Causal cones, cone preserving transformations and causal structure in special and general relativity

DOI10.1134/S0202289313010052zbMATH Open1272.83003arXiv1208.4580MaRDI QIDQ358424FDOQ358424

Authors: Sujatha Janardhan, Ravindra V. Saraykar 

Publication date: 8 August 2013

Published in: Gravitation \& Cosmology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a short review of geometric and algebraic approach to causal cones and describe cone preserving transformations and their relationship with causal structure related to special and general theory of relativity. We describe Lie groups, especially matrix Lie groups, homogeneous and symmetric spaces and causal cones and certain implications of these concepts in special and general theory of relativity related to causal structure and topology of space-time. We compare and contrast the results on causal relations with those in the literature for general space-times and compare these relations with K-causal maps. We also describe causal orientations and their implications for space-time topology and discuss some more topologies on space-time which arise as an application of domain theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4580

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zbMATH Keywords

causal structurecausal conesmatrix Lie groupstopology of space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) General properties and structure of complex Lie groups (22E10) Special relativity (83A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Topological characterizations of particular spaces (54F65) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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