Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity

Using symmetry arguments only, we show that every spacetime with mirror-symmetric spatial sections is necessarily conformally flat. The general form of the Ricci tensor of such spacetimes is also determined.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: P. Gravel, C. Gauthier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204309038
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832546554691452928
author P. Gravel
C. Gauthier
author_facet P. Gravel
C. Gauthier
author_sort P. Gravel
collection DOAJ
description Using symmetry arguments only, we show that every spacetime with mirror-symmetric spatial sections is necessarily conformally flat. The general form of the Ricci tensor of such spacetimes is also determined.
format Article
id doaj-art-be4fa3afbd2b4719b7d9934f029c45fb
institution Kabale University
issn 0161-1712
1687-0425
language English
publishDate 2004-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
spelling doaj-art-be4fa3afbd2b4719b7d9934f029c45fb2025-02-03T06:48:17ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252004-01-012004412205220810.1155/S0161171204309038Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general RelativityP. Gravel0C. Gauthier1Département de Mathématiques et d'Informatique, Collège Militaire Royal du Canada, Kingston K7K 5L0, ON, CanadaDépartement de Mathématiques et de Statistique, Université de Moncton, Moncton E1A 3E9, NB, CanadaUsing symmetry arguments only, we show that every spacetime with mirror-symmetric spatial sections is necessarily conformally flat. The general form of the Ricci tensor of such spacetimes is also determined.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204309038
spellingShingle P. Gravel
C. Gauthier
Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
title Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity
title_full Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity
title_fullStr Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity
title_full_unstemmed Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity
title_short Mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general Relativity
title_sort mirror symmetry and conformal flatness in general relativity
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204309038
work_keys_str_mv AT pgravel mirrorsymmetryandconformalflatnessingeneralrelativity
AT cgauthier mirrorsymmetryandconformalflatnessingeneralrelativity