Parallel spinors on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian four-manifolds

DOI10.1007/S10455-021-09808-YMaRDI QIDQ2116405zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors A. Murcia, C. S. Shahbazi

Publication date 17 March 2022

Published in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02423

zbMATH Keywords

globally hyperbolic manifoldsparabolic pairsparallel spinors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27)

Abstract: We investigate the differential geometry and topology of globally hyperbolic four-manifolds $(M,g)$ admitting a parallel real spinor $varepsilon$. Using the theory of parabolic pairs recently introduced in arXiv:1911.08658 , we first formulate the parallelicity condition of $varepsilon$ on $M$ as a system of partial differential equations, the parallel spinor flow equations, for a family of polyforms on any given Cauchy surface $SigmahookrightarrowM$. Existence of a parallel spinor on $(M,g)$ induces a system of constraint partial differential equations on $Sigma$, which we prove to be equivalent to an exterior differential system involving a cohomological condition on the shape operator of the embedding $SigmahookrightarrowM$. Solutions of this differential system are precisely the allowed initial data for the evolution problem of a parallel spinor and define the notion of parallel Cauchy pair $(mathfrake,Theta)$, where $mathfrake$ is a coframe and $Theta$ is a symmetric two-tensor. We characterize all parallel Cauchy pairs on simply connected Cauchy surfaces, refining a result of Baum, Leistner and Lischewski. Furthermore, we classify all compact three-manifolds admitting parallel Cauchy pairs, proving that they are canonically equipped with a locally free action of $mathbb{R}^2$ and are isomorphic to certain torus bundles over $S^1$, whose Riemannian structure we characterize in detail. Moreover, we classify all left-invariant parallel Cauchy pairs on simply connected Lie groups, specifying when they are allowed initial data for the Ricci flat equations and when the shape operator is Codazzi. Finally, we give a novel geometric interpretation of a class of parallel spinor flows and solve it in several examples, obtaining explicit families of four-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds carrying parallel spinors.

Review text

Globally hyperbolic four-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds are fundamental to the study of Lorentzian geometry and mathematical physics, especially in mathematical general relativity, In this paper, the authors investigate the differential geometry and topology of globally hyperbolic four-manifolds admitting a parallel real spinor. The authors introduce the theory of parabolic pairs and parallel Cauchy pairs on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian four-manifolds, considering in addition the constrained Ricci-flat and Codazzi conditions, and characterize parallel Cauchy pairs on simply connected Cauchy surfaces, parallel Cauchy pairs and associated foliations in the compact case. Employing the classification of connected and simply connected three-dimensional Riemannian Lie groups developed in [\textit{J. W. Milnor}, Adv. Math. 21, 293--329 (1976; Zbl 0341.53030)], the authors investigate left-invariant parallel Cauchy pairs on connected and simply connected three-dimensional Lie groups. The authors also study a specific type of parallel spinor flow which admits a special geometric description, with the goal of obtaining explicit \textit{time-dependent} Lorentzian four-manifolds admitting parallel spinors.

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