Some global results for asymptotically simple spacetimes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1 Differential Geometry
Abstract
The null splitting theorem (proved in math.DG/9909158) is discussed. As an application, a uniqueness theorem for Minkowski space and for de Sitter space associated with the occurrence of null lines (inextendible globally achronal null geodesics) is presented.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0208092,
title = {Some global results for asymptotically simple spacetimes},
author = {Gregory J. Galloway},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0208092},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Contribution to the Proceedings of the Workshop "The conformal structure of space-times: geometry, analysis, numerics", Tuebingen April 2001. To appear in Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer Verlag, edited by J. Frauendiener and H. Friedrich