimes.
Low regularity spacetimes split into simpler structures.
problem Proving splitting theorem for metrics and weights.
method Combining elliptic techniques and line-adapted curves.
result Extends Lorentzian splitting theorem to settings.
Differential geomtrical methods for deriving the Dirac equation in Curved Spacetime are presented. Einstein's field equation is applied in a novel manner; in the most current standard reference, Birrell and Davies, 1994 [1], the suggestions for deriving the Dirac equation in Curved Spacetime make no mention of employin…
On microlocalisation and the construction of Feynman Propagators for normally hyperbolic operatorsmath.AP
The article constructs Feynman propagators for normally hyperbolic operators on curved spacetimes.
problem Constructing Feynman propagators for non-scalar geometric operators on curved spacetimes.
method Global microlocalisation constructions for normally hyperbolic operators on globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
result Feynman propagators can be constructed to satisfy a positivity property for selfadjoint normally hyperbolic operators.
The main topic of this paper is to show that in the 3-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, the torsion of a null curve is equal to the Schwarzian derivative of a certain function appearing in a description of the curve. As applications, we obtain descriptions of the slant helices, and null curves for which the torsion is o…
Globally hyperbolic spacetimes admitting infinitely many causal (and timelike) homotopy classes of curves joining two prescribed points, are exhibited and discussed.
We consider the region of closed timelike curves (CTC's) in three-dimensional flat Lorentz spacetimes. The interest in this global geometrical feature goes beyond the purely mathematical. Such spacetimes may be considered lower-dimensional toy models of sourceless Einstein gravity or cosmology. In particular, our inter…
We formulate the concept of time machine structure for spacetimes exhibiting a compactely constructed region with closed timelike curves. After reviewing essential properties of the pseudo Schwarzschild spacetime introduced by A. Ori, we present an analysis of its geodesics analogous to the one conducted in the case of…
No closed timelike geodesics in Kerr spacetimes, proving absence of closed causal geodesics.
problem Proving the nonexistence of closed timelike geodesics in Kerr spacetimes.
method Analyzing the Kerr-star spacetime, excluding closed null geodesics and proving the nonexistence of closed timelike geodesics.
result No closed timelike geodesics in Kerr spacetimes.
Detect spacetime curvature with event causality measurements.
problem Detecting spacetime curvature without rulers and clocks.
method Prove spacetime non-flatness through causal relations.
result Sixteen measurements verify non-flatness of non-conformally flat spacetimes.
Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem extended to Berwald spacetimes.
problem Generalizing Birkhoff theorem to Berwald spacetimes.
method Proving Ricci-flat, spatially spherically symmetric Berwald spacetimes are pseudo-Riemannian or flat.
result Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem extended to Berwald spacetimes.
We describe a procedure naturally associating relativistic Klein-Gordon equations in static curved spacetimes to non-relativistic quantum motion on curved spaces in the presence of a potential. Our procedure is particularly attractive in application to (typically, superintegrable) problems whose energy spectrum is give…
A time-flat condition on spacelike 2-surfaces in spacetime is considered here. This condition is analogous to constant torsion condition for curves in three dimensional space and has been studied in [2, 4, 5, 12, 13]. In particular, any 2-surface in a static slice of a static spacetime is time-flat. In this article, we…
Paper connects surfaces in 4D and 3D spacetime.
problem Finding relations between Lorentz surfaces in different spacetime dimensions.
method Weierstrass-type representations for null curves and surfaces.
result Relation between minimal Lorentz surfaces in and .
The study examines conditions that prevent null geodesic lines in spacetimes, impacting cosmological geometry.
problem Preventing the existence of null geodesic lines in spacetimes.
method Identifying geometric conditions on foliations of spacetimes that prevent null geodesic lines, especially for spacetimes with compact Cauchy hypersurfaces.
result Conditions on foliations can prevent null geodesic lines, leading to restrictions on cosmological spacetime geometry.
We show that the definition of global hyperbolicity in terms of the compactness of the causal diamonds and non-total imprisonment can be extended to spacetimes with continuous metrics, while retaining all of the equivalences to other notions of global hyperbolicity. In fact, global hyperbolicity is equivalent to the co…
We construct stationary flat three-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds with singularities that are obtained from Euclidean surfaces with cone singularities and closed one-forms on these surfaces. In the application to (2+1)-gravity, these spacetimes correspond to models containing massive particles with spin. We analyse t…
Lightlike hypersurfaces in cone structures minimize time.
problem Finding time-minimizing paths in cone structures.
method Defining lightlike hypersurfaces and proving their foliation by cone geodesics.
result Lightlike hypersurfaces in globally hyperbolic spacetimes are time-minimizing.
Anisotropic connections and parallel transport defined in Finsler spacetimes.
problem Defining and characterizing anisotropic connections and parallel transport in Finsler spacetimes.
method Introducing a new covariant derivative and parallel transport, identifying vertically trivial Finsler connections with anisotropic connections, and characterizing the Levi-Civita-Chern anisotropic connection.
result Characterization of the Levi-Civita-Chern anisotropic connection as the one preserving the length of parallely propagated vectors.
We compare the covariant formulation of Quantum Mechanics on a curved spacetime fibred on absolute time with the standard Geometric Quantisation.
The paper connects complex spacetimes to twistor spaces and finds an almost contact structure.
problem Understanding the geometry of complex spacetimes and their relation to twistor spaces.
method Using a correspondence between 5D complex spacetimes and 4D twistor spaces, the paper constructs almost contact structures.
result A 5-dimensional K-contact manifold can be derived from the Ren-Wang twistor space.
Proves conditions for Cauchy horizons in low-regularity spacetimes.
problem Conditions for the existence of Cauchy horizons in spacetimes with low regularity.
method Analyzes the relationship between complete Cauchy hypersurfaces, almost closed causal curves, and points at infinity.
result Wald's conjecture reformulated as a PDE problem about Cauchy horizons.
Some results related to the causality of compact Lorentzian manifolds are proven: (1) any compact Lorentzian manifold which admits a timelike conformal vector field is totally vicious, and (2) a compact Lorentzian manifold covered regularly by a globally hyperbolic spacetime admits a timelike closed geodesic, if some n…
Minimal TIP and TIF found in compact spacetimes, impacting spacetime splitting.
problem Understanding the global structure of spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces.
method Analysis of Terminal Indecomposable Past (TIP) and Future (TIF) sets in spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces.
result In a spacetime with compact Cauchy surfaces, there is always at least one minimal TIP and one minimal TIF.
In this paper we study null Bertrand curves in under the assumption the curve has a Cartan frame. We show that if the derivative vectors of the null Cartan curve in is linearly independent, then this curve is not a Bertrand curve. Since then the already known notion of null Bertrand curves in $R…
We consider polyhedra and 4-polytopes in Minkowski spacetime - in particular, null polyhedra with zero volume, and 4-polytopes that have such polyhedra as their hyperfaces. We present the basic properties of several classes of null-faced 4-polytopes: 4-simplices, "tetrahedral diamonds" and 4-parallelotopes. We propose …
The Abstract Boundary singularity theorem was first proven by Ashley and Scott. It links the existence of incomplete causal geodesics in strongly causal, maximally extended spacetimes to the existence of Abstract Boundary essential singularities, i.e., non-removable singular boundary points. We give two generalizations…
Develops geometric Weyl calculus for curved spacetimes.
problem Quantum field theory on curved spacetimes.
method Geometric framework for Weyl quantization on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
result Explicit computations of Weyl symbols for various operators.
Flatly Foliated Relativity (FFR) is a new theory which conceptually lies between Special Relativity (SR) and General Relativity (GR), in which spacetime is foliated by flat Euclidean spaces. While GR is based on the idea that "matter curves spacetime", FFR is based on the idea that "matter curves spacetime, but not spa…
Study of -almost Yamabe solitons in perfect fluid spacetimes.
problem Analyzing -almost Yamabe solitons in perfect fluid spacetimes.
method Examined perfect fluid spacetimes and -almost Yamabe solitons using Einstein field equations.
result Characterized properties of -almost Yamabe solitons in perfect fluid spacetimes.
Study of spacetime dynamics in 2+1 gravity leads to Thurston boundary.
problem Understanding spacetime dynamics in 2+1 gravity.
method Analysis of solution curves, Teichmüller space, Dirichlet energy, harmonic maps.
result Solution curves approach Thurston boundary at big bang limit.
In general relativity, an IDEAL (Intrinsic, Deductive, Explicit, ALgorithmic) characterization of a reference spacetime metric consists of a set of tensorial equations , constructed covariantly out of the metric , its Riemann curvature and their derivatives, that are satisfied if and only if is loc…
Researchers extend parametrization of Margulis spacetimes using strip deformations.
problem Parametrize Margulis spacetimes with decorated horoballs.
method Use strip deformations to parametrize complete finite-area hyperbolic surfaces with spikes decorated with horoballs.
result Generalized parametrization of Margulis spacetimes with photons.
A Margulis spacetime is a complete affine 3-manifold M with nonsolvable fundamental group. Associated to every Margulis spacetime is a noncompact complete hyperbolic surface S. We show that every Margulis spacetime is orientable, even though S may be nonorientable. We classify Margulis spacetimes when S is homeomorphic…
Study of caustics in Einstein-dust system, showing spacetime singularities and diverging curvature.
problem Understanding caustics and singularities in the Einstein-dust system.
method Established local existence result for spherically symmetric spacetimes containing caustics, constructed from solutions to a PDE problem.
result Obtained spherically symmetric spacetimes with diverging curvature and singular boundary.