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The causal boundary of wave-type spacetimes

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Published 13 March 2008 • Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation J.L. Flores and M. Sánchez JHEP03(2008)036 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/03/036

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1 Departamento de Álgebra, Geometría y Topología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain

2 Departamento de Geometría y Topología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain

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  1. Received 13 December 2007
  2. Accepted 28 February 2008
  3. Published

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Abstract

A complete and systematic approach to compute the causal boundary of wave-type spacetimes is carried out. The case of a 1-dimensional boundary is specially analyzed and its critical appearance in pp-wave type spacetimes is emphasized. In particular, the corresponding results obtained in the framework of the AdS/CFT correspondence for holography on the boundary, are reinterpreted and very widely generalized. Technically, a recent new definition of causal boundary is used and stressed. Moreover, a set of mathematical tools is introduced (analytical functional approach, Sturm-Liouville theory, Fermat-type arrival time, Busemann-type functions).

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10.1088/1126-6708/2008/03/036