Redshift and contact forms

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2017.09.017MaRDI QIDQ1685874zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peng Zhang

Publication date 20 December 2017

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01741

zbMATH Keywords

contact structureglobally hyperbolic spacetimeredshiftspace of light rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) General relativity (83C99)

Abstract: It is shown that the redshift between two Cauchy surfaces in a globally hyperbolic spacetime equals the ratio of the associated contact forms on the space of light rays of that spacetime.

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