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.
We consider (flat) Cauchy-complete GH spacetimes, i.e., globally hyperbolic flat lorentzian manifolds admitting some Cauchy hypersurface on which the ambient lorentzian metric restricts as a complete riemannian metric. We define a family of such spacetimes - model spacetimes - including four subfamilies: translation sp…
A spacetime can be embedded in an enveloping space with all its extensions.
problem Existence and uniqueness of C0-maximal extensions in globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes.
method Proving conformal embedding into an enveloping space containing all extensions.
result Existence and uniqueness of C0-maximal extensions proven.
Study baryogenesis in conformally flat spacetimes using causal fermion systems.
problem Understanding baryogenesis in specific spacetimes.
method Analysis of baryogenesis mechanism in conformally flat spacetimes with explicit formula derivation.
result Explicit formula for baryogenesis rate in these spacetimes.
Proves some flat spacetimes can't be extended smoothly.
problem Proving smooth extension of certain FLRW spacetimes.
method Utilizing Sbierski's C0-inextendibility techniques. result Proves C0-inextendibility of spatially flat FLRW spacetimes. Minkowski space is the local model of 3 dimensionnal flat spacetimes. Recent progress in the description of globally hyperbolic flat spacetimes showed strong link between Lorentzian geometry and Teichm{ü}ller space. We notice that Lorentzian generalisations of conical singularities are useful for the endeavours of desc…
Detect spacetime curvature without rulers and clocks in 3D.
problem Detecting spacetime curvature without traditional measurement tools.
method Generalized results from 2D to 3D spacetime, proving well-stitched spacetime for conformally flat cases.
result A 3D spacetime is well-stitched if and only if it is conformally flat, providing a tool for curvature detection.
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.
New exact spherically symmetric vacuum solutions found in Finsler gravity.
problem Finding exact vacuum solutions in Finsler gravity.
method Spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat Berwald spacetimes solved for Finsler gravity vacuum equation.
result Only one class of spherically symmetric Berwald spacetimes is compatible with asymptotic flatness and a well-defined causal structure.
This paper completes globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes, proving they are topological manifolds.
problem Understanding the structure of spacetimes with specific properties.
method Analyzing globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes, proving their causal completions are topological manifolds.
result Causal completions of globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes are topological manifolds homeomorphic to S x [0, 1].
Adapting Israel's proof of static black hole uniqueness, we show that the Schwarzschild spacetime is the only static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetime that possesses a suitably defined photon sphere.
In this paper, under natural geometric and physical assumptions we provide new uniqueness and non-existence results for complete maximal hypersurfaces in spatially open Robertson-Walker spacetimes whose fiber is flat. Moreover, our results are applied to relevant spacetimes as the steady state spacetime, Einstein-de Si…
The paper finds conditions for pseudosymmetric spacetimes to be perfect fluids.
problem Characterizing pseudosymmetric spacetimes as perfect fluids.
method Analyzes generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes, conformally flat spacetimes, and dust fluids.
result Conditions for pseudosymmetric spacetimes to be perfect fluids are established.
Proves spacetime positive mass theorem in all dimensions.
problem Proving the spacetime positive mass theorem in arbitrary dimensions.
method Using Brendle--Wang's Riemannian positive mass theorem approach.
result Proves the spacetime positive mass theorem for all dimensions.
Study of Riemann solitons and η-hyperbolic Ricci solitons on Bochner-flat Lorentzian Kähler spacetime manifolds.
problem Analyzing soliton behaviors on Bochner-flat Lorentzian Kähler spacetime manifolds.
method Deriving explicit formulas for soliton parameters and analyzing their behaviors.
result Criteria for shrinking, steady, and expanding behaviors of solitons.
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…
Study maximal hypersurfaces in open spacetimes using a maximum principle.
problem Characterize maximal hypersurfaces in open spacetimes.
method Use a generalized maximum principle to analyze hypersurfaces in spatially open Generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes.
result Provide new uniqueness and non-existence results for complete maximal hypersurfaces in open Robertson-Walker spacetimes.
The zoology of singularities for Lorentzian manifold is slightly more complicated than for Riemannian manifolds. Our present work study Cauchy-compact globally hyperbolic singular flat spacetimes with extreme BTZ-like singular lines. We use the notion of BTZ-extension of a singular spacetime introduced in a previous pa…
Classification of specific pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
problem Classifying conformally flat generalized Ricci recurrent pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
method Complete classification through mathematical analysis.
result Conformally flat generalized Ricci recurrent pseudo-Riemannian manifolds are either de Sitter or anti-de Sitter spacetimes.
New tractor geometry derived from asymptotically flat spacetimes.
problem Understanding the geometry of spacetimes near their boundaries.
method Derived null-tractor bundle from interior spacetime geometry, proved connections' uniqueness, and expressed results in BMS coordinates.
result Tractor connection encodes mass and angular momentum in 3D, and asymptotic shear in higher dimensions.
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…
Flat metrics on hyperbolic surfaces embed as polyhedral surfaces in (2+1)-spacetimes.
problem Embedding flat metrics on hyperbolic surfaces into (2+1)-spacetimes.
method Using convex polyhedral Cauchy surfaces and Teichmüller space properties.
result Existence and uniqueness of flat metrics embedding in (2+1)-spacetimes.
Proves stability of spacetime Penrose inequality for spherical symmetric initial data.
problem Stability of the Penrose inequality for spherical symmetric spacetimes.
method Formulated and proved stability statement using spherical symmetry and asymptotically flat initial data.
result Initial data must arise from an isometric embedding into a static spacetime close to Schwarzschild spacetime.
Novel approach to wave equations near null infinity in flat spacetimes.
problem Analyzing regularity and decay of wave equations near null infinity in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
method Microlocal analysis in a compactified spacetime with corners, focusing on edge-type wave operators.
result Microlocal regularity propagates across null infinity via radial sets, leading to new estimates for wave equations.
Paper proves a new criterion for time-like geodesics in flat spacetimes.
problem Existence and nature of time-like geodesics in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
method Generalized topological criterion using the Jordan-Brouwer Separation Theorem and differential geometry.
result Conclusively affirms the presence of time-like geodesics intersecting transversally.
Impact of projective curvature tensor in f(R,G), f(R,T) and f(R,Lm)-gravitygr-qc The study characterizes spacetime and modified gravity models using projective curvature tensor.
problem Characterizing spacetime and modified gravity models with projective curvature tensor.
method Analyzing $f\left(R,G
ight)$, $f\left(R,T
ight)$, and $f\left(R,L_{m}
ight)$-gravity models.
result Projectively flat perfect fluid spacetimes represent dark energy era and are locally isometric to Minkowski or de-Sitter spacetimes.
New relation found between ADM mass and generalized Komar energy for dynamical spacetimes.
problem Finding equality between ADM mass and Komar energy in dynamical spacetimes.
method Constructing a generalized Komar energy from the normal evolution vector and proving equality under specific conditions.
result Equality between ADM mass and generalized Komar energy for dynamical asymptotically-flat spacetimes.
Higher-dimensional spacetimes have well-behaved boundaries.
problem Understanding boundaries of higher-dimensional spacetimes.
method Analyzing (n+1)-dimensional Myers-Perry metrics at spacelike infinity. result Optimal conformal completion at spacelike infinity for Cn−3,1 differentiability class. Maximal spacetimes have unique past/future sets.
problem Characterizing maximal spacetimes.
method Developing map analysis and diamond properties.
result Maximal spacetimes have unique past/future sets.
Benedetti and Guadagnini have conjectured that the marked lenght spectrum of the constant mean curvature foliation Mτ in a 2+1 dimensional flat spacetime V with compact hyperbolic Cauchy surfaces converges, in the direction of the singularity, to that of the marked measure spectrum of the R-tree dual to the measur…
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.
Paper proves uniqueness of specific spacetime surfaces in a lightcone.
problem Proving uniqueness of surfaces of constant spacetime mean curvature in a lightcone.
method Used a fairly generic notion of asymptotic flatness to prove uniqueness.
result Unique foliation by surfaces of constant spacetime mean curvature exists under weaker assumptions.
We identify a condition on spacelike 2-surfaces in a spacetime that is relevant to understanding the concept of mass in general relativity. We prove a formula for the variation of the spacetime Hawking mass under a uniformly area expanding flow and show that it is nonnegative for these so-called "time flat surfaces." S…
Study on black holes and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, proving uniqueness theorems.
problem Uniqueness of black hole and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes.
method Potential theory approach, self-contained proofs for known and new cases.
result Proves new results for connected photon spheres and photon surfaces in the extremal case, and super-extremal case.
This paper continues the investigation of constant mean curvature (CMC) time functions in maximal globally hyperbolic spatially compact spacetimes of constant sectional curvature, which was started in math.DG/0604486. In that paper, the case of flat spacetimes was considered, and in the present paper, the remaining cas…
Paper studies pseudo-projective tensors on warped products.
problem Characterizing pseudo-projectively flat warped products.
method Analyzes sequential warped products and pseudo-projective tensors.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for pseudo-projectively flat sequential warped products.
Paper reviews and proves the uniqueness of multipole moments for stationary spacetimes.
problem Characterizing the gravitational field in stationary spacetimes.
method Geroch's asymptotic flatness definition and one-point conformal completion.
result Revised uniqueness result for multipole moments in stationary spacetimes.
Characterizes pseudo B-symmetric spacetimes and their implications in f(R) gravity.
problem Characterizing pseudo B-symmetric spacetimes and their properties.
method Analyzes Codazzi type of B-tensor and applies f(R) gravity model.
result Pseudo B-symmetric spacetimes with Codazzi type B-tensor are conformally flat and Robertson-Walker spacetimes.
New theorem for spacetime mass in noncompact regions.
problem Mass in noncompact spacetime regions.
method Developed mass type invariant and boundary conditions; proof based on spinors.
result Proved positive mass theorem for noncompact boundaries.
In this paper we study the flat (n+1)-spacetimes admitting a Cauchy surface diffeomorphic to a compact hyperbolic n-manifold. We show how to construct a canonical future complete one among all such spacetimes sharing the same holonomy. We study the geometry of such a spacetime in terms of its canonical cosmological tim…
Study constructs non-Riemannian Finsler metrics using warped product.
problem Finding Ricci-flat Finsler metrics.
method Used warped product and PDE characterization for static spacetimes.
result Explicitly constructed two non-Riemannian examples.
This paper gives a new proof that maximal, globally hyperbolic, flat spacetimes of dimension n≥3 with compact Cauchy hypersurfaces are globally foliated by Cauchy hypersurfaces of constant mean curvature, and that such spacetimes admit a globally defined constant mean curvature time function precisely when they a…
Proves a positive mass theorem for static causal fermion systems.
problem Defining mass for complex spacetimes without regularity assumptions.
method Surface layer integrals comparing asymptotically flat and vacuum spacetimes.
result Proves a positive mass theorem for static causal fermion systems.
Characterizes photon surfaces in static spacetimes, proving uniqueness.
problem Understanding photon surfaces in static spacetimes of arbitrary dimension.
method Complete characterization and new insights into spacetime geometry.
result Proves uniqueness of certain electrostatic spacetimes.
In this sequel paper we give a shorter, second proof of the monotonicity of the Hawking mass for time flat surfaces under spacelike uniformly area expanding flows in spacetimes that satisfy the dominant energy condition. We also include a third proof which builds on a known formula and describe a class of sufficient co…
We prove that every (3+1)-dimensional flat GHMC Minkowski spacetime which is not a translation spacetime or a Misner spacetime carries a unique foliation by spacelike hypersurfaces of constant scalar curvature. In otherwords, we prove that every such spacetime carries a unique time function with isochrones of constan…
The paper extends the spacetime positive mass theorem to multiple time dimensions.
problem Proving the nonnegativity of mass in spacetimes with multiple time dimensions.
method Generalizing the spacetime positive mass theorem to include multiple time dimensions and showing mass nonnegativity through energy inequalities.
result Equality in the energy inequality implies a foliation by flat submanifolds.
We find all Ricci semi-symmetric as well as all conformally semi-symmetric spacetimes. Neither of these properties implies the other. We verify that only conformally flat spacetimes can be Ricci semi-symmetric without being conformally semi-symmetric and show that only vacuum spacetimes and spacetimes with just a Λ-t…