The topological structure of the space–time disclination

DOI10.1063/1.532650MaRDI QIDQ4701592zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sheng Li, Yishi Duan

Publication date 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9808084

zbMATH Keywords

\(\phi\)-mapping methoddecomposition of gauge potentialspacetime disclinationtopological quantization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Abstract: The space-time disclination is studied by making use of the decomposition theory of gauge potential in terms of antisymmetric tensor field and $phi$-mapping method. It is shown that the self-dual and anti-self-dual parts of the curvature compose the space-time disclinations which are classified in terms of topological invariants--winding number. The projection of space-time disclination density along an antisymmetric tensor field is quantized topologically and characterized by Brouwer degree and Hopf index.

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