Gravity and signature change

DOI10.1023/A:1018895302693zbMATH Open0878.53065arXivgr-qc/9610063OpenAlexW1607601283WikidataQ56286355 ScholiaQ56286355MaRDI QIDQ1361852FDOQ1361852

George F. R. Ellis, Charles Hellaby, Corinne A. Manogue, Tevian Dray

Publication date: 28 July 1997

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The use of proper ``time to describe classical ``spacetimes which contain both Euclidean and Lorentzian regions permits the introduction of smooth (generalized) orthonormal frames. This remarkable fact permits one to describe both a variational treatment of Einstein's equations and distribution theory using straightforward generalizations of the standard treatments for constant signature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9610063

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zbMATH Keywords

variational principleorthonormal framessignature changeone-sided limitsdiscontinuous signature change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Cites Work

• Change of signature in classical relativity
• Einstein’s equations in the presence of signature change
• Particle production from signature change
• Algebraic computing and the Newman-Penrose formalism in general relativity
• Tensor distributions on signature-changing space-times

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• Variational equations on mixed Riemannian-Lorentzian metrics
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• Overall signature of the metric and the cosmological constant
• Signature change, mixed problems and numerical relativity
• On a connection between Lorentzian and Euclidean metrics

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