Conjugate points along null geodesics of asymptotically flat spacetimes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/3/017MaRDI QIDQ4240794zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Simonetta Frittelli, Ezra T. Newman, Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza

Publication date 26 May 1999

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/15/3/017

zbMATH Keywords

existence of singularitieslightcone cuts of null infinity in asymptotically flat spacetimespairs of conjugate points on null geodesicsWeyl curvature barrier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20)

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