On the bundle of null cones

DOI10.1142/S0219887823500238arXiv2204.11645OpenAlexW4296224097WikidataQ114072192 ScholiaQ114072192MaRDI QIDQ6188744FDOQ6188744

Authors: Andrew James Bruce 

Publication date: 11 January 2024

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine the bundle structure of the field of nowhere vanishing null vector fields on a (time-oriented) Lorentzian manifold. Sections of what we refer to as the null tangent, are by definition nowhere vanishing null vector fields. It is shown that the set of nowhere vanishing null vector fields comes equipped with a para-associative ternary partial product. Moreover, the null tangent bundle is an example of a non-polynomial graded bundle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.11645

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zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian manifoldsnull conessemi-heaps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25)

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