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具有Killing向量场的紧致Lorentz流形的周期测地线与几何

Periodic Geodesics and Geometry of Compact Lorentzian Manifolds with a Killing Vector Field

Jose Luis Flores, Miguel Angel Javaloyes, Paolo Piccione

摘要:

本文研究了紧致洛伦兹流形的几何和周期测地线,其中Killing向量场在某处是类时的。利用等距群子群的紧性论证,证明了一类非自相交周期测地线的存在性。如果Killing向量场永不为零,则至少有两条不同的周期测地线;作为特例,紧致平稳流形至少有两条周期类时测地线。我们还讨论了这种流形的拓扑的一些性质。特别地,我们证明了紧致流形$M$存在一个Lorentzian度量,其Killing向量场在某处是类时的当且仅当$M$存在一个光滑的没有不动点的圆作用.

英文摘要:

We study the geometry and the periodic geodesics of a compact Lorentzian manifold that has a Killing vector field which is timelike somewhere. Using a compactness argument for subgroups of the isometry group, we prove the existence of one timelike non self-intersecting periodic geodesic. If the Killing vector field is never vanishing, then there are at least two distinct periodic geodesics; as a special case, compact stationary manifolds have at least two periodic timelike geodesics. We also discuss some properties of the topology of such manifolds. In particular, we show that a compact manifold $M$ admits a Lorentzian metric with a never vanishing Killing vector field which is timelike somewhere if and only if $M$ admits a smooth circle action without fixed points.

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