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Particles with spin in stationary flat spacetimes

Differential Geometry 2014-03-20 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We construct stationary flat three-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds with singularities that are obtained from Euclidean surfaces with cone singularities and closed one-forms on these surfaces. In the application to (2+1)-gravity, these spacetimes correspond to models containing massive particles with spin. We analyse their geometrical properties, introduce a generalised notion of global hyperbolicity and classify all stationary flat spacetimes with singularities that are globally hyperbolic in that sense. We then apply our results to (2+1)-gravity and analyse the causality structure of these spacetimes in terms of measurements by observers. In particular, we derive a condition on observers that excludes causality violating light signals despite the presence of closed timelike curves in these spacetimes.

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@article{arxiv.1108.1005,
  title  = {Particles with spin in stationary flat spacetimes},
  author = {Thierry Barbot and Catherine Meusburger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.1005},
  year   = {2014}
}

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27 pages, 6 figures, references and explanations added

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