Lorentzian manifolds and scalar curvature invariants

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/10/102001zbMATH Open1190.83023arXiv1003.2373OpenAlexW3124351926MaRDI QIDQ3570084FDOQ3570084

Authors: Alan Coley, Sigbjørn Hervik, Nicos Pelavas 

Publication date: 24 June 2010

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

Abstract: We discuss (arbitrary-dimensional) Lorentzian manifolds and the scalar polynomial curvature invariants constructed from the Riemann tensor and its covariant derivatives. Recently, we have shown that in four dimensions a Lorentzian spacetime metric is either $mathcalI$-non-degenerate, and hence locally characterized by its scalar polynomial curvature invariants, or is a degenerate Kundt spacetime. We present a number of results that generalize these results to higher dimensions and discuss their consequences and potential physical applications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2373

Recommendations

• Spacetimes characterized by their scalar curvature invariants
• Curvature operators and scalar curvature invariants
• Vanishing scalar invariant spacetimes in higher dimensions
• Lorentzian spacetimes with constant curvature invariants in four dimensions
• Lorentzian spacetimes with constant curvature invariants in three dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Gravitational waves (83C35) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

Cited In (28)

• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Lorentzian Manifolds: A characterization with semiconformal curvature tensor
• One component of the curvature tensor of a Lorentzian manifold
• Vanishing scalar invariant spacetimes in higher dimensions
• Local and gauge invariant observables in gravity
• Differential invariants of Kundt spacetimes
• Lorentzian metrics from characteristic surfaces
• Theoretical cosmology
• Lorentzian spacetimes with constant curvature invariants in three dimensions
• On scalar curvature invariants in three dimensional spacetimes
• Lorentzian spacetimes with constant curvature invariants in four dimensions
• Building new Einstein spaces by deforming symmetric Einstein spaces
• $\mathcal{I}$-preserving diffeomorphisms of Lorentzian manifolds
• Universal electromagnetic fields
• The curious case of null warped space
• Lorentzian Manifolds
• Geometric horizons
• Mathematical general relativity
• Homothety curvature homogeneity and homothety homogeneity
• Nil-Killing vector fields and type III deformations
• Basis for scalar curvature invariants in three dimensions
• Locally homogeneous Kundt triples and CSI metrics
• An inequality between intrinsic and extrinsic scalar curvature invariants for codimension 2 embeddings
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Spacetimes characterized by their scalar curvature invariants
• Weyl type N solutions with null electromagnetic fields in the Einstein-Maxwell \(p\)-form theory
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• All metrics have curvature tensors characterized by its invariants as a limit: the \(\epsilon\)-property

This page was built for publication: Lorentzian manifolds and scalar curvature invariants

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3570084)