The causal ladder and the strength of K -causality: I

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/1/015009zbMATH Open1132.83002arXiv0708.2070OpenAlexW4248297465MaRDI QIDQ5437643FDOQ5437643

E. Minguzzi

Publication date: 21 January 2008

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

Abstract: A unifying framework for the study of causal relations is presented. The causal relations are regarded as subsets of M x M and the role of the corresponding antisymmetry conditions in the construction of the causal ladder is stressed. The causal hierarchy of spacetime is built from chronology up to K-causality and new characterizations of the distinction and strong causality properties are obtained. The closure of the causal future is not transitive, as a consequence its repeated composition leads to an infinite causal subladder between strong causality and K-causality - the A-causality subladder. A spacetime example is given which proves that K-causality differs from infinite A-causality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2070

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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• Causality theory for closed cone structures with applications
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• The disappearance of causality at small scale in almost-commutative manifolds
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• Domain Theory in General Relativity
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