Published July 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Remarks on cosmological spacetimes and constant mean curvature surfaces

Creators

  • 1. Australian National Univ., Canberra. Centre for Mathematical Analysis

Description

We give a general condition which ensures the existence of constant mean curvature (CMC) Cauchy surfaces in cosmological spacetimes. However, there is an example of a spacetime which does not satisfy this condition and does not admit any CMC Cauchy surfaces. We discuss conditions under which CMC surfaces may exist. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Commun. Math. Phys.
Journal Volume
117
Journal Issue
4
Series
Commun. Math. Phys.
Journal Page Range
615-624
ISSN
0010-3616
CODEN
CMPHA

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
19070667
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; METRICS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE-TIME; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE