Horizon classification via Riemannian flows

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Hauptverfasser: Hounnonkpe, R. A., Minguzzi, E.
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author Hounnonkpe, R. A.
Minguzzi, E.
author_facet Hounnonkpe, R. A.
Minguzzi, E.
contents We point out that the geometry of connected totally geodesic compact null hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds is only slightly more specialized than that of Riemannian flows over compact manifolds, the latter mathematical theory having been much studied in the context of foliation theory since the work by Reinhart (Ann Math 69:119, 1959). We are then able to import results on Riemannian flows to the horizon case, so obtaining theorems on the dynamical structure of compact horizons that do not rely on (non-)degeneracy assumptions. Furthermore, we clarify the relation between isometric/geodesible Riemannian flows and non-degeneracy conditions. This work also contains some positive results on the possibility of finding, in the degenerate case, lightlike fields tangent to the horizon that have zero surface gravity.
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spellingShingle Horizon classification via Riemannian flows
Hounnonkpe, R. A.
Minguzzi, E.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
We point out that the geometry of connected totally geodesic compact null hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds is only slightly more specialized than that of Riemannian flows over compact manifolds, the latter mathematical theory having been much studied in the context of foliation theory since the work by Reinhart (Ann Math 69:119, 1959). We are then able to import results on Riemannian flows to the horizon case, so obtaining theorems on the dynamical structure of compact horizons that do not rely on (non-)degeneracy assumptions. Furthermore, we clarify the relation between isometric/geodesible Riemannian flows and non-degeneracy conditions. This work also contains some positive results on the possibility of finding, in the degenerate case, lightlike fields tangent to the horizon that have zero surface gravity.
title Horizon classification via Riemannian flows
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07231