The geometry of the space of null geodesics

DOI10.1063/1.528401zbMATH Open0677.53070OpenAlexW1964549476MaRDI QIDQ3833211FDOQ3833211

Authors: Robert J. Low 

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528401

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zbMATH Keywords

causal structurespace-timecausal boundarynull geodesicstrongly causalsky

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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