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Projective and Carrollian geometry at time/space-like infinity on projectively compact Ricci flat Einstein manifolds

Differential Geometry 2024-12-24 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this article we discuss how to construct canonical \emph{strong} Carrollian geometries at time/space like infinity of projectively compact Ricci flat Einstein manifolds (M,g)(M,g) and discuss the links between the underlying projective structure of the metric gg. The obtained Carrollian geometries are determined by the data of the projective compactification. The key idea to achieve this is to consider a new type of Cartan geometry based on a non-effective homogeneous model for projective geometry. We prove that this structure is a general feature of projectively compact Ricci flat Einstein manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2406.01800,
  title  = {Projective and Carrollian geometry at time/space-like infinity on projectively compact Ricci flat Einstein manifolds},
  author = {Jack Borthwick and Yannick Herfray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.01800},
  year   = {2024}
}