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Marginally trapped surfaces in spaces of oriented geodesics

Differential Geometry 2017-11-30 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We investigate the geometric properties of marginally trapped surfaces (surfaces which have null mean curvature vector) in the spaces of oriented geodesics of Euclidean 3-space and hyperbolic 3-space, endowed with their canonical neutral Kaehler structures. We prove that every rank one surface in these four manifolds is marginally trapped. In the Euclidean case we show that Lagrangian rotationally symmetric sections are marginally trapped and construct an explicit family of marginally trapped Lagrangian tori. In the hyperbolic case we explore the relationship between marginally trapped and Weingarten surfaces, and construct examples of marginally trapped surfaces with various properties.

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@article{arxiv.1305.6600,
  title  = {Marginally trapped surfaces in spaces of oriented geodesics},
  author = {Brendan Guilfoyle and Nikos Georgiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.6600},
  year   = {2017}
}

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15 pages, 1 figure