Periodic geodesics and geometry of compact Lorentzian manifolds with a Killing vector field

DOI10.1007/S00209-009-0617-5zbMATH Open1213.53053arXiv0812.1163OpenAlexW1990417519WikidataQ126066722 ScholiaQ126066722MaRDI QIDQ627475FDOQ627475

Authors: José Luis Flores, Miguel Angel Javaloyes, Paolo Piccione 

Publication date: 2 March 2011

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the geometry and the periodic geodesics of a compact Lorentzian manifold that has a Killing vector field which is timelike somewhere. Using a compactness argument for subgroups of the isometry group, we prove the existence of one timelike non self-intersecting periodic geodesic. If the Killing vector field is never vanishing, then there are at least two distinct periodic geodesics; as a special case, compact stationary manifolds have at least two periodic timelike geodesics. We also discuss some properties of the topology of such manifolds. In particular, we show that a compact manifold $M$ admits a Lorentzian metric with a never vanishing Killing vector field which is timelike somewhere if and only if $M$ admits a smooth circle action without fixed points.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1163

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zbMATH Keywords

Killing vector fieldLorentz manifoldperiodic geodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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