On a Gromoll-Meyer type theorem in globally hyperbolic stationary spacetimes (Q939678)

In Riemannian geometry, \textit{D. Gromoll} and \textit{W. Meyer} [J. Differ. Geom. 3, 493--510 (1969; Zbl 0203.54401)] established the well-known result on the existence of infinitely many geometrically distinct closed geodesics in simply connected Riemannian manifolds whose free loop space has unbounded rational Betti numbers. In the paper under review, the authors follow the lines of Gromoll-Mayer to develop a Morse theory for closed geodesics in a class of stationary Lorentzian manifolds and obtain the existence results corresponding to the above mentioned results in the Riemannian case. The main result is as follows: Theorem 1.2. Let \((M,g)\) be a simply connected globally hyperbolic stationary Lorentzian manifold having a complete timelike Killing vector field, and having a compact Cauchy surface. Assume that the free loop space has unbounded Betti numbers with respect to some coefficient field. Then there are infinitely many geometrically distinct non-trivial (i.e., non-constant) closed geodesics in \(M\).