Redshift and contact forms

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2017.09.017zbMath1380.53091arXiv1709.01741OpenAlexW2752603457MaRDI QIDQ1685874

Peng Zhang

Publication date: 20 December 2017

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01741

zbMATH Keywords

contact structureglobally hyperbolic spacetimeredshiftspace of light rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10)

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