Covariant derivatives on null submanifolds

DOI10.1007/S10714-011-1275-6zbMATH Open1235.83016arXiv1108.2332OpenAlexW3098952724MaRDI QIDQ664448FDOQ664448

Authors: Don Hickethier, Tevian Dray 

Publication date: 2 March 2012

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The degenerate nature of the metric on null hypersurfaces makes it difficult to define a covariant derivative on null submanifolds. Recent approaches using decomposition to define a covariant derivative on null hypersurfaces are investigated, with examples demonstrating the limitations of the methods. Motivated by Geroch's work on asymptotically flat spacetimes, conformal transformations are used to construct a covariant derivative on null hypersurfaces, and a condition on the Ricci tensor is given to determine when this construction can be used. Several examples are given, including the construction of a covariant derivative operator for the class of spherically symmetric hypersurfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2332

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zbMATH Keywords

Conformal transformationAsymptotically flat spacetimeCovariant derivativeKilling normal vectorNull hypersurfacesNull submanifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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