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Constant scalar curvature hypersurfaces in $(3+1)$-dimensional GHMC Minkowski spacetimes

Differential Geometry 2018-04-04 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We prove that every (3+1)(3+1)-dimensional flat GHMC Minkowski spacetime which is not a translation spacetime or a Misner spacetime carries a unique foliation by spacelike hypersurfaces of constant scalar curvature. In otherwords, we prove that every such spacetime carries a unique time function with isochrones of constant scalar curvature. Furthermore, this time function is a smooth submersion.

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@article{arxiv.1703.08886,
  title  = {Constant scalar curvature hypersurfaces in $(3+1)$-dimensional GHMC Minkowski spacetimes},
  author = {Graham Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08886},
  year   = {2018}
}