Lines in space-times

J. H. Eschenburg; G. J. Galloway

doi:10.1007/BF02102373

Lines in space-times

J. H. Eschenburg, G. J. Galloway

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Abstract

We construct a complete timelike maximal geodesic ("line") in a timelike geodesically complete spacetime M containing a compact acausal spacelike hypersurface S which lies in the past of some S-ray. An S-ray is a future complete geodesic starting on S which maximizes Lorentzian distance from S to any of its points. If the timelike convergence condition (strong energy condition) holds, a line exists only if M is static, i.e. it splits geometrically as space × time. So timelike completeness must fail for a nonstatic spacetime with strong energy condition which contains a "closed universe"S with the above properties.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	209-216
Number of pages	8
Journal	Communications in Mathematical Physics
Volume	148
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102373
State	Published - Aug 1 1992
Externally published	Yes

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