A note on invariant constant curvature immersions in Minkowski space

Abstract

Let $S$ be a compact, orientable surface of hyperbolic type. Let $(k_{+},k_{-})$ be a pair of negative numbers and let $(g_{+},g_{-})$ be a pair of marked metrics over $S$ of constant curvature equal to $k_{+}$ and $k_{-}$ respectively. Using a functional introduced by Bonsante, Mondello \& Schlenker, we show that there exists a unique affine deformation $\Gamma :=(\rho ,\tau )$ of a Fuchsian group such that $(S,g_{+})$ and $(S,g_{-})$ embed isometrically as locally strictly convex Cauchy surfaces in the future and past complete components respectively of the quotient by $\Gamma$ of an open subset $\Omega$ of Minkowski space. Such quotients are known as Globally Hyperbolic, Maximal, Cauchy compact Min\-kow\-ski spacetimes and are naturally dual to the half-pipe spaces introduced by Danciger. When translated into this latter framework, our result states that there exists a unique, marked, quasi-Fuchsian half-pipe space in which $(S,g_{+})$ and $(S,g_{-})$ are realised as the third fundamental forms of future- and past-oriented, locally strictly convex graphs.

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