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arXiv 0712.0122gr-qcmath.DG
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具有分布曲率的Lorentz流形的定义与稳定性

Definition and stability of Lorentzian manifolds with distributional curvature

Philippe G. LeFloch, Cristinel Mardare

摘要:

继Geroch,Traschen,Mars和Senovilla之后,我们考虑了具有分布曲率张量的Lorentz流形。这样的流形代表广义相对论的时空,可能包含引力波、冲击波和其他奇异模式。我们的目标是在这里提供一个全面的和几何(即,无坐标)框架。首先,我们确定所需的最小假设的度量张量,以提供一个严格的意义的时空曲率分布理论的框架内。这使我们直接推导出的跳跃关系与奇异部分的连接和曲率运营商。其次,我们研究了具有一般签名的超曲面上的诱导几何,并确定了在分布意义下定义超曲面的曲率张量和第二基本形式以及建立Gauss-Codazzi方程所需的最小假设。

英文摘要:

Following Geroch, Traschen, Mars and Senovilla, we consider Lorentzian manifolds with distributional curvature tensor. Such manifolds represent spacetimes of general relativity that possibly contain gravitational waves, shock waves, and other singular patterns. We aim here at providing a comprehensive and geometric (i.e., coordinate-free) framework. First, we determine the minimal assumptions required on the metric tensor in order to give a rigorous meaning to the spacetime curvature within the framework of distribution theory. This leads us to a direct derivation of the jump relations associated with singular parts of connection and curvature operators. Second, we investigate the induced geometry on a hypersurface with general signature, and we determine the minimal assumptions required to define, in the sense of distributions, the curvature tensors and the second fundamental form of the hypersurface and to establish the Gauss-Codazzi equations.

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