Lorentzian manifolds with a conformal action of SL(2,R)

DOI10.4171/CMH/439MaRDI QIDQ1645346zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vincent Pecastaing

Publication date 28 June 2018

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.00358

zbMATH Keywords

actions of Lie groupsconformal geometrydynamical systemsLorentzian geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonuniformly hyperbolic systems (Lyapunov exponents, Pesin theory, etc.) (37D25) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Noncompact Lie groups of transformations (57S20)

Abstract: We consider conformal actions of simple Lie groups on compact Lorentzian manifolds. Mainly motivated by the Lorentzian version of a conjecture of Lichnerowicz, we establish the alternative: Either the group acts isometrically for some metric in the conformal class, or the manifold is conformally flat - that is, everywhere locally conformally diffeomorphic to Minkowski space-time. When the group is non-compact and not locally isomorphic to SO(1,n), n>1, we derive global conclusions, extending a theorem of Frances and Zeghib to some simple Lie groups of real-rank 1. This result is also a first step towards a classification of the conformal groups of compact Lorentz manifolds, analogous to a classification of their isometry groups due to Adams, Stuck and, independently, Zeghib at the end of the 1990's.

Review text

Summary: We consider conformal actions of simple Lie groups on compact Lorentzian manifolds. Mainly motivated by the Lorentzian version of a conjecture of Lichnerowicz, we establish the alternative: Either the group acts isometrically for some metric in the conformal class, or the manifold is conformally flat -- that is, everywhere locally conformally diffeomorphic to Minkowski space-time. When the group is non-compact and not locally isomorphic to \(\mathrm{SO}(1,n)\), \(n \geq 2\), we derive global conclusions, extending a theorem of \textit{C. Frances} and \textit{A. Zeghib} [Math. Res. Lett. 12, No. 1, 49--56 (2005; Zbl 1077.53057)] to some simple Lie groups of real-rank 1. This result is also a first step towards a classification of conformal groups of compact Lorentzian manifolds, analogous to a classification of their isometry groups due to [\textit{S. Adams} and \textit{G. Stuck}, Invent. Math. 129, No. 2, 239--261 (1997; Zbl 0897.53046); Invent. Math. 129, No. 2, 263--287 (1997; Zbl 0897.53047)] and, independently, \textit{A. Zeghib} [Duke Math. J. 92, No. 2, 321--333 (1998; Zbl 0976.53077)].

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