Globally hyperbolic flat space--times (Q556138)

In this work it is proved that, up to finite coverings and (twisted) products by Euclidean linear spaces, any Cauchy-complete globally hyperbolic space-time can be isometrically embedded in a model space-time, or in a twisted product of a Cauchy-hyperbolic space-time by flat Euclidean torus. As a consequence, the author obtains the classification of maximal globally hyperbolic space-times admitting closed Cauchy hypersurfaces. Moreover, for a Cauchy-compact spacetime \(M\), the author studies CMC foliations on \(M\), that is, foliations of \(M\) of codimension 1 for which all leaves are spacelike and compact, with constant mean curvature; and he shows the existence of CMC foliations on every model space-time.