Lorentzian Manifolds

Autoren: Frank Pfäffle (2009)

Some basic notions from Lorentzian geometry are reviewed. In particular causality relations are explained, Cauchy hypersurfaces and the concept of global hyperbolic manifoldes are introduced. Finally, the structure of globally hyperbolic manifolds is discussed.

Reihe:
Lecture Notes in Physics
Verlag:
Springer
Buchtitel:
C. Bär, K. Fredenhagen (eds.): Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes
Seiten:
39-58
Band:
786

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