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From general relativity we have learned the principles of general covariance and local Lorentz invariance, which follow from the fact that we consider observables as tensors on a spacetime manifold whose geometry is modeled by a Lorentzian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-09-12 Manuel Hohmann

The `observer space' of a Lorentzian spacetime is the space of future-timelike unit tangent vectors. Using Cartan geometry, we first study the structure a given spacetime induces on its observer space, then use this to define abstract…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-08 Steffen Gielen , Derek K. Wise

We show that the class of four-dimensional Taub-Bolt(NUT) spacetimes with positive cosmological constant for some values of NUT charges are stable and have entropies that are greater than that of de Sitter spacetime, in violation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Clarkson , A. M. Ghezelbash , R. B. Mann

The conical singularity in flat spacetime is mostly known as a model of the cosmic string or the wedge disclination in solids. Its another, equally important, function is to be a representative of quasiregular singularities. From all these…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Krasnikov

It is still uncertain whether the cosmic censorship conjecture is true or not. To get a new insight into this issue, we propose the concept of the border of spacetime as a generalization of the spacetime singularity and discuss its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Tomohiro Harada , Ken-ichi Nakao

A recently explored interesting quantity in AdS/CFT, dubbed 'residual entropy', characterizes the amount of collective ignorance associated with either boundary observers restricted to finite time duration, or bulk observers who lack access…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Veronika E. Hubeny

A characterization of the Kerr-NUT-(A)de Sitter metric among four dimensional \Lambda-vacuum spacetimes admitting a Killing vector is obtained in terms of the proportionality of the self-dual Weyl tensor and a natural self-dual double…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-20 Marc Mars , José M. M. Senovilla

The quantum detection of spacetime conicity was investigated in reference [Phys. Lett. B 820, 136482 (2021)] through the analysis of the response function of an Unruh-deWitt detector coupled to a massless scalar field. In particular, it was…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-18 Jefferson Monção da Silva , João Paulo M. Pitelli

The thermodynamics of the Taub-NUT solution has been predominantly studied in the Euclidean sector, upon imposing the condition for the absence of Misner strings. Such thermodynamics is quite exceptional: the periodicity of the Euclidean…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-02 Robie A. Hennigar , David Kubiznak , Robert B. Mann

We investigate the limitations of length measurements by accelerated observers in Minkowski spacetime brought about via the hypothesis of locality, namely, the assumption that an accelerated observer at each instant is equivalent to an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-27 Bahram Mashhoon , Uwe Muench

Axisymmetric spacetimes with a conformal symmetry are studied and it is shown that, if there is no further conformal symmetry, the axial Killing vector and the conformal Killing vector must commute. As a direct consequence, in conformally…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Marc Mars , Jose M. M. Senovilla

This study examines the formulation of a singularity theorem for timelike curves including torsion, and establishes the foundational framework necessary for its derivation. We begin by deriving the relative acceleration for an arbitrary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-30 Armin van de Venn , Ujjwal Agarwal , David Vasak

In Minkowski space, an accelerated reference frame may be defined as one that is related to an inertial frame by a sequence of instantaneous Lorentz transformations. Such an accelerated observer sees a causal horizon, and the quantum vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Nirmalendu Acharyya , Sachindeo Vaidya

We investigate the sensitivity of an Unruh-DeWitt detector to the global features of a deficit angle that are otherwise classically inaccessible. Specifically, we consider a detector placed inside an infinite thin hollow cylinder whose…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-06 Wan Cong , Jiri Bicak , David Kubiznak , Robert Mann

The Kerr-Taub-NUT spacetime in the Kaluza-Klein theory represents a localized stationary and axisymmetric object in four dimensions from the Kaluza-Klein viewpoint. That is, it harbors companion electromagnetic and dilaton fields, thereby…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-04-03 Göksel Daylan Esmer

In the main article [CQG 38 (2021) 055003], a new "canonical" form for the Lewis metrics of the Weyl class has been obtained, depending only on three parameters -- Komar mass and angular momentum per unit length, plus the angle deficit --…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-27 L. Filipe O. Costa , José Natário , N. O. Santos

It has been proposed that spacetimes with a U(1) isometry group have contributions to the entropy from Misner strings as well as from the area of $d-2$ dimensional fixed point sets. In this paper we test this proposal by constructing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 S. W. Hawking , C. J. Hunter , D. N. Page

We study space-time symmetries in Non-Commutative (NC) gauge theory in the (constrained) Hamiltonian framework. The specific example of NC CP(1) model, posited in \cite{sg}, has been considered. Subtle features of Lorentz invariance…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Subir Ghosh

We study observability for the one-dimensional wave equation on the torus from spacetime measurable observation sets. While the Geometric Control Condition (GCC) provides a sufficient criterion in many classical settings, it is no longer…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Jingrui Niu , Ming Wang , Shengquan Xiang

I show that there are no SU(2)-invariant (time-dependent) tensorial perturbations of Lorentzian Taub-NUT space. It follows that the spacetime is unstable at the linear level against generic perturbations. I speculate that this fact is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Gustav Holzegel