Foliations, topology and geometry of 3-manifolds: \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliations and transverse pseudo-Anosov flows (Q1849704)

A foliation is called \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered if the leaf space of the foliation in the universal cover is Hausdorff. The author proves that if \(\mathcal F\) is a transversely oriented \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliation of a closed, aspherical 3-manifold, then either there is an incompressible torus in the manifold, or there is a transverse pseudo-Anosov flow. It follows that manifolds with \(\mathbb{R}\)-covered foliations satisfy the weak hyperbolization conjecture.