Lorentzian geometry: holonomy, spinors, and Cauchy problems
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)
This text comprises the first half of the recently published book ``Geometric Flows and the Geometry of Space-time and is based on lecture notes of a summer course given by the authors on holonomy issues in Lorentzian geometry. Although the holonomy group of a semi-Riemannian manifold is defined in the exact same way as the Riemannian case (generated by parallel transports along loops), the indefiniteness of the metric creates several challenges, starting from the fact that this group is no longer a subgroup of the (classical) orthogonal group, but rather of the group of Lorentz transformations. In particular, notions of reducibility and decomposability become much more delicate. The first part of the text reviews basic concepts in Lorentzian geometry and presents the algebraic classification of connected Lorentzian holonomy groups (Section 3). The close relation between special (Lorentzian) holonomy groups and parallel spinors is discussed, and motivates the second part of the text on constructions of globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds with special holonomy, via solving suitable Cauchy problems. This text is simultaneously an accessible pathway for students entering the field, and also a valuable and convenient resource for specialists interested in a panoramic view of the latest developments in this area of research. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1412.53002].
- Holonomy Groups of Lorentzian Manifolds: A Status Report
- Holonomy groups of Lorentzian manifolds
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2185594
- Holonomy groups of Lorentzian manifolds: classification, examples, and applications
- Lorentzian manifolds with special holonomy -- constructions and global properties
- Hyperbolic evolution equations, Lorentzian holonomy, and Riemannian generalised Killing spinors
- Parallel spinors on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian four-manifolds
- Construction of initial data sets for Lorentzian manifolds with lightlike parallel spinors
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2185594 (Why is no real title available?)
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5657504 (Why is no real title available?)
- Normal holonomy in Lorentzian space and submanifold geometry
- Lorentzian manifolds with special holonomy -- constructions and global properties
- Cauchy problems for Lorentzian manifolds with special holonomy
- Parallel spinor flows on three-dimensional Cauchy hypersurfaces
- Supersymmetric Kundt four manifolds and their spinorial evolution flows
- Cartan's chains and Lorentz geometry
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