Compact Null Hypersurfaces and Collapsing Riemannian Manifolds

DOI10.1002/MANA.19981930110MaRDI QIDQ4209795zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alan D. Rendall

Publication date 9 February 2000

Published in Mathematische Nachrichten (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9510002

zbMATH Keywords

null hypersurfacecollapsingCauchy horizonsvacuum spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: Restrictions are obtained on the topology of a compact divergence-free null hypersurface in a four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold whose Ricci tensor is zero or satisfies some weaker conditions. This is done by showing that each null hypersurface of this type can be used to construct a family of three-dimensional Riemannian metrics which collapses with bounded curvature and applying known results on the topology of manifolds which collapse. The result is then applied to general relativity, where it implies a restriction on the topology of smooth compact Cauchy horizons in spacetimes with various types of reasonable matter content.

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