Published May 7, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Causal structures and causal boundaries

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidad del PaIs Vasco, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)

Description

We give an up-to-date perspective with a general overview of the theory of causal properties, the derived causal structures, their classification and applications and the definition and construction of causal boundaries and of causal symmetries, mostly for Lorentzian manifolds but also in more abstract settings. (topical review)

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/22/R1/cqg5_9_r01.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. R1-R84
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36101828
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CLASSIFICATION; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; QUANTUM GRAVITY; REVIEWS; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY