Energy conditions in standard static spacetimes (Q1099424)

Let (H,h) be a Riemannian manifold and let \(f: H\to (0,\infty)\) be a smooth function. The Lorentzian warped product \((a,b)_{f}\times H\), - \(\infty \leq a<b\leq \infty\), with metric ds \(2=(-f\) 2dt 2)\(\oplus h\) is called a standard static spacetime. We investigate conditions on the warping function \(f\) which guarantee that a standard static spacetime \((a,b)_{f}\times H\) satisfies certain of the energy conditions from general relativity. Also, if (H,h) is a complete, finite volume Riemannian manifold with nonpositive Ricci curvature and the gradient of \(f\) never vanishes on H, then \((a,b)_{f}\times H\) cannot satisfy the null convergence condition.