Intrinsic geometry of oriented congruences in three dimensions

Details Intrinsic geometry of oriented congruences in three dimensions Intrinsic geometry of oriented congruences in three dimensions

2008-08-13

arxiv.org/abs/0808.1843v1

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Differential Geometry

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Starting from the classical notion of an oriented congruence (i.e. a foliation by oriented curves) in $R^3$, we abstract the notion of an oriented congruence structure. This is a 3-dimensional CR manifold $(M,H, J)$ with a preferred splitting of the tangent space $TM=V\oplus H$. We find all local invariants of such structures using Cartan's equivalence method refining Cartan's classification of 3-dimensional CR structures. We use these invariants and perform Fefferman like constructions, to obtain interesting Lorentzian metrics in four dimensions, which include explicit Ricci-flat and Einstein metrics, as well as not conformally Einstein Bach-flat metrics.

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