Celestial spheres, light cones, and cuts

DOI10.1063/1.530424zbMath0782.53060OpenAlexW2052260117WikidataQ125941863 ScholiaQ125941863MaRDI QIDQ4697294

Robert J. Low

Publication date: 29 June 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.530424

zbMATH Keywords

contact formnull geodesicsCauchy surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15)

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Observed angles and geodesic light-cone coordinates ⋮ On the space of null geodesics of a spacetime: the compact case, Engel geometry and retrievability ⋮ A conformal boundary for space-times based on light-like geodesics: The 3-dimensional case ⋮ The Hawking energy on the past lightcone in cosmology ⋮ Gravitational lensing from a spacetime perspective ⋮ Refocusing of light rays in space-time ⋮ Optical drift effects in general relativity ⋮ Toward a general theory of linking invariants

Cites Work

• The global structure of simple space-times
• The geometry of the space of null geodesics
• Twistor linking and causal relations
• Domain of Dependence

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