An intrinsic conformal Lorentz pseudodistance
An intrinsic conformal Lorentz pseudodistance
复制标题
固有共形洛伦兹伪距离
DOI:
10.1017/s0305004100058230
复制
发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
Michael Markowitz
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Michael Markowitz
Abstract An intrinsic pseudodistance dM is associated to the underlying causal structure of a Lorentzian manifold (M, g). An infinitesimal form for dM is defined on the bundle of null vectors over M and is used to prove that, under certain physically reasonable energy conditions, M is conformally hyperbolic, i.e. that dM is a true distance. As a corollary we obtain sufficient conditions for the conformal hyperbolicity of a globally hyperbolic space-time. Some exact solutions of the Einstein field equations are discussed and possible applications to the study of singularities are outlined.