Uniqueness of noncompact spacelike hypersurfaces of constant mean curvature in generalized Robertson walker spacetimes

被引:26
作者
Latorre, JM [1 ]
Romero, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Granada, Fac Ciencias, Dept Geometria & Topol, E-18071 Granada, Spain
关键词
Bochner-Lichnerowicz's formula; constant mean curvature; GRW spacetime; spacelike hypersurface;
D O I
10.1023/A:1020341512060
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
On any spacelike hypersurface of constant mean curvature of a Generalized Robertson Walker spacetime, the hyperbolic angle theta between the future-pointing unit normal vector field and the universal time axis is considered. It is assumed that theta has a local maximum. A physical consequence of this fact is that relative speeds between normal and comoving observers do not approach the speed of light near the maximum point. By using a development inspired from Bochner's well-known technique, a uniqueness result for spacelike hypersurfaces of constant mean curvature under this assumption on theta, and also assuming certain matter energy conditions hold just at this point, is proved.
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