Understanding singularities in Cartan’s and null surface formulation geometric structures

DOI10.1063/1.1408282MaRDI QIDQ4830760zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Diego M. Forni, Mirta Iriondo, M. F. Parisi, Carlos N. Kozameh

Publication date 14 December 2004

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0102106

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations (34A26) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30)

Abstract: In this work we establish a relationship between Cartan's geometric approach to third order ODEs and the 3-dim Null Surface Formulation (NSF). We then generalize both constructions to allow for caustics and singularities that necessarily arise in these formalisms.

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Cites work

• GR via characteristic surfaces
• Null surfaces formulation in three dimensions
• Theory of light cone cuts of null infinity

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(6)

• Three-variable solution in the \((2+1)\)-dimensional null-surface formulation
• Solutions for the null-surface formulation in \(2+1\) dimensions leading to spacetimes of Petrov types i, II, and D
• Petrov type-N solution for the null-surface formulation in \(2+1\) dimensions
• Solution for the null-surface formulation of general relativity in 2+1 dimensions
• Cartan's structural equations for singular manifolds
• Light-cone cuts and metricity conditions for a power-law spacetime in 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions

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