The contact structure on the space of null geodesics of causally simple spacetimes

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2020.101715zbMath1466.53077arXiv2002.03949OpenAlexW3120256765WikidataQ115354638 ScholiaQ115354638MaRDI QIDQ2022406

Jakob Hedicke

Publication date: 29 April 2021

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.03949

zbMATH Keywords

null geodesicscontact geometryLorentzian geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25)

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