\(R\)-covered foliations of hyperbolic 3-manifolds (Q1296209)

A foliation \({\mathcal F}\) of a compact 3-manifold \(M\) is \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered if the pulled-back foliation \(\widetilde{\mathcal F}\) of the universal cover \(\widetilde M\) of \(M\) is topologically the standard foliation of \(\mathbb{R}^3\) by horizontal \(\mathbb{R}^2\)'s. The foliation \({\mathcal F}\) is uniform if in the foliation \(\widetilde{\mathcal F}\) every two leaves are a bounded distance apart. The author studies: \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliations that are not uniform, Lorentz cone fields, general \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliations and the instability of \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliations. Theorem. There exist foliations of hyperbolic 3-manifolds which are \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered but not uniform. They can be chosen arbitrarily close to surface bundles over circles. A hyperbolic example is considered. The method uses transverse regulating vector fields and cone fields for \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliations.