On maximal hypersurfaces in Lorentz manifolds admitting a parallel lightlike vector field

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/5/055003zbMATH Open1338.83041arXiv1604.08545OpenAlexW2345131068WikidataQ125705312 ScholiaQ125705312MaRDI QIDQ2807422FDOQ2807422

José A. S. Pelegrín, Rafael Rubio, Alfonso Romero

Publication date: 20 May 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study constant mean curvature spacelike hypersurfaces and in particular maximal hypersurfaces immersed in pp-wave spacetimes satisfying the timelike convergence condition. We prove the non-existence of compact spacelike hypersurfaces whose constant mean curvature is non-zero and also that every compact maximal hypersurface is totally geodesic. Moreover, we give an extension of the classical Calabi-Bernstein theorem to this class of pp-wave spacetimes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.08545

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian geometryCalabi-Bernstein theoremlightlike parallel vector fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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