Junction Conditions for Signature Change

Details Junction Conditions for Signature Change Junction Conditions for Signature Change

1993-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9303034v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

13 pages. TeX. Revised to discuss further mistaken papers

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The change of signature of a metric is explained using simple examples and methods. The Klein-Gordon field on a signature-changing background is discussed, and it is shown how the approach of Dray et al.\ can be corrected to ensure that the Klein-Gordon equation holds. Isotropic cosmologies are discussed, and it is shown how the approach of Ellis et al.\ can be corrected to ensure that the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations hold. A straightforward calculation shows that a well defined Ricci tensor requires the standard junction condition, namely vanishing of the second fundamental form of the junction surface.

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